Wolves 3-2 West Ham: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Wolves

Rodrigo Gomes 43'

J. Strand Larsen 82'

J. Strand Larsen 84'

West Ham

T. Souček 50'

Lucas Paquetá 63'

EFL Cup 2025/2026

2nd Round

August 26, 2025 6:30pm

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Key stats

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Wolves 3-4-2-1

West Ham 3-5-2

Goalkeeper

S. Johnstone

6.2

A. Areola

6.2

Defenders

S. Bueno

6.2

N. Aguerd

6.3

E. Agbadou

6.5

K. Mavropanos

6.3

Y. Mosquera

6.3

J. Todibo

6.2

Midfielders

Hugo Bueno

7.0

E. Diouf

6.3

André

7.2

T. Souček

7.3

J. Bellegarde

6.9

G. Rodríguez

6.3

Rodrigo Gomes

6.9

J. Ward-Prowse

6.2

K. Walker-Peters

7.3

Forwards

Fer López

6.9

Lucas Paquetá

7.2

J. Arias

6.7

J. Bowen

7.2

Hwang Hee-Chan

5.9

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Highest rating

8.3

J. Strand Larsen

7.3

T. Souček

Match Summary

On August 26, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Wolves faced off against West Ham at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, West Midlands. The game concluded with Wolves securing a victory. With 51% possession, Wolves versus West Ham's 49% and shots on goal at 6 to 4. Wolves had 84% successful passes (of 450 passes) over West Ham which had 81% successful passes (of 451 passes). The outstanding efforts by J. Strand Larsen and T. Souček played a key role.

Lineup

3-4-2-1

3-5-2

Johnstone

6.2

Played:
97Min

Saves:
2 of 4

Accurate passes:
16/27

Mosquera

6.3

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
44/53

Won duels:
4/8

Agbadou

6.5

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
57/64

Won duels:
3/6

Bueno

6.2

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
61/63

Won duels:
3/7

Gomes

6.9

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
10/11

Won duels:
2/2

Bellegarde

6.9

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
25/29

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
1/2

André

7.2

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
33/38

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/9

Dribbles:
1/2

Bueno

7.0

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
40/48

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Arias

6.7

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
19/28

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/12

Dribbles:
1/4

López

6.9

Played:
73Min

Accurate passes:
25/30

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Hee-Chan

5.9

Played:
81Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/12

Dribbles:
0/2

Paquetá

7.2

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
27/36

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/13

Bowen

7.2

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
27/31

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
7/15

Dribbles:
3/5

Diouf

6.3

Played:
97Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
26/35

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
1/2

Souček

7.3

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
23/31

Won duels:
5/9

Rodríguez

6.3

Played:
86Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
23/27

Won duels:
10/15

Dribbles:
1/2

Ward-Prowse

6.2

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
35/40

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Walker-Peters

7.3

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
35/40

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Aguerd

6.3

Played:
70Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
37/47

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
1/1

Mavropanos

6.3

Played:
97Min

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
50/56

Won duels:
6/8

Todibo

6.2

Played:
86Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
40/48

Won duels:
4/9

Areola

6.2

Played:
97Min

Saves:
3 of 6

Accurate passes:
30/44

Substitutes

Coach

Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira

Kalajdzic

6.7

Played:
16Min

Accurate passes:
5/6

Won duels:
2/3

Larsen

8.3

Played:
24Min

Accurate passes:
3/5

Won duels:
1/4

Gomes

7.2

Played:
24Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Doherty

7.2

Played:
25Min

Accurate passes:
14/14

Won duels:
1/2

Tchatchoua

7.5

Played:
25Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/1

Dribbles:
1/1

Wolfe

Bentley

Munetsi

Chirewa

Coach

Graham Stephen Potter

Wilson

6.3

Played:
11Min

Füllkrug

6.5

Played:
11Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Won duels:
1/1

Kilman

6.7

Played:
27Min

Accurate passes:
13/14

Won duels:
3/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Marshall

Potts

Scarles

Orford

Hermansen

Irving

Stats

Ball Possession

Wolves Wolves: 51%

West Ham: 49%

Total Shots

Wolves Wolves: 19

West Ham: 7

Shots on Goal

Wolves Wolves: 6

West Ham: 4

Corner Kicks

Wolves Wolves: 7

West Ham: 0

Offsides

Wolves Wolves: 0

West Ham: 4

Fouls

Wolves Wolves: 16

West Ham: 9

Yellow Cards

Wolves Wolves: 2

West Ham: 1

Red Cards

Wolves Wolves: 0

West Ham: 0

Total Passes

Wolves Wolves: 450

West Ham: 451

Goals Prevented

Wolves Wolves: 0

West Ham: 0

Passes Accuracy

Wolves Wolves: 380 (84%)

West Ham: 367 (81%)

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Wolves vs West Ham

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline