2021-22 Season - September - December 2021

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Preliminary fixtures announced Wedsnesday 16th June 2021

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Arsenal Bournemouth Brentford Brighton  Fulham Chelski  Crystal Palace  Southampton Tottenham West Ham

 

Premier League / Fizzy pop cup Season 2021-2 August-December 2021  January-May 2022

19 Wednesday 4 January 2023 Aston Villa v  Wolves A Villa Park,  Birmingham 8pmSee January 2023 here

18 Saturday 31 December Wolves v  Man Utd H 12:30 BT SportReport: https:

 L0-1

SAT 31 DEC 2022PREMIER LEAGUE

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Manchester United 1 Rashford (76')

Assists Bruno Fernandes (76')

HT 0-0

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64083698 By Simon Stone BBC Sport at Molineux

Hilites https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/12777492/wolves-0-1-manchester-united-premier-league-highlights

Marcus Rashford turned from villain to hero as he came off the bench to score the only goal against Wolves and move Manchester United into the Premier League top four.  Rashford picked the ball up outside the Wolves area, then, after exchanging passes with Bruno Fernandes, held off three defenders before driving home his 11th goal of the season in all competitions.   The result ended Julen Lopetegui's two-match winning start as Wolves manager and kept them in the relegation zone.   However, they came so close to snatching a point in stoppage time when Raul Jimenez's goal-bound header was turned away at point-blank range by David de Gea. The availability of loan signing Matheus Cunha for Wednesday's West Midlands derby at Aston Villa cannot come soon enough for a side who struggle so badly to turn impressive approach play into goals.

Lopetegui said: "The way they fought a big team like Man Utd, in the end I thought we deserved more."  17 Monday 26 December Everton v  Wolves A Goodison Park,  Liverpool 3pm Amazon W1-2

17 Everton 1 Mina (7')  Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Podence (22') Aït-Nouri (90'+5minutes)

HT 1-1

McNeil (7') Assists João Moutinho (22') Traore

Report https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64022709 By Steve Sutcliffe BBC Sport at Goodison Park

Highlights: https://www.skysports.com/football/everton-vs-wolves/464800

Julen Lopetegui is the first manager to win his first top-flight game in charge of Wolves since John Barnwell in November 1978.

Rayan Ait-Nouri scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Wolves came from behind to win at fellow strugglers Everton and move off the bottom of the Premier League.  In manager Julen Lopetegui's first league match in charge of the club, Wolves had fallen behind early when Yerry Mina glanced Dwight McNeil's near-post corner into the net.  However, they levelled midway through the first period from a well-worked corner routine with Daniel Podence calmly sliding the ball past home goalkeeper Jordan Pickford from Joao Moutinho's lobbed pass to the back post

CC3 Tue  20  December Wolves v Gillingham

CC4 Tue 20  December Wolves v Gillingham W2-0

Julen Lopetegui got off to a winning start as Wolves manager as they edged into the Carabao Cup quarter-finals at the expense of Gillingham.

The Premier League strugglers finally found the breakthrough on 77 minutes through a Raul Jimenez penalty after Hwang Hee-chan was fouled.

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63953189

World Cup November 21 - Final Saturday December 18th

16 Saturday 12 November Wolves v  Arsenal  H 7:45pm Live on Sky L0-2

Julen Lopetegui arrived at Molineux Johnny Philips view pic sky sports

15 AT 12 NOV 2022PREMIER LEAGUEWolverhampton Wanderers 0 Arsenal 2 Ødegaard (55', 75')

Assists Fábio Vieira (55')

HT 0-0

Venue: Molineux Stadium

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63523921 By Simon Stone BBC Sport at Molineux

Hilights: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12746141/wolves-0-2-arsenal-premier-league-highlights

Mike Dean VAR https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12746075/should-wolves-have-been-awarded-a-penalty

Arsenal moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League as Martin Odegaard's second-half double proved enough to beat Wolves at Molineux. Odegaard turned home Fabio Vieira's low cross from close range 10 minutes after the restart and then drilled in the rebound after Jose Sa had kept out Gabriel Martinelli's low effort 15 minutes from time.

