Wolves 1-2 Liverpool Stats: Reds Go Top of the Premier League With Hard-Fought Win

Arne Slot’s side are top of the table after edging out Wolves at Molineux. Check out the best facts, stats and Opta data from the game with our Wolves vs Liverpool stats page.

Liverpool went top of the Premier League on Saturday night with a win at Wolves as Arne Slot’s side took advantage of Manchester City’s slip-up at Newcastle earlier in the day.

City’s draw opened the door first to Arsenal, who could not beat Leicester by the three clear goals they needed to, and then Liverpool to take pole position, and Slot’s side came up with the win they required.

It wasn’t a vintage Liverpool performance, particularly for much of the first half, when Wolves created some decent openings, but goals from Ibrahima Konaté – his first in the Premier League – and a penalty from Mo Salah either side of Rayan Aït-Nouri’s equaliser were enough.

Liverpool sit one point clear of both City and Arsenal on 15 points, with five wins and a defeat from their first six Premier League games under Slot.

Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Wolves vs Liverpool 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 Liverpool: Post-Match Facts

• Mohamed Salah has now been involved in 231 Premier League goals for Liverpool (159 goals, 72 assists), with only Wayne Rooney with Manchester United (276), Ryan Giggs with Manchester United (271), Harry Kane with Tottenham (259), Thierry Henry with Arsenal (249) and Frank Lampard with Chelsea (237) registering more for a side in the competition’s history.
• Liverpool have won their opening three away games in a Premier League season for just the third time after 2018-19 and 2019-20.
• Wolves have lost 12 of their last 16 league games (D3 L1), including four successive such games at Molineux for the first time since December 2022.
• Mohamed Salah’s penalty was his 10th winning goal in the Premier League from the spot, only Frank Lampard (18) and Alan Shearer (12) have scored more such goals in the competition’s history.
• Ibrahima Konaté became the first Liverpool player to score on his 50th start in the Premier League for the club since Joël Matip against Southampton in September 2018. Indeed, all five of his goals for the club in all competitions have been headers.
• In 2024, only Ben White, Fabian Schär and Josko Gvardiol (all 6) have been involved in more Premier League goals among defenders than Wolves’ Rayan Aït-Nouri (5 – 3 goals, 2 assists).
• Since his Premier League debut in September 2020, only Matty Cash (6) has conceded more penalties in the Premier League than Wolves’ Nélson Semedo (5).

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