Semenyo seals Bournemouth win against woeful Wolves
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Antoine Semenyo scored the only goal as 10-man Bournemouth beat Wolves at Molineux to move into the top half of the Premier League table, despite having Milos Kerkez sent off.

Semenyo marked his return to the starting line-up with the opening goal, taking his tally to eight for the season when he slotted in from close range after Wolves failed to clear.

It was no less than the visitors deserved as they employed a positive approach from the outset.

Bournemouth created a plethora of chances with top scorer Dominic Solanke, Alex Scott, Kerkez and Justin Kluivert all testing home keeper Jose Sa, who performed admirably in the face of constant pressure.

The Cherries' profligacy in front of goal looked like it was going to be punished when Hwang Hee-chan looked to have equalised in the second half, but his effort was ruled out after the video assistant referee (VAR) asked on-field official Stuart Attwell to check the pitchside monitor for a foul in the build-up.

Attwell, who was at the centre of a VAR storm after Nottingham Forest's defeat by Everton on Sunday, deemed that Wolves substitute Matheus Cunha had caught Kluivert in the face with a swinging arm in the moments before Nelson Semedo delivered the cross for Hwang.

The game immediately fell back into its original pattern in the aftermath of that incident, with Bournemouth probing without finding any success in the final third, until they were reduced to 10-men for the final 10 minutes of regulation time after Hungary left-back Kerkez was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Matt Doherty.

Andoni Iraola's side hung on throughout the closing stages - including 12 minutes of stoppage time - for a win that moves them up to 10th, two points behind eighth-placed West Ham, while Wolves drop to 12th.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Starting XI

  1. Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá

    Average rating

    6.19

  2. Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo

    Average rating

    5.75

  3. Squad number4Player nameBueno

    Average rating

    5.48

  4. Squad number23Player nameKilman

    Average rating

    5.68

  5. Squad number24Player nameToti Gomes

    Average rating

    5.49

  6. Squad number5Player nameLemina

    Average rating

    5.75

  7. Squad number21Player nameSarabia

    Average rating

    5.54

  8. Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes

    Average rating

    5.67

  9. Squad number20Player nameDoyle

    Average rating

    5.75

  10. Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri

    Average rating

    6.05

  11. Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan

    Average rating

    6.05

Substitutes

  1. Squad number2Player nameDoherty

    Average rating

    5.51

  2. Squad number6Player nameTraoré

    Average rating

    5.02

  3. Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha

    Average rating

    5.27

  4. Squad number62Player nameChirewa

    Average rating

    5.29

  5. Squad number63Player nameFraser

    Average rating

    4.56

AFC Bournemouth

Starting XI

  1. Squad number42Player nameTravers

    Average rating

    8.19

  2. Squad number15Player nameA Smith

    Average rating

    6.86

  3. Squad number27Player nameZabarnyi

    Average rating

    7.20

  4. Squad number25Player nameSenesi

    Average rating

    7.01

  5. Squad number3Player nameKerkez

    Average rating

    6.52

  6. Squad number4Player nameL Cook

    Average rating

    6.95

  7. Squad number10Player nameChristie

    Average rating

    7.93

  8. Squad number24Player nameSemenyo

    Average rating

    7.61

  9. Squad number14Player nameScott

    Average rating

    7.40

  10. Squad number19Player nameKluivert

    Average rating

    7.20

  11. Squad number9Player nameSolanke

    Average rating

    7.66

Substitutes

  1. Squad number5Player nameKelly

    Average rating

    7.02

  2. Squad number11Player nameOuattara

    Average rating

    7.28

  3. Squad number23Player nameHill

    Average rating

    7.55

  4. Squad number26Player nameÜnal

    Average rating

    7.40

Line-ups
Wolves

Formation 4-1-4-1

  • 1
  • 22Nélson SemedoBooked at 23mins
  • 4Bueno

    Substituted forDohertyat 45'minutesBooked at 61mins

  • 23Kilman
  • 24Gomes

    Substituted forFraserat 90+3'minutes

  • 5Lemina
  • 21Sarabia

    Substituted forChirewaat 64'minutes

  • 8João Gomes

    Substituted forTraoréat 64'minutes

  • 20Doyle

    Substituted forMatheus Cunhaat 55'minutesBooked at 69mins

  • 3Aït-NouriBooked at 44mins
  • 11Hwang Hee-chan
Substitutes
  • 2Doherty
  • 6Traoré
  • 12Matheus Cunha
  • 17Bueno
  • 25Bentley
  • 37Holman
  • 61Okoduwa
  • 62Chirewa
  • 63Fraser
Bournemouth

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 42Travers
  • 15A Smith
  • 27Zabarnyi
  • 25Senesi

    Substituted forHillat 87'minutes

  • 3KerkezBooked at 79mins
  • 4L Cook
  • 10Christie
  • 24Semenyo
  • 14Scott

    Substituted forKellyat 81'minutes

  • 19Kluivert

    Substituted forOuattaraat 74'minutes

  • 9Solanke

    Substituted forÜnalat 87'minutesBooked at 90mins

Substitutes
  • 1Neto
  • 5Kelly
  • 11Ouattara
  • 23Hill
  • 26Ünal
  • 29Billing
  • 37Aarons
  • 49Sadi
  • 50Dacosta Gonzalez

Referee:
Stuart Attwell

Attendance:
25,541

Match Stats
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Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Bournemouth 1.



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