Wolverhampton took advantage of their locality and beat Tottenham

This Saturday, Wolves beat Tottenham 1-0, in the match corresponding to date 26 of the England – Premier League 2022-2023 tournament. The local scored the only goal of the game in the 36th minute, through Adama Traoré. The midfielder managed to shoot into the back of the net, with individual play from the big box.

A Pedro Porro shot hit the post 50 minutes into the first half and Tottenham lost their chance to take the lead.

Tottenham have been hit hard. He found more shooting chances than his rival (22) and still lost. Of the total number of shots, 15 were targeted, 1 deflected off the post and 6 went wide.

Adama Traoré gave a great performance. The Wolverhampton midfielder scored 1 goal and made 4 correct passes.

Another player who had a great game was José Sá. The Wolverhampton goalkeeper was the protagonist against Tottenham: he contained 5 shots and made 22 correct passes.

Wolverhampton defender Jonny Otto knocked down a pipe and infiltrated the ball between the legs of Tottenham striker Dejan Kulusevski 5 minutes into the first leg.

It was a duel that was stopped, due to the high accumulation of offenses on the pitch. There were 2 warned: Rúben Neves and Dejan Kulusevski.

Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui presented a tactical 4-5-1 setup with José Sá in goal; Nélson Semedo, Craig Dawson, Maximilian Kilman and Jonny Otto on the defensive line; Rúben Neves, Mario Lemina, Pablo Sarabia, Matheus Nunes and Pedro Neto in the middle; and Diego Costa in attack.

For their part, Cristian Stellini’s side came out with a 3-4-3 tactical arrangement with Fraser Forster under the three sticks; Cristian Romero, Clément Lenglet and Ben Davies in defence; Pedro Porro, Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg and Ivan Perisic in midfield; and Dejan Kulusevski, Harry Kane and Son Heungmin up front.

Tim Robinson was the chosen referee for the match at Molineux Stadium.

On the next date, Wolves travel to Newcastle United and Tottenham play at home to Nottingham Forest.

In this way, the local is in thirteenth place in the championship with 27 points, while the visit, with 45, is in fourth place.

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