Manchester City 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2011

Result

Manchester City 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Manchester City beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 October 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Edin Dzeko opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Edin Dzeko (52'), Aleksandar Kolarov (67') and Adam Johnson (90'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Noel Hunt (75', penalty).

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 25 points from 9 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 16th on 8 points from 9. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 20th with 25.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 50'Yellow card · Kevin DoyleWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 52'Goal · Edin DzekoManchester City · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Edin DzekoManchester City
  • 67'Goal · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City · 2-0
  • 74'Red card · Vincent KompanyManchester City
  • 75'Penalty goal · Noel HuntWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 90'Goal · Adam JohnsonManchester City · 3-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester City 4, 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 (4-5-1)

Wayne Hennessey, Richard Stearman, Roger Johnson, Dave Edwards, Karl Henry, Noel Hunt, Adlène Guédioura, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, Christophe Berra, Jamie O'Hara