Hwang Hee-chan (28, Wolverhampton Wanderers) played full time but didn’t make much of an impact. Her fourth assist of the game was a deflection off a deflection.
Wolverhampton Wanderers fell 1-3 to Crystal Palace in the 37th round of the 2023-2024 Premier League (PL) season at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, England, at 11:00 p.m. ET on Sunday.
The loss drops Wolverhampton to 13th place in the table with 46 points (-6 goal difference). Palace, on the other hand, rode a six-match unbeaten run to 46 points (-13 goal difference) and moved past Wolverhampton into 12th place.
Wolverhampton started in a 3-5-2 formation. Mateusz Cunha-Hwang Hee-Chan, Layan Aitnour-Boubacar Traore-Mario Lemina-Juan Gomes-Matt Doherty, Totti Gomes-Maximilian Kilman-Nelson Semedo, 토토사이트 and Daniel Bentley started up front. Goalkeeper Josué Sa was a surprise omission.
Palace lined up in a 3-4-2-1 formation.
Jean-Philippe Mateta, Eberechi Eze-Michael Oliseh, Tyrick Mitchell-Adam Wotton-Will Hughes-Daniel Muñoz, Chris Richards-Joachim Andersen-Nathaniel Clyne, and Dean Henderson started up front.
Wolverhampton played their worst game in the first half. The attack was dull, and the defense struggled to keep up with the pressure. In the 26th minute, they took the lead. Oliseh cut in from the right and found the back of the net with a stunning left-footed curler.
Palace quickly added a second. In the 28th minute, Oliseh froze the defense with a clever roving pass in the box. Muñoz’s volley hit the post, but Mateta was there to slot home the rebound to make it 2-0.
The goalposts didn’t help Wolverhampton either. In the 42nd minute, Aitnouli broke down the left and sent in a sharp cross. Doherty headed it on, but the ball hit the crossbar. Wolverhampton couldn’t find a way forward after that.
Neither Hwang nor Cunha even registered a shot on target in 45 minutes.
Hwang made his presence felt in the 21st minute of the second half when he collected the ball on the right and sent a ground ball cross in front of the goal. The ball deflected off a defender and Cunha calmly finished the loose ball for the winner. It was Hwang’s fourth league assist of the season, but the goal was not officially recorded because the defender touched it.
Wolverhampton’s hopes of equalizing were dashed again. In the 29th minute, Eze slipped in behind the defense and found himself one-on-one with the keeper, who calmly folded once and beat the keeper to add to his tally.
Wolverhampton lost a numerical advantage in the 39th minute when Nauiru Ahmadah was sent off for accumulating cautions, but there was no comeback. Wolverhampton were unable to score any more goals and fell to their knees at home.
As the entire Wolverhampton team slumped, Hwang Hee-chan was unable to capitalize. The striker, who was looking for his third consecutive league goal, was running around diligently and looking for space in the back, but was unable to link up well with his teammates. There were moments when Hwang showed his frustration when the timing of his passes was off.
He was also disappointed with the super play of the opposing defense.
In the 23rd minute, Cunha found space in the back right and sent in a low cross for Hwang to rush in and try to score. It was a great opportunity, 슬롯사이트 순위 but Klein made a tackle just before Hwang could shoot and barely touched the ball. The ball changed trajectory and Hwang’s shot went wide.
On the day, Hwang completed 74% of his passes (14/19), had 1 shot, 26 touches, 0 successful dribbles (1 attempt), 0 successful crosses (1 attempt), 1 loss of possession, 1 interception, and 1 successful ball contest (1/8). It wasn’t a bull by the horns.
Football stats site FutbolScore.com gave Hwang a 5.8 rating. This was the second-lowest rating for any player on either team, after goalkeeper Bentley (5.2). He and Bentley were the only two players in the 5-point range. Footmob also gave Hwang a 5.9 rating.