CC3 Tue 8  November Wolves v Leeds Utd  Next up CC4 Gills in December

WED 09 NOV 2022EFL CUP - THIRD ROUND  Gills in 4th round w/c 19th December

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Traoré (85') Leeds United 0

HT 0-0  Assist Podence (85')

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63481001

Hilites: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12743131/wolves-1-0-leeds-carabao-cup-highlights

A late strike from Boubacar Traore sent Wolves into the last 16 of the Carabao Cup as they overcame Leeds. A poor game at Molineux was decided by a fine finish from Traore, who fired into the roof of the net from the edge of the area.  His strike ensures Wolves will still be in the EFL Cup when new manager Julen Lopetegui takes over on Monday.

Leeds came close early on but were kept at bay by impressive Wolves keeper Matija Sarkic.

15 Saturday 5 November Wolves v  Brighton  H L2-3

SAT 05 NOV 2022PREMIER LEAGUE Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Gonçalo Guedes (12'minutes), Neves (35'minutes pen), Nélson Semedo (Dismissed at45'+5minutes)

Brighton & Hove Albion 3 Lallana (10'minutes), Mitoma (44'minutes)  Groß (83'minutes)

Assists  Traoré (12'minutes)  v  Trossard (10'minutes), Lallana (44'minutes)

 

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63436264 By Simon Stone BBC Sport at Molineux

Hilites https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/12739256/wolves-2-3-brighton-premier-league-highlights

Ten-man Wolves slipped to defeat as Pascal Gross' 83rd-minute winner completed Brighton's comeback victory at Molineux to keep their hosts in the relegation zone. On the day former Spain and Real Madrid boss Julen Lopetegui was announced as their next manager, Wolves showed battling qualities as they played the second-half a man down following Nelson Semedo's red card just before half-time.  But they could not hold off increasing Brighton pressure and lost for the eighth time this season, despite scoring twice in a game for the first time.

Wolves appoint ex-Spain and Real Madrid boss Lopetegui https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63163755

14 Saturday 29 October Brentford v  Wolves A Brentford Community Stadium D1-1 Costa off

14 Brentford 1 Mee (50') Wolves 1 Neves (52'), Diego Costa (Dismissed at 90'+7)

Assists Mbeumo (50') Nélson Semedo (52')

SAT 29 OCT 2022PREMIER LEAGUE

HT 0-0

report https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63354916

hilites https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/12733427/brentford-1-1-wolves-premier-league-highlights

Diego Costa received his first red card in his 95th Premier League appearance

Diego Costa apologised to his Wolves team-mates after being sent off in second-half stoppage time of their draw at Brentford.  The striker was sent off for violent conduct after appearing to headbutt Brentford's Ben Mee, and is now set to miss three matches with a likely return of the Boxing Day meeting with Everton following the World Cup. "He's apologised," said interim head coach Steve Davis. "When emotions are high it is difficult to discuss things, but we'll have a conversation with him next week." Earlier, Ruben Neves' equaliser had cancelled out Mee's superb volley early in the second half to help Wolves to a point that moved them up one place to 18th. An attritional and injury-laden first half gave way to a livelier second period, with Brentford's Ivan Toney missing from close range late on. But the Bees' prolific striker was also booked for his fifth yellow card of the season, meaning he will miss their next outing against Nottingham Forest.

13 Saturday 22 October Wolves v  Leicester  H L0-4

 

13 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester City 4

HT 0-2

Tielemans (8'), Barnes (19'), Maddison (65'), Vardy (79')

Assists

Dewsbury-Hall (19'), Vardy (65'), Castagne (79')

Report By Michael Emons BBC Sport at Molineux https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63274127

Lowlights https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/12728381/wolves-0-4-leicester-city-premier-league-highlights

Ruthless Leicester picked up their first away Premier league win of the season as they beat Wolves to move off the bottom of the table and out of the relegation zone.  Youri Tielemans put the Foxes ahead with a stunning 22-yard strike, which flew past Jose Sa and went in off the post.  Wolves had nine shots in the opening 17 minutes, but fell 2-0 behind when Harvey Barnes linked up with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and slotted past Sa.  Former Chelsea striker Diego Costa, still searching for his first goal since joining Wolves on a free transfer in September, had numerous chances but could not beat visiting keeper Danny Ward, who tipped one shot over and saved a header.

12 Tuesday 18 October Crystal Palace 20:00  Wolves  Selhurst Park,  London

TUE 18 OCT 2022PREMIER LEAGUE Crystal Palace 2 Eze (47'minutes), Zaha (70'minutes)

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Traoré (31'minutes)

HT 0-1

Assists Olise (47'minutes), Édouard (70'minutes)      Bueno (31'minutes)

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63210236

Hilights: https://www.skysports.com/football/c-palace-vs-wolves/report/464749

Wilfried Zaha's well-taken winner capped a classy Crystal Palace comeback as the Eagles recorded back-to-back home victories by beating managerless Wolves. Adama Traore's header earned the visitors a deserved half-time lead that was almost doubled when Ruben Neves hit the post right on the stroke of half-time at Selhurst Park.

11 Saturday 15 October Wolves 1 (Neves 56’ pen)  Nott'm Forest  0 (Sa saved penalty 79’) H

11 SAT 15 OCT 2022PREMIER LEAGUE

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Neves (56' pen) (Handball on Traore shot)  Nottingham Forest 0 Pen Missed Johnson (79') (Sa saved)

HT 0-0By Simon Stone

BBC Sport at Molineux  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63182451

Highlites https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/12721352/wolves-1-0-nottingham-forest-premier-league-highlights

Wolves have converted their past 18 penalties in the Premier League, including seven from Ruben Neves

Wolves' match-winner Ruben Neves alerted his team-mates to the pre-match social media wind-up that backfired badly on Nottingham Forest at Molineux.  In the build-up to their 1-0 defeat, Forest's official Twitter account posted a mock-up picture of striker Emmanuel Dennis sat on the pitch at the City Ground with three wolf cubs calmly sat with him, with the caption 'Playtime'.  The post was subsequently deleted, but not before Neves had forwarded it to the Wolves squad. Neves went on to score the only goal from the penalty spot to lift Wolves out of the relegation zone and leave Forest bottom of the Premier League. Wolves then posted 'Playtime's over', together with a picture of an axe embedded in a tree trunk. "Yes, we were aware of it," said Wolves interim manager Steve Davis. "We were going to use it in the talk but Ruben said he put it on the players' chat so I didn't need to say any more. "Those sort of things used to happen on the pitch. That doesn't happen so much now, but it gave us an edge."

Report

Wolves also had to thank goalkeeper Jose Sa for coming out on top in a game of two VAR penalties.

Whilst Neves scored after Harry Toffolo handled Adama Traore's shot, Sa turned away Brennan Johnson's effort after VAR had spotted Mathues Nunes tugging back Ryan Yates. The save was made more remarkable as Sa has been playing with a broken bone in his wrist since he damaged it against Fulham on 13 August.  "It was the other [wrist] thankfully," said Davis. "He has played through it. A lot of players can play through pain. Some can't. Fair play to Jose to show courage at that moment."

10 Saturday 8 October Chelsea v  Wolves A Stamford Bridge,  London

SAT 08 OCT 2022PREMIER LEAGUE

Chelsea 3 Havertz (45'+3minutes), Pulisic (54'), Broja (89') Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

HT 1-0

Assists Mount (45'+3minutes, 54'), Kovacic (89')

 

Report: Jess ANderson BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63099428

Hilites: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/12715694/chelsea-3-0-wolves-premier-league-highlights

Armando Broja scored his first Chelsea goal in a dominant victory over a lacklustre Wolves, who remain without a permanent manager. Kai Havertz opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time but the Blues could have put the game out of sight long before then.  Christian Pulisic doubled the lead, playing a one-two with Mason Mount and sending the ball sailing past goalkeeper Jose Sa before Broja hammered into the bottom corner with his left foot late on. T

Wolves, playing their first match since sacking manager Bruno Lage last weekend, were unorganised and Diego Costa, making his first start for the Midlands club against his former side, struggled to get in the game with the team hemmed in their own half.

09 Saturday 1 October West Ham v Wolves  London Stadium,  London

09 West Ham United  2  Scamacca (29'), Bowen (54') Wolverhampton Wanderers 0  Lage sacked

HT 1-0

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63017873

Hilites: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/12709791/west-ham-2-0-wolves-premier-league-highlights

Wolves captain Ruben Neves says there can be "no more excuses" after their poor start to the Premier League season continued with a 2-0 defe at  at West Ham. Bruno Lage's side slipped into the bottom three with a disappointing display as they failed to add to their meagre tally of three goals this term, with speculation growing over the Wolves' manager's future.

08 Saturday 17 September Wolves v  Man City  H 12:30 BTSport L0-3 Idiot Collins

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Manchester City 3 Grealish (1'), Haaland (16'), Foden (69')

                                                                 Assists De Bruyne (1', 69'), Bernardo Silva (16')

Collins (Dismissed at 3')

HT 0-2

Report By Simon Stone BBC Sport at Molineux https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62859266

Lolites: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/12699692/wolves-0-3-manchester-city-premier-league-highlights

Only 55 seconds had elapsed when Jack Grealish poked Manchester City ahead

Erling Haaland continued his impressive scoring run as Manchester City went back to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable win against 10-man Wolves at Molineux.  

The hosts had only touched the ball once before Jack Grealish put City in front after just 55 seconds.  Haaland scored for the seventh consecutive game and took his tally to 14 in the past nine when he doubled the visitors' advantage with a long-range effort after 16 minutes.  

A spirited Wolves continued to try and attack, even after Nathan Collins was sent off for a high first-half tackle on Grealish.  However, with Raul Jimenez missing through injury and new arrival Diego Costa not deemed fit enough for any involvement beyond meeting some fans before the game, they never looked likely to add to their paltry tally of three league goals. By contrast, City have 23, with Phil Foden completing their victory by flicking home Kevin de Bruyne's low cross midway through the second half.

07 Saturday 10 September Liverpool v  Wolves A Anfield,  Liverpool postponed

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06 Saturday 3 September Wolves v  Southampton  H W1-0

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Podence (45'+1minutes) Southampton 0

HT 1-0

Assist Nunes (45'+1minutes)

Report:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62697701 by By Matthew Howarth BBCSport

Hilites: https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/32414/12478403/premier-league-football-goals-and-highlights-of-every-match-in-the-2022-23-season?postid=4402878#liveblog-body

Daniel Podence's unorthodox finish earned Wolves their first Premier League victory of the campaign.  His close-range finish earned Wolves their first Premier League win of the season at the expense of Southampton.  (it was a good chip!)  Podence broke the deadlock in added time at the end of a poor first half, sending an unorthodox finish past Saints goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu from Matheus Nunes' low delivery.  Che Adams thought he had restored parity after Joe Aribo's cross was deflected into the Southampton striker's path by Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa, but Adams used his arm to bundle the ball over the line and the goal was correctly disallowed by referee John Brooks.  Adams - making his 100th Premier League appearance - then headed Stuart Armstrong's looping delivery against the crossbar as Southampton pushed for an equaliser, but to no avail.  The victory lifts Bruno Lage's side out of the bottom three, while Southampton drop into the bottom half.

05 Wednesday 31 August Bournemouth 19:45  Wolves Vitality Stadium,  B’mouth D0-0

WED 31 AUG 2022 PREMIER LEAGUE

AFC Bournemouth 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

HT 0-0

On the day Sammy Chung’s death was announced https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/club/20220830-sammy-chung-1932-2022/

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62655358

Highlights: https://www.skysports.com/football/bmouth-vs-wolves/report/464676

Wolves and Bournemouth battled out an uninspired draw as the managerless Cherries recovered from their 9-0 thrashing by Liverpool with a nervy clean sheet at the Vitality Stadium.

04 Saturday 27 August Wolves v  Newcastle  H D1-1

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Neves (38') Newcastle United 1 Saint-Maximin (90')

Assists Gonçalo Guedes (38') / Hwang! (90')

FT

HT 1-0

Allan Saint-Maximin volleyed in a brilliant 90th-minute equaliser as Newcastle extended their unbeaten start to four matches and kept winless Wolves in the bottom three.  Wolves thought they were going to claim their first win of the season thanks to skipper Ruben Neves' excellent first-half strike.  But Saint-Maximin had other ideas. When Hwang Hee-chan sent his mistimed clearance into the air, the Frenchman waited on the edge of the area before delivering the sweetest finish that gave Wolves keeper Jose Sa no chance.

