Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2019

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2019, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 Leicester City: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Leicester City 4-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 January 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.

Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Diogo Jota (4'), Ryan Bennett (12'), Diogo Jota (64') and Diogo Jota (90+3'). Leicester City scored through Demarai Gray (47'), an own goal by Conor Coady (51') and Wes Morgan (87').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Leicester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 11th on 29 points from 22 and Leicester City 8th on 31 points from 22. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Leicester City 9th with 52.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Diogo Jota of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.7), ahead of Rúben Neves (8.1).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Nampalys MendyLeicester City
  • 4'Goal · Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Ryan BennettWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Ryan BennettWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ricardo PereiraLeicester City
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 47'Goal · Demarai GrayLeicester City · 2-1
  • 51'Own goal · Conor CoadyLeicester City · 2-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Wilfred NdidiLeicester City
  • 64'Goal · Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Jonny CastroWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 87'Goal · Wes MorganLeicester City · 3-3
  • 90+3'Goal · Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers · 4-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, draws 1, Leicester City 1.

Team news

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

Rui Patrício, Ryan Bennett, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Jonny Otto, Leander Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Rúben Vinagre, Raúl Jiménez, Diogo Jota

Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, Demarai Gray, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy