Southampton 2-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2020

Result

Southampton 2-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Southampton 2-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Southampton were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 January 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jan Bednarek opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Southampton's goals came from Jan Bednarek (15') and Ingo Goetze (35'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Pedro Neto (53'), Raúl Jiménez (65', penalty) and Raúl Jiménez (76').

Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Southampton were 12th on 28 points from 22 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 8th on 31 points from 22. Southampton went on to finish that season 11th with 52 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 7th with 59.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.4), ahead of Raúl Jiménez (8.2).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Jan BednarekSouthampton · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton
  • 35'Goal · Ingo GoetzeSouthampton · 2-0
  • 53'Goal · Pedro NetoWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Jan BednarekSouthampton
  • 65'Penalty goal · Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 76'Goal · Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Southampton 3, draws 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Jack Stephens, Jan Bednarek, Ryan Bertrand, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Nathan Redmond, Shane Long, Danny Ings

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)

Rui Patrício, Leander Dendoncker, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Matt Doherty, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Jonny Otto, Pedro Neto, Raúl Jiménez, Adama Traoré