Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Southampton · Premier League predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Southampton: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Southampton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ivan Cavaleiro opened the scoring in the 79th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Ivan Cavaleiro (79') and Jonny Castro (87'). Southampton did not score.

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 10th on 9 points from 6 and Southampton 15th on 5 points from 6. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Southampton 16th with 39.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rui Patrício of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.3), ahead of Matt Doherty (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read D-W-W-D-L and Southampton's L-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandSouthampton
  • 51'Yellow card · Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 57'Yellow card · Jonny CastroWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 74'Yellow card · Adama TraoréWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 79'Goal · Ivan CavaleiroWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 87'Goal · Jonny CastroWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, draws 0, Southampton 2.

Team news

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

Rui Patrício, Ryan Bennett, Conor Coady, Willy Boly, Matt Doherty, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Jonny Otto, Hélder Costa, Diogo Jota, Raúl Jiménez

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Jannik Vestergaard, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Bertrand, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Mario Lemina, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Nathan Redmond, Charlie Austin, Danny Ings