Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Friday 27 December 2019

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Friday 27 December 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Manchester City: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won against Manchester City 3-2 in the Premier League on Friday 27 December 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Adama Traoré (55'), Raúl Jiménez (82') and Matt Doherty (89'). Manchester City scored through Raheem Sterling (25') and Raheem Sterling (50').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 8th on 27 points from 18 and Manchester City 3rd on 38 points from 18. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 7th with 59 points, and Manchester City 2nd with 81.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Wolverhampton Wanderers (9.5), ahead of Raúl Jiménez (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 6 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Red card · EdersonManchester City
  • 25'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 0-1
  • 25'Missed penalty · Raheem SterlingManchester City
  • 50'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 0-2
  • 55'Goal · Adama TraoréWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 60'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiManchester City
  • 82'Goal · Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 89'Goal · Matt DohertyWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, draws 2, Manchester City 6.

Team news

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

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

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Nicolás Otamendi, Fernandinho, Benjamin Mendy, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero