Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. league record by opponent

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Molineux Stadium has been the home venue for Wolverhampton Wanderers since 1889.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. Founded in 1877 as St. Luke's, they adopted their current name in August 1879. [1] Wolves began playing league football in 1888 when they were nominated to become one of the twelve founder members of the Football League. [2] Wolves remained in the Football League for 115 years in different divisions, in this time the club were English football champions for three seasons. [3] In 2003 they were promoted into the Premier League, [4] which had replaced the Football League's First Division at the top of the English football league system in 1992. [5] The team were relegated back into the Football League after one season in the Premier League. [6] Their second promotion to the Premier League came in 2009 and this spell spanned three seasons. [7] Between 2012 and 2018 the club were playing in the Football League until their third promotion to the Premier League at the end of the 2017–18 EFL Championship season. [6] In the current 2023–24 season, Wolves are playing at the top level of the domestic professional game for a sixth consecutive season, and their tenth at this level since the formation of the Premier League in 1992.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers played their inaugural league fixture as part of the 1888–89 Football League on 8 September 1888 against Aston Villa. [8] Since that game they have faced 112 different sides in league football with their most regular opponent having been West Bromwich Albion, against whom they have played on 148 occasions since their first meeting on 15 December 1888. [9] They met their most recent different league opponent, Burton Albion, for the first time in the 2016–17 Football League Championship season. The club has won 64 of their 131 league matches against Burnley, which represents the most Wolves have won against any club. [10] Wolves has drawn more matches with West Brom than with any other club; out of the 148 league matches between the two teams, 41 have finished without a winner. [9] The side has lost more league games to Everton than to any other club, having been defeated by them 60 times in 134 encounters. [11]