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62621480

Highlights:  https://www.skysports.com/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-vs-newcastle-united/report/464674

CC2 24 Aug Carabao Cup home to Preston

CC2 w.c 23 August Wolves V Preston North End H W2-1

TUE 23 AUG 2022EFL CUP

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Jiménez (8'), Traoré (29') Preston North End 1 Woodburn (48')

HT 2-0

Assists Aït-Nouri (8'), Nélson Semedo (29') Assists McCann (48')

Hwang Hee-Chan (45'+1minutes) Penalty Missed

Report https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62558158

Traore Goal on twitter https://twitter.com/i/status/1562157073596547074

Highlights: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12680124/wolves-2-1-preston

Wolves held on for their first win of the season as they beat Championship side Preston in the Carabao Cup.  Raul Jimenez tapped in at the back post before Adama Traore's thunderous left-footed volley doubled their advantage.  Hwang Hee-Chan had a great chance to make it 3-0 before the break but his poor penalty was easily saved by Preston keeper David Cornell. Ben Woodburn curled in to reduce the deficit and the away side pushed on for a leveller, but it was not to be.

03 Saturday 20 August Spurs v  Wolves A Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,  London L1-0

Collins error

SAT 20 AUG 2022 PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham Hotspur 1 Wolves 0

Kane (64') HT 0-0

Report BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62529371 By Steve Sutcliffe BBC Sport

Highlites: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/12677467/tottenham-hotspur-1-0-wolverhampton-wanderers-premier-league-highlights

Harry Kane scored his 250th goal for Tottenham as they moved top of the Premier League for a few hours with a hard-fought win over Wolves.  The England forward reacted sharply to head in Ivan Perisic's flick on from a corner to give Spurs their reward for their second-half dominance. Kane's effort also saw the hosts become the fifth team to score 1,000 goals at home since the Premier League was formed in 1992. The goal had been coming with both the 29-year-old and his strike partner Son Heung-min hitting the woodwork as Spurs poured forward to break the deadlock. The intensity of their football was in complete contrast to the first period, when a Wolves team containing seven Portuguese players - the joint-most from a single foreign nation in a starting XI in the competition - were in the ascendancy.  Bruno Lage's side restricted the hosts to just one 45th-minute effort and were unfortunate to see record signing Matheus Nunes nod Ruben Neves' probing pass inches wide of the Spurs goal. However, despite the promise of Nunes' display and the neat and tidy football which saw them develop several good openings, Wolves lacked a spark in the final third as their winless top-flight run reached 10 matches.

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves: Bruno Lage 'proud' of Wolves despite loss at Spurs

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02 Saturday 13 August Wolves 0  Fulham  0 H

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Fulham 0 HT 0-0 Pens Missed Mitrovic (81'minutes)

Aleksandar Mitrovic had a late penalty saved as Fulham played out a goalless draw with Wolves at Molineux.

Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62445692

Highlights: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/12672211/jose-sa-saves-aleksandar-mitrovic-penalty-to-deny-fulham-win-at-wolves

The Serb striker - who scored twice in a 2-2 draw against Liverpool last weekend - was denied by home goalkeeper Jose Sa with 10 minutes left after Rayan Ait-Nouri had brought down Bobby Decordova-Reid.

Bruno Lage's Wolves, beaten 2-1 at Leeds on the opening day, have now not won in nine Premier League matches, with their last top-flight victory on 2 April.

01 Saturday August 06 Leeds Utd A L 2-1                

No Coady

Leeds United 2 Rodrigo (24'), Aït-Nouri (74' og) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Podence (6')

Assists

Hwang Hee-Chan (6') Harrison (24')

HT 1-1

BBC match report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62358052 By Phil Dawkes BBC Sport at Elland Road

Highlights: https://www.skysports.com/football/leeds-united-vs-wolverhampton-wanderers/video/464639

No centre forward, little bite, lots of possession, very slow defence, in relegation favourites in the Telegraph

Pre-Season Friendlies

Saturday  23rd  July A 19:00 Besiktas

Report https://www.wolves.co.uk/

Highlights

Wednesday 20th July  A 19:00 Deportivo Alaves

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Highlights https://tv.wolves.co.uk/

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