Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. league record by opponent

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]

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

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 146 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 63 of their 127 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 146 league matches between the two teams, 40 have finished without a winner.[9] The side has lost more league games to Derby County and Everton than to any other club, having been defeated by them 59 times in 142 and 127 encounters respectively.[11]

Key
  • The table includes results of matches played by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Football League and the Premier League. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
  • For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Small Heath, Woolwich Arsenal and The Wednesday are integrated into the records against Birmingham City, Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday, respectively
  •    Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are competing in the 2020–21 Premier League alongside Wolves.
  •    Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; F = goals for; A = goals against; Win% = percentage of total matches won
  • The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Wolves played league matches against each opponent

All-time league record
Statistics correct as of matches played on 2 February 2021.
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. league record by opponent
Club Home Away Total Win% First Last Note(s)
PWDL PWDL PWDL FA
Accrington F.C. 5500 5113 10 6 1 3 30 22 060.00 1888–89 1892–93
Accrington Stanley 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 5 2 050.00 1923–24 1923–24
Aldershot 3201 3201 6 4 0 2 8 5 066.67 1986–87 1988–89
Arsenal 52201121 5291627 104 29 27 48 158 201 027.88 1904–05 2020–21 [lower-alpha 1]
Ashington 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 8 1 100.00 1923–24 1923–24
Aston Villa 56241319 55141328 111 38 26 47 167 199 034.23 1888–89 2020–21
Barnsley 412588 4181122 82 33 19 30 134 119 040.24 1906–07 2017–18
Barrow 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 5 2 050.00 1923–24 1923–24
Birmingham City 65401015 65222023 130 62 30 38 206 154 047.69 1894–95 2017–18 [lower-alpha 2]
Blackburn Rovers 48251310 48121026 96 37 23 36 167 168 038.54 1888–89 2016–17
Blackpool 5030911 50171023 100 47 19 34 162 143 047.00 1906–07 2014–15
Bolton Wanderers 63371214 63151335 126 52 25 49 226 189 041.27 1888–89 2017–18
Bournemouth 5302 5122 10 4 2 4 14 14 040.00 1985–86 2019–20
Bradford City 16943 16556 32 14 9 9 60 45 043.75 1906–07 2013–14
Bradford Park Avenue 12561 12336 24 8 9 7 35 30 033.33 1908–09 1931–32
Brentford 13814 13427 26 12 3 11 42 43 046.15 1935–36 2017–18
Brighton & Hove Albion 16277 17278 33 4 14 15 30 54 012.12 1979–80 2020–21
Bristol City 3219112 3214513 64 33 16 15 111 70 051.56 1911–12 2017–18
Bristol Rovers 6213 6150 12 3 6 3 21 15 025.00 1976–77 1992–93
Burnley 63401112 64231625 127 63 27 37 233 157 049.61 1888–89 2020–21
Burton Albion 2110 2101 4 2 1 1 9 4 050.00 2016–17 2017–18
Burton United 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 4 4 050.00 1906–07 1906–07
Bury 271782 275220 54 22 10 22 82 69 040.74 1895–96 1998–99
Cambridge United 5212 5032 10 2 4 4 12 12 020.00 1982–83 1992–93
Cardiff City 291649 291199 58 27 13 18 113 77 046.55 1920–21 2018–19
Carlisle United 8611 8413 16 10 2 4 29 13 062.50 1965–66 2013–14
Charlton Athletic 372395 3715715 74 38 16 20 134 93 051.35 1929–30 2015–16
Chelsea 53241217 53151622 106 39 28 39 179 181 036.79 1906–07 2020–21
