Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 20 February 2022

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Sunday 20 February 2022, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Leicester City · Premier League predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Leicester City: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won against Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 February 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Rúben Neves opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Rúben Neves (9') and Daniel Podence (66'). Leicester City scored through Ademola Lookman (41').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards; Leicester City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 8th on 37 points from 23 and Leicester City 11th on 27 points from 22. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Leicester City 8th with 52.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Leicester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ademola Lookman of Leicester City (8.1), ahead of José Sá (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Leicester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

9'Goal · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
29'Yellow cardLeicester City
29'Yellow card · Çağlar SöyüncüLeicester City
31'Yellow card · Rayan Aït-NouriWolverhampton Wanderers
36'Yellow card · Marc AlbrightonLeicester City
38'Yellow card · Ademola LookmanLeicester City
38'Yellow card · Daniel PodenceWolverhampton Wanderers
41'Goal · Ademola LookmanLeicester City · 1-1
66'Goal · Daniel PodenceWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
70'Yellow card · Leander DendonckerWolverhampton Wanderers
76'Yellow card · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers
90+2'Yellow card · Ricardo PereiraLeicester City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, draws 4, Leicester City 3.

Leicester City 1-0 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 14 Aug 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Leicester CityPremier League · 7 Feb 2021
Leicester City 1-0 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 8 Nov 2020
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Leicester CityPremier League · 14 Feb 2020
Leicester City 0-0 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 11 Aug 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 Leicester CityPremier League · 19 Jan 2019

Team news

Unavailable

Jonny EvansLeicester City · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Matheus CunhaWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knee Injury)
Wesley FofanaLeicester City · injury (Broken Fibula)
Willy BolyWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Leg Injury)
Dennis PraetLeicester City · injury (Foot surgery)
Yerson MosqueraWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Stephy Alvaro MavididiLeicester City · injury (Knee Injury)
Ryan BertrandLeicester City · injury (Knee Surgery)
Joe HodgeWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Back Injury)
Harry James SouttarLeicester City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Adama TraoréWolverhampton Wanderers · other (Doubtful)

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, Daniel Podence

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

Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Daniel Amartey, Çağlar Söyüncü, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Marc Albrighton, Patson Daka, Ademola Lookman