Manchester City 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 December 2021

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 11 December 2021, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Manchester City beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 December 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Raheem Sterling of Manchester City in the 66th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 35 points from 15 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 8th on 21 points from 15. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 10th with 51.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to João Cancelo of Manchester City (8.8), ahead of José Sá (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · Rúben DiasManchester City
  • 43'Yellow card · RodriManchester City
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 45+2'Second yellow · Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 66'Penalty goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Leander DendonckerWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 81'Yellow card · João CanceloManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, João Cancelo, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Jack Grealish

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-5-2)

José Sá, Maximilian Kilman, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Nélson Semedo, Leander Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Raúl Jiménez, Adama Traoré