Here is a look at the Premier League table after Round 7 (23-24 season) following the Spurs v Liverpool game and the Wolves v Man City match. In this round, Liverpool and City suffered their first league defeats of the season.
Round 7 was also the one when Burnley and Luton played their rescheduled game, and Burnley picked up their first win of the season in the process.
Here is a look at the xG stats from Wolves vs Manchester City (Crowd attendance of 31,415 at Molineux on 30 September, 2023)
A club having more goals than the number of shots of target in a game? It’s rare, but this was the case with Wolves here- one shot on target, and they won the game 2-1.
Lots of possession and shots for City, but as xG shows, they didn’t really trouble the Wolves keeper.
xG Wolves 0.77-0.90 Man City shots map (Actual score WWFC 2-1 MCFC)
1-0 Ruben Dias own goal v Wolves (no xG for an own goal)
1-1 Alvarez free kick v Wolves xG 0.04
2-1 Hwang goal vs Man City xG 0.60
Wolves vs Man City 2-1 Match Stats for comparison
(WWFC stats on left; MCFC stats on right)
This Rodri red card vs Nottingham Forest (OFFICIAL VIDEO BELOW) saw the Man City midfielder sent off for an altercation for Morgan Gibbs White in their weekend. The Rodri dismissal v Forest saw City reduced to ten men for an entire half, but they managed to hold on to their 2-0 lead and win the game