Chester City 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 4 2 050.00 1988–89 1988–89
Chesterfield 7610 7223 14 8 3 3 23 12 057.14 1906–07 1988–89 [lower-alpha 3]
Colchester United 5500 5302 10 8 0 2 16 7 080.00 1986–87 2013–14
Coventry City 3012810 307617 60 19 14 27 60 80 031.67 1919–20 2013–14
Crawley Town 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 3 3 050.00 2013–14 2013–14
Crewe Alexandra 11542 11632 22 11 7 4 34 14 050.00 1923–24 2013–14
Crystal Palace 291568 2991010 58 24 16 18 73 70 041.38 1921–22 2020–21
Darlington 5500 5122 10 6 2 2 21 16 060.00 1923–24 1987–88
Darwen 2110 2101 4 2 1 1 9 7 050.00 1891–92 1893–94
Derby County 71321821 71211238 142 53 30 59 246 249 037.32 1888–89 2017–18
Doncaster Rovers 3201 3300 6 5 0 1 7 2 083.33 1923–24 2008–09
Durham City 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 5 3 100.00 1923–24 1923–24
Everton 64311221 63121338 127 43 25 59 179 213 033.86 1888–89 2020–21
Exeter City 2110 2200 4 3 1 0 12 5 075.00 1986–87 1987–88
Fulham 4225125 41141017 83 39 22 22 130 103 046.99 1907–08 2020–21
Gainsborough Trinity 6420 6303 12 7 2 3 14 5 058.33 1906–07 1911–12
Gillingham 7421 7304 14 7 2 5 32 15 050.00 1985–86 2013–14
Glossop North End 10820 10514 20 13 3 4 43 20 065.00 1899–1900 1914–15 [lower-alpha 4]
Grimsby Town 352357 3511717 70 34 12 24 126 77 048.57 1901–02 2002–03
Halifax Town 3102 3111 6 2 1 3 12 10 033.33 1923–24 1987–88
Hartlepool United 3300 3210 6 5 1 0 10 2 083.33 1923–24 1987–88
Hereford United 3300 3201 6 5 0 1 13 5 083.33 1976–77 1987–88
Huddersfield Town 3920811 3911424 78 31 12 35 133 118 039.74 1910–11 2018–19
Hull City 301488 308418 60 22 12 26 89 104 036.67 1906–07 2017–18
Ipswich Town 3816166 3810622 76 26 22 28 84 94 034.21 1961–62 2017–18
Leeds City 10712 10136 20 8 4 8 40 37 040.00 1906–07 1919–20
Leeds United 44221111 4511925 89 33 20 36 115 117 037.08 1920–21 2020–21
Leicester City 53251711 54121626 107 37 33 37 147 136 034.58 1906–07 2020–21 [lower-alpha 5]
Leyton Orient 241536 247611 48 22 9 17 79 59 045.83 1906–07 2013–14 [lower-alpha 6]
Lincoln City 111010 11326 22 13 3 6 45 24 059.09 1906–07 1986–87
Liverpool 49211018 509734 99 30 17 52 109 157 030.30 1894–95 2020–21
Luton Town 14725 14536 28 12 5 11 52 49 042.86 1955–56 2006–07
Manchester City 57311313 56131132 113 44 24 45 215 217 038.94 1899–1900 2020–21
Manchester United 46241012 479731 93 33 17 43 134 156 035.48 1892–93 2020–21 [lower-alpha 7]
Mansfield Town 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 7 5 050.00 1988–89 1988–89
Middlesbrough 4421716 4451227 88 26 19 43 123 142 029.55 1902–03 2017–18
Millwall 191144 19577 38 16 11 11 60 40 042.11 1928–29 2017–18
Milton Keynes Dons 2011 2200 4 2 1 1 3 3 050.00 2013–14 2015–16
New Brighton 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 6 1 100.00 1923–24 1923–24
Newcastle United 4525137 44101123 89 35 24 30 141 142 039.33 1898–99 2020–21
Newport County 2101 2101 4 2 0 2 7 7 050.00 1985–86 1987–88
Northampton Town 3210 3102 6 3 1 2 11 8 050.00 1966–67 1988–89
Norwich City 271872 2710710 54 28 14 12 91 55 051.85 1965–66 2019–20
Nottingham Forest 62421010 62151631 124 57 26 41 209 181 045.97 1892–93 2017–18
Notts County 342185 3481115 68 29 19 20 110 103 042.65 1888–89 2013–14
Oldham Athletic 201064 205213 40 15 8 17 58 61 037.50 1907–08 2013–14
Oxford United 9522 9144 18 6 6 6 23 25 033.33 1984–85 1998–99
Peterborough United 6213 6411 12 6 2 4 15 15 050.00 1986–87 2013–14
Plymouth Argyle 14842 14365 28 11 10 7 38 33 039.29 1930–31 2008–09
Port Vale 221444 221264 44 26 10 8 90 46 059.09 1906–07 2013–14 [lower-alpha 8]
Portsmouth 4222146 42121020 84 34 24 26 143 106 040.48 1924–25 2009–10
Preston North End 58321115 58141628 116 46 27 43 197 188 039.66 1888–89 2017–18
