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  • Adebola (58), Maynard (87)
  • Collins (45), Jarvis (54)
  • Date:2009-01-17
  • Kick-off:17:20
  • Venue:Ashton Gate
  • Attendance:16749
  • Referee:Haywood, M

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Matt Hill is replaced by Jason Shackell.

87mins

Goal!! Nicky Maynard scores for Bristol City.

85mins

Jamie McAllister is being taken off, Stern John has come on in his place.

78mins

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is being taken off, Sam Vokes has come on in his place.

78mins

Matt Jarvis is replaced by David Edwards.

59mins

Ivan Sproule is being taken off, Michael McIndoe has come on in his place.

58mins

Goal!! Dele Adebola scores for Bristol City.

54mins

Goal!! Matt Jarvis scores for Wolverhampton.

51mins

The referee has booked Ivan Sproule.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

46mins

Peter Styvar is replaced by Dele Adebola.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45mins

Goal!! Neill Collins scores for Wolverhampton.

36mins

Richard Stearman goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.


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Match Report

Wolves passed up the chance to go seven points clear in the Championship as Bristol City snatched a point in the final minutes.

They were denied by Dele Adebola, who came on at half-time to re-energise the home side, scoring one and then setting up the equaliser.

A wicked wind blowing hard down the pitch swept so much of the skill out of the game for the first hour and no one found it harder to cope than Bristol's Brazilian keeper Adriano Basso.

With defenders failing to clear Wolves first corner right on half-time, he hesitated as Michael Kightly whipped in a ball from the left and Neil Collins made him pay for his indecision with his fourth goal of the season.

Results had already gone Wolves' way before the evening kick-off and they looked set for a ninth away win and a double over last season's play-off finalists.

Until their goal, a shapeless half had produced just two shots - one too straight from City's Slovakian signing Peter Styvar and a 30-yard cross-shot from Wolves' left-back Matt Hill, whose career began at Ashton Gate.

With wind and now rain on their backs, Wolves looked to have the points sewn up early in the second half when Matt Jarvis latched on to a through ball from Kightly to fire a clean drive into the bottom right-hand corner.

With Basso redeeming himself with saves from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Jarvis, Wolves were completely on top, but reckoned without Adebola.

He had replaced Styvar at the break to give City more muscle, but he provided that just four minutes after Jarvis' strike as, fed by Nicky Maynard, he powered through a channel to the left of the visitors' goal.

Wayne Hennessey in goal had no chance with his shot and suddenly it was game on.

Believing in themselves for the first time, City pounded the Wolves defence with Adebola saving the day for them late on with an unselfish square ball for Maynard to ram home.

Bristol City

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Corners

63

Fouls

1115

Goal attempts

169

Shots off target

82

Offsides

54

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