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.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Gareth Barry
- 50'Yellow card · Kevin Doyle
- 52'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 62'Yellow card · Edin Dzeko
- 67'Goal · Aleksandar Kolarov
- 74'Red card · Vincent Kompany
- 75'Penalty goal · Noel Hunt
- 90'Goal · Adam Johnson
Head-to-head
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