Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Everton scored on 80′.
- Goals after 80′
- 1
- Last goal
- 80′
League Cup · Round of 32
Everton
Charly Alcaraz 80'
1 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Wolves
League Cup
Round of 32Everton1–0Wolves
10
Shots in the box
2
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
80′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Everton 1-0 Wolves
Everton edged out Wolves 1-0 at Hill Dickinson Stadium in League Cup. Alcaraz opened the scoring for Everton on 80'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Everton took 10 of their 16 attempts inside the box, Wolves 2 of 6. Everton held 62.0% of the ball.
It was settled late — Alcaraz struck on 80' to swing it Everton's way with the game otherwise level.
T. Dibling came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.7 for Everton from 1 assist, 2 key passes and 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 26 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Wolves conceding the most free-kicks (13).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
62%Possession38%
16Shots6
What the numbers say
1 readTimeline
🟨10'
Jackson Tchatchoua
Foul
Jack Grealish
Foul
🟨11'
🔄38'
Adam Armstrong ↑ Raúl Jiménez ↓
🔄45'
Yacouba Nasser Djiga ↑ Ladislav Krejčí ↓
Half-time
Brennan Johnson ↑ Thierno Barry ↓
🔄58'
🔄63'
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde ↑ Jordan James ↓
🔄74'
Kieran Trippier ↑ Jackson Tchatchoua ↓
🔄74'
Bertrand Traoré ↑ Tawanda Chirewa ↓
Tyrique George ↑ Jack Grealish ↓
🔄77'
Charly Alcaraz ↑ Hayden Hackney ↓
🔄77'
Charly Alcaraz — assist: Tyler Dibling
⚽80'
🟨90+1'
Thomas Doyle
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueHill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool
RefereeT. Bramall
CompetitionLeague Cup
Season2026
RoundRound of 32
StatusMatch Finished