Wolves Secure FA Cup Round of 16 Spot
In the FA Cup Round of 32, Wolverhampton Wanderers secured a 2-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers, booking their place in the Round of 16. The match was decided in a dramatic two-minute spell in the first half.
The scoring was opened by João Gomes, who finished off a pass from Hwang Hee-chan. Moments later, Matheus Cunha doubled the lead with an assist from Nélson Semedo.
2024-25, England - FA Cup
Blackburn Rovers - Wolverhampton 0:2 (0:2)
Goals: Gomes João, 33 (0:1); Cunha, 34 (0:2)
Blackburn Rovers: Toth Ba.; Hyam; Batth; Ribeiro Y.; Cantwell (Gueye M., 57); Rankin-Costello; Buckley J.; Forshaw (Hedges, 84); Cozier-Duberry (Dolan, 57); Kargbo A. (Woodrow, 66); Emmanuel Dennis (Weimann, 66)
Bench: Pears A.; Beck Owen; Travis; Brittain
Yellow Cards: Buckley J. 16; Kargbo A. 25
Wolverhampton: Johnstone S.; Bueno S. (Doherty, 46); Agbadou; Semedo N. (Aït-Nouri, 83); Tote Gomes; Gomes João; Bellegarde (André, 66); Cunha; Hwang H. (Sarabia, 46); Gomes R.M.; Guedes G. (Munetsi, 66)
Bench: Bentley Dan.; Djiga; Doyle T.; Forbs
Yellow Cards: Bueno S. 17