Queens Park Rangers 221147 226106 44 17 14 13 64 61 038.64 1968–69 2017–18
Reading 191126 19559 38 16 7 15 51 51 042.11 1926–27 2017–18
Rochdale 3120 3210 6 3 3 0 6 0 050.00 1923–24 1987–88
Rotherham County 5401 5014 10 4 1 5 15 12 040.00 1919–20 1923–24
Rotherham United 11830 11452 22 12 8 2 44 22 054.55 1965–66 2016–17
Scarborough 1010 1010 2 0 2 0 2 2 000.00 1987–88 1987–88
Scunthorpe United 3300 3300 6 6 0 0 12 2 100.00 1986–87 2007–08
Sheffield United 51231810 52101626 103 33 34 36 168 159 032.04 1893–94 2020–21
Sheffield Wednesday 5232137 52131623 104 45 29 30 168 149 043.27 1892–93 2017–18 [lower-alpha 9]
Shrewsbury Town 3021 3201 6 2 2 2 6 5 033.33 1982–83 2013–14
South Shields 8710 8341 16 10 5 1 28 15 062.50 1919–20 1927–28
Southampton 3113126 307518 61 20 17 24 85 100 032.79 1922–23 2020–21
Southend United 9612 9333 18 9 4 5 31 16 050.00 1986–87 2006–07
Southport 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 2 1 050.00 1923–24 1923–24
Stevenage 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 2 0 050.00 2013–14 2013–14
Stockport County 211272 21777 42 19 14 9 75 50 045.24 1906–07 2001–02
Stoke City 70371914 70211435 140 58 33 49 217 195 041.43 1888–89 2011–12 [lower-alpha 10]
Sunderland 56281315 56111431 112 39 27 46 157 194 034.82 1890–91 2017–18
Swansea City 14653 14455 28 10 10 8 49 47 035.71 1925–26 2011–12 [lower-alpha 11]
Swindon Town 10631 10316 20 9 4 7 28 24 045.00 1989–90 2013–14
Torquay United 2101 2110 4 2 1 1 4 3 050.00 1986–87 1987–88
Tottenham Hotspur 4421914 437828 87 28 17 42 144 171 032.18 1908–09 2020–21
Tranmere Rovers 141112 14455 28 15 6 7 45 30 053.57 1923–24 2013–14
Walsall 6222 6321 12 5 4 3 17 8 041.67 1923–24 2013–14
Watford 206113 205510 40 11 16 13 48 52 027.50 1983–84 2019–20
West Bromwich Albion 74351722 73172333 147 52 40 55 229 230 035.37 1888–89 2020–21
West Ham United 311678 326719 63 22 14 27 81 102 034.92 1919–20 2020–21
Wigan Athletic 8233 8215 16 4 4 8 22 29 025.00 1985–86 2016–17
Wigan Borough 1010 1010 2 0 2 0 4 4 000.00 1923–24 1923–24
Wimbledon 4121 4121 8 2 4 2 10 10 025.00 1984–85 2002–03
Wrexham 3102 3021 6 1 2 3 7 11 016.67 1923–24 1987–88
York City 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 4 4 050.00 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
General
  • "Wolverhampton Wanderers football club: record v other sides". 11v11.com. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  • "Wolves Head To Head". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  • "Wolverhampton Wanderers » Select Opponent". Statto.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
Specific
  1. "Wolverhampton Wanderers FC History". www.wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. "League To Honour Founder Clubs". www.fl125.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. "Club Records". www.wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. "How Wolves won promotion". BBC Sport. 26 May 2003. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. "History of the Premier League". Premier League. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. "Wolverhampton Wanderers". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  7. Ornstein, David (22 April 2012). "Wolves 0-2 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  8. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1888-1889 » Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  9. "Head-to-head v West Brom". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  10. "Head-to-head: Wolves vs Burnley". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  11. "Head to head Wolves vs. Derby". Racing Post. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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