Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2018

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Harry Kane opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Harry Kane (22'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Willy Boly (72'), Raúl Jiménez (83') and Hélder Costa (87').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 2nd on 45 points from 19 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 11th on 26 points from 19. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 7th with 57.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Raúl Jiménez of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.1), ahead of Willy Boly (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 2 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Ben DaviesTottenham Hotspur
  • 22'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Christian EriksenTottenham Hotspur
  • 72'Goal · Willy BolyWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Jonny CastroWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 81'Yellow card · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur
  • 83'Goal · Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 87'Goal · Hélder CostaWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-3

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 5, draws 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-3-1-2)

Hugo Lloris, Kieran Trippier, Davinson Sánchez, Toby Alderweireld, Ben Davies, Moussa Sissoko, Harry Winks, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Harry Kane, Heung-min Son

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Rui Patrício, Ryan Bennett, Conor Coady, Willy Boly, Matt Doherty, Leander Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, Jonny Otto, Adama Traoré, Ivan Cavaleiro, Raúl Jiménez