Matheus Cunha had a hand in both goals as Wolves got their first win of the season. Look back on the action with the best facts and Opta data in our Wolves vs Southampton stats page.
Wolves secured their first win of the Premier League season thanks to Matheus Cunha’s heroics in a 2-0 defeat of Southampton at Molineux on Saturday.
The pressure had been increasing on Wolves boss Gary O’Neil ahead of the visit of fellow strugglers Saints, but victory will come as a massive boost for a team who’d underachieved across their first 10 games of 2024-25.
Wolves went ahead after one minute and 48 seconds, their earliest goal in Premier League history. Cunha slide an incisive pass through to Pablo Sarabia, who took the ball around the goalkeeper and slotted home.
A Ryan Manning equaliser was subsequently disallowed controversially and Wolves took full advantage early in the second half, slamming home from distance against a helpless Aaron Ramsdale.
Wolves had little issue holding onto their lead despite Southampton dominating possession, ending the game having had 71% of the ball but without managing a shot on target.
As such, Saints slumped to a ninth successive Premier League away defeat, with no team having a poorer run on the road in the competition since Aston Villa lost 10 on the bounce between February 2016 and September 2019.
The defeat leaves Southampton bottom of the table, a position vacated by victorious Wolves.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Wolves vs Southampton stats from their Premier League meeting at Molineux.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Wolves vs Southampton: Post-Match Facts
- Only Raúl Jiménez (58), Pedro Neto (30), Kevin Doyle (30) and Rúben Neves (30) have been involved in more Premier League goals for Wolves than Matheus Cunha (28 – 19 goals & 9 assists).
- Matheus Cunha has had a hand in 23 goals across his last 28 Premier League starts for Wolves (15 goals, 8 assists). Indeed, today was just the second time the Brazilian has both scored and assisted in a league game for Wolves, also doing so against Everton in December last year.
- Wolves managed to keep their first clean sheet in 23 Premier League games, with their previous shutout coming against Sheffield United in February (1-0).
- Southampton remain winless in their last 13 away Premier League games (D2 L11) and are the first side to lose nine consecutive away matches in the competition since Norwich in September 2021. Indeed, the last side to endure a longer losing run on the road was Aston Villa between February 2016 – September 2019 (10 in a row).
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