Key

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of matches played on 9 March 2024.
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. league record by opponent
ClubHomeAwayTotalWin%FirstLastNote(s)
PldWDLPldWDLPldWDLGFGA
Accrington F.C. 55005113106133022060.00 1888–89 1892–93
Accrington Stanley 11001001210152050.00 1923–24 1923–24
Aldershot 32013201640285066.67 1986–87 1988–89
Arsenal 542011235591630109292753160213026.61 1904–05 2023–24 [a]
Ashington 11001100220081100.00 1923–24 1923–24
Aston Villa 5926141958151528117412947175204035.04 1888–89 2023–24
Barnsley 412588418112282331930134119040.24 1906–07 2017–18
Barrow 11001010211052050.00 1923–24 1923–24
Birmingham City 6540101565222023130623038206154047.69 1894–95 2017–18 [b]
Blackburn Rovers 482513104812102696372336167168038.54 1888–89 2016–17
Blackpool 503091150171023100471934162143047.00 1906–07 2014–15
Bolton Wanderers 6337121463151335126522549226189041.27 1888–89 2017–18
Bournemouth 63037232135351616038.46 1985–86 2023–24
Bradford City 16943165563214996045043.75 1906–07 2013–14
Bradford Park Avenue 1256112336248973530033.33 1908–09 1931–32
Brentford 169161663732154135150046.88 1935–36 2023–24
Brighton & Hove Albion 2037102038940615193671015.00 1979–80 2023–24
Bristol City 321911232145136433161511170051.56 1911–12 2017–18
Bristol Rovers 62136150123632115025.00 1976–77 1992–93
Burnley 6641121365231626131642839234162048.85 1888–89 2023–24
Burton Albion 21102101421194050.00 2016–17 2017–18
Burton United 11001001210144050.00 1906–07 1906–07
Bury 271782275220542210228269040.74 1895–96 1998–99
Cambridge United 52125032102441212020.00 1982–83 1992–93
Cardiff City 2916492911995827131811377046.55 1920–21 2018–19
Carlisle United 861184131610242913062.50 1965–66 2013–14
Charlton Athletic 37239537157157438162013493051.35 1929–30 2015–16
Chelsea 5626131756161723112423040188189037.50 1906–07 2023–24
Chester City 11001010211042050.00 1988–89 1988–89
Chesterfield 76107223148332312057.14 1906–07 1988–89 [c]
Colchester United 5500530210802167080.00 1986–87 2013–14
Coventry City 3012810307617601914276080031.67 1919–20 2013–14
Crawley Town 11001001210133050.00 2013–14 2013–14
Crewe Alexandra 11542116322211743414050.00 1923–24 2013–14
Crystal Palace 3116693291013632516227879039.68 1921–22 2023–24
Darlington 55005122106222116060.00 1923–24 1987–88
Darwen 21102101421197050.00 1891–92 1893–94
Derby County 7132182171211238142533059246249037.32 1888–89 2017–18
Doncaster Rovers 32013300650172083.33 1923–24 2008–09
Durham City 11001100220053100.00 1923–24 1923–24
Everton 6733132167151339134482660189217035.82 1888–89 2023–24
Exeter City 211022004310125075.00 1986–87 1987–88
Fulham 44261354415111888412423136108046.59 1907–08 2023–24
Gainsborough Trinity 6420630312723145058.33 1906–07 1911–12
Gillingham 74217304147253215050.00 1985–86 2013–14
Glossop North End 10820105142013344320065.00 1899–1900 1914–15 [d]
Grimsby Town 35235735117177034122412677048.57 1901–02 2002–03
Halifax Town 3102311162131210033.33 1923–24 1987–88
Hartlepool United 330032106510102083.33 1923–24 1987–88
Hereford United 330032016501135083.33 1976–77 1987–88
Huddersfield Town 3920811391142478311235133118039.74 1910–11 2018–19
Hull City 3014883084186022122689104036.67 1906–07 2017–18
Ipswich Town 38161663810622762622288494034.21 1961–62 2017–18
Leeds City 1071210136208484037040.00 1906–07 1919–20
Leeds United 472311134711102694342139122127036.17 1920–21 2022–23
Leicester City 5626181256121628112383440150144033.93 1906–07 2022–23 [e]
Leyton Orient 24153624761148229177959045.83 1906–07 2013–14 [f]
Lincoln City 111010113262213364524059.09 1906–07 1986–87
Liverpool 53221021529736105311757114167029.52 1894–95 2023–24
Luton Town 147251554629126115350041.38 1955–56 2023–24
Manchester City 6032131559131135119452450219234037.82 1899–1900 2023–24
Manchester United 502410165010733100341749139167034.00 1892–93 2023–24 [g]
Mansfield Town 11001001210175050.00 1988–89 1988–89
Middlesbrough 4421716445122788261943123142029.55 1902–03 2017–18
Millwall 19114419577381611116040042.11 1928–29 2017–18
Milton Keynes Dons 20112200421133050.00 2013–14 2015–16
New Brighton 11001100220061100.00 1923–24 1923–24
Newcastle United 48261574810122696362733148153037.50 1898–99 2023–24
Newport County 21012101420277050.00 1985–86 1987–88
Northampton Town 321031026312118050.00 1966–67 1988–89
Norwich City 2818822810810562816129256050.00 1965–66 2021–22
Nottingham Forest 6443111063151731127582841212183045.67 1892–93 2023–24
Notts County 342185348111568291920110103042.65 1888–89 2013–14
Oldham Athletic 20106420521340158175861037.50 1907–08 2013–14
Oxford United 95229144186662325033.33 1984–85 1998–99
Peterborough United 62136411126241515050.00 1986–87 2013–14
Plymouth Argyle 148421436528111073833039.29 1930–31 2008–09
Port Vale 22144422126444261089046059.09 1906–07 2013–14 [h]
Portsmouth 42221464212102084342426143106040.48 1924–25 2009–10
Preston North End 5832111558141628116462743197188039.66 1888–89 2017–18
Queens Park Rangers 221147226106441714136461038.64 1968–69 2017–18
Reading 1911261955938167155151042.11 1926–27 2017–18
Rochdale 31203210633060050.00 1923–24 1987–88
Rotherham County 54015014104151512040.00 1919–20 1923–24
Rotherham United 11830114522212824422054.55 1965–66 2016–17
Scarborough 10101010202022000.00 1987–88 1987–88
Scunthorpe United 330033006600122100.00 1986–87 2007–08
Sheffield United 5325181053101627106353437171161033.02 1893–94 2023–24
Sheffield Wednesday 523213752131623104452930168149043.27 1892–93 2017–18 [i]
Shrewsbury Town 30213201622265033.33 1982–83 2013–14
South Shields 871083411610512815062.50 1919–20 1927–28
Southampton 331512633105186625172494103037.88 1922–23 2022–23
Southend United 96129333189453116050.00 1986–87 2006–07
Southport 11001010211021050.00 1923–24 1923–24
Stevenage 11001010211020050.00 2013–14 2013–14
Stockport County 2112722177742191497550045.24 1906–07 2001–02
Stoke City 7037191470211435140583349217195041.43 1888–89 2011–12 [j]
Sunderland 5628131556111431112392746157194034.82 1890–91 2017–18
Swansea City 146531445528101084947035.71 1925–26 2011–12 [k]
Swindon Town 1063110316209472824045.00 1989–90 2013–14
Torquay United 21012110421143050.00 1986–87 1987–88
Tottenham Hotspur 472391547983094321745151177034.04 1908–09 2023–24
Tranmere Rovers 141112144552815674530053.57 1923–24 2013–14
Walsall 6222632112543178041.67 1923–24 2013–14
Watford 217113216510421316135452030.95 1983–84 2021–22
West Bromwich Albion 7435172274172433148524155230231035.14 1888–89 2020–21
West Ham United 3418793567226924143185111034.78 1919–20 2023–24
Wigan Athletic 82338215164482229025.00 1985–86 2016–17
Wigan Borough 10101010202044000.00 1923–24 1923–24
Wimbledon 4121412182421010025.00 1984–85 2002–03
Wrexham 310230216123711016.67 1923–24 1987–88
York City 11001001210144050.00 1985–86 1985–86

Notes

  1. Record against Woolwich Arsenal included
  2. Record against Small Heath included; record against Birmingham included
  3. Record against Chesterfield Town included
  4. Record against Glossop included
  5. Record against Leicester Fosse included
  6. Record against Clapton Orient included; record against Orient included
  7. Record against Newton Heath included
  8. Record against Burslem Port Vale included
  9. Record against The Wednesday included
  10. Record against Stoke included
  11. Record against Swansea Town included

References

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Specific
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