Manchester City 4-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 January 2011

Result

Manchester City 4-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 15 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City 4-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Manchester City defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 January 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nenad Milijaš opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kolo Touré (40'), C. Tevez (49'), Yaya Touré (54') and C. Tevez (66'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Nenad Milijaš (12'), Kevin Doyle (68', penalty) and Ronald Zubar (86').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 42 points from 22 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 17th on 21 points from 21. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 17th with 40.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-5-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Wolverhampton Wanderers's W-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Nenad MilijašWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 40'Goal · Kolo TouréManchester City · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 2-1
  • 54'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 3-1
  • 66'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 4-1
  • 68'Penalty goal · Kevin DoyleWolverhampton Wanderers · 4-2
  • 86'Goal · Ronald ZubarWolverhampton Wanderers · 4-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-5-1)

Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Richard Stearman, Ronald Zubar, Noel Hunt, Matt Jarvis, Steven Fletcher, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, David Jones, Christophe Berra, Nenad Milijaš