Wolverhampton Wanderers vs AFC Bournemouth, 2023-24 English Premier League

· English Premier League

Wolverhampton Wanderers

FT
0 - 1

AFC Bournemouth

37': Antoine Semenyo
79': Milos Kerkez

Bournemouth gets back to winning ways with 1-0 win over Wolves

Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo celebrates goal [1296x729]

Bournemouth snapped a three-game winless run in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory at former manager Gary O'Neil's Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday courtesy of a first-half strike from Antoine Semenyo.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan is caught offside.
4': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Maximilian Kilman.
5': Attempt saved. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Christie.
5': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by José Sá.
6': Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross following a corner.
6': Foul by Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth).
6': José Sá (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
7': João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Attempt blocked. Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Scott.
8': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Maximilian Kilman.
9': Attempt blocked. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Illia Zabarnyi.
10': Attempt blocked. Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Scott.
13': Attempt saved. Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maximilian Kilman.
13': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Mark Travers.
13': Attempt saved. Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Toti Gomes.
15': Attempt saved. Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Scott.
16': Foul by Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth).
16': Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Attempt saved. Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Justin Kluivert.
18': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by José Sá.
18': Attempt missed. Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross following a corner.
19': Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
19': Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
23': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
23': Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Pablo Sarabia.
25': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
26': Attempt saved. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
27': Attempt blocked. Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Scott.
28': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
28': Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
29': Hand ball by Tommy Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
31': Foul by Illia Zabarnyi (Bournemouth).
31': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Attempt blocked. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Sarabia.
32': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Illia Zabarnyi.
33': Alex Scott (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
35': Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth).
35': Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Attempt missed. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mario Lemina.
37': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Bournemouth 1. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
38': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth).
38': João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39': Foul by Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
39': Illia Zabarnyi (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Ryan Christie.
42': Foul by Ryan Christie (Bournemouth).
42': Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Attempt blocked. Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Gomes.
43': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Milos Kerkez.
44': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
45': Alex Scott (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45': Foul by Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
45'+3': First Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Bournemouth 1.
45': Second Half begins Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Bournemouth 1.
45': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matt Doherty replaces Santiago Bueno.
48': Foul by Ryan Christie (Bournemouth).
48': Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Attempt missed. Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mario Lemina with a cross.
51': Attempt blocked. Tommy Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Gomes.
54': Attempt missed. Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dominic Solanke.
54': Attempt saved. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcos Senesi.
54': Attempt blocked. Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
54': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by João Gomes.
55': Attempt missed. Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
55': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matheus Cunha replaces Tommy Doyle.
56': Attempt blocked. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominic Solanke.
56': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by João Gomes.
56': Attempt missed. Alex Scott (Bournemouth) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross following a corner.
58': Attempt blocked. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Smith.
58': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Toti Gomes.
59': Attempt missed. Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
59': Foul by Adam Smith (Bournemouth).
59': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Foul by Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
61': Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63': Attempt blocked. Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Smith.
63': Attempt missed. Alex Scott (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
64': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tawanda Chirewa replaces Pablo Sarabia.
64': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Boubacar Traoré replaces João Gomes.
65': Foul by Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
65': Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
68': VAR Decision: No Goal Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Bournemouth.
69': Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Offside, Bournemouth. Justin Kluivert is caught offside.
72': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
72': Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth).
73': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth).
74': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Delay in match because of an injury Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
74': Substitution, Bournemouth. Dango Ouattara replaces Justin Kluivert.
75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
77': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Mario Lemina.
78': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
78': Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Foul by Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth).
79': Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
79': Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth) is shown the red card.
81': Substitution, Bournemouth. Lloyd Kelly replaces Alex Scott.
82': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Toti Gomes.
83': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Matheus Cunha.
85': Attempt saved. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
86': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Ryan Christie.
86': Attempt missed. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
87': Substitution, Bournemouth. James Hill replaces Marcos Senesi because of an injury.
87': Substitution, Bournemouth. Enes Ünal replaces Dominic Solanke.
88': Foul by Enes Ünal (Bournemouth).
88': Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Attempt blocked. Tawanda Chirewa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Lemina.
89': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by James Hill.
89': Attempt blocked. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
89': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Ryan Christie.
90': Foul by Dango Ouattara (Bournemouth).
90': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90': Attempt saved. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Doherty.
90'+2': Foul by Ryan Christie (Bournemouth).
90'+2': Tawanda Chirewa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Enes Ünal (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card.
90'+3': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nathan Fraser replaces Toti Gomes.
90'+4': Attempt blocked. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
90'+8': Foul by Ryan Christie (Bournemouth).
90'+8': Tawanda Chirewa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by James Hill.
90'+9': Attempt blocked. Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri with a cross.
90'+9': Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Maximilian Kilman is caught offside.
90'+13': Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Bournemouth 1.
0': Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Bournemouth 1.

Statistics

BOU		WOL
17	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	4
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
12	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	5
37.2	Possession	62.8
21	SHOTS	15
6	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
224	Accurate Passes	435
304	Passes	535
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	4
18	Crosses	18
0.2	Cross %	0.2
57	Long Balls	48
18	Accurate Long Balls	20
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
8	Blocked Shots	7
15	Effective Tackles	10
22	Tackles	17
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
11	Interceptions	4
25	Effective Clearances	21
25	Clearances	21

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Molineux Stadium
Location: Wolverhampton, England
Attendance: 25,541

Premier League Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	27	+38	64
2	Arsenal	26	+28	53
3	Nottingham Forest	26	+11	47
4	Manchester City	26	+15	44

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	José Sá (GK)
23	Max Kilman
4	Santiago Bueno
5	Mario Lemina
24	Toti Gomes
22	Nélson Semedo
20	Tommy Doyle
8	João Gomes
3	Rayan Aït-Nouri
21	Pablo Sarabia
11	Hwang Hee-Chan

Wolverhampton Wanderers Substitutes:

Matheus Cunha, Fletcher Holman, Wesley Okoduwa, Tawanda Chirewa, Matt Doherty, Hugo Bueno, Boubacar Traoré, Nathan Fraser, Daniel Bentley.

AFC Bournemouth (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
42	Mark Travers (GK)
25	Marcos Senesi
27	Illia Zabarnyi
3	Milos Kerkez
15	Adam Smith
14	Alex Scott
10	Ryan Christie
4	Lewis Cook
9	Dominic Solanke
19	Justin Kluivert
24	Antoine Semenyo

AFC Bournemouth Substitutes:

Neto, Max Aarons, Michael Dacosta Gonzalez, Dominic Sadi, Philip Billing, James Hill, Dango Ouattara, Lloyd Kelly, Enes Ünal.

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