Tottenham vs Wolves LIVE: Premier League latest score and updates as Spurs being frustrated

Harry Kane headed Spurs ahead in north London (AFP via Getty Images)

Follow live updates as Tottenham host Wolves in the opening fixture of the Premier League weekend. Antonio Conte’s side can go top of the table with a victory after rescuing a late point in their fiery clash against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last weekend, and the Tottenham manager is set to be on the touchline despite being charged by the FA following his heated confrontation with Thomas Tuchel.

On the pitch, Spurs have been among the Premier League’s leading scorers so far – although there is concern at the other end as Cristian Romero has been ruled out with an adductor injury. Wolves, meanwhile, have struggled for goals but they have strengthened their midfield with the signing of Portugal international Matheus Nunes in a club record deal. Bruno Lage’s side won 2-0 on their last visit to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but are without a victory in their last nine games, stretching back to last season.

Follow live updates from the Premier League fixture, below:

Tottenham vs Wolves LIVE: Premier League updates

63’ – GOAL! Kane heads home a Son corner flicked on by Perisic (TOT 1-0 WOL)

53’ – CROSSBAR! Kane’s header comes back off the woodwork (TOT 0-0 WOL)

HALF-TIME! Spurs 0-0 Wolves

Spurs: Lloris (c); Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson Royal, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic; Kulusevski, Son; Kane.

Wolves: Sa; Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Ait-Nouri; Neves (c), Nunes, Moutinho; Podence, Neto, Guedes.

Tottenham Hotspur FC 1 – 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

14:13 , Lawrence Ostlere

84 min: Hwang has replaced Guedes in Wolves’ final change, as Yves Bissouma prepares to come on for Spurs.

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

14:12 , Lawrence Ostlere

82 min: Wolves are starting to string together some passes and Spurs are relying on counter-attacks now. Richarlison almost makes one count, dribbling skilfully down the left before cutting inside, but he runs into Neves before he can get a shot off.

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

14:09 , Lawrence Ostlere

80 min: Nearly moments at either end. Jimenez jinks well in the box but his pass to Dendoncker just misses its target, while Royal’s low drilled cross is behind Kane and Kulusevksi.

Story continues

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

14:07 , Lawrence Ostlere

77 min: Spurs look more likely to create a second goal than Wolves to find an equaliser. Kulusevski, who’s been excellent, whips in another dangerous cross which is just about cleared.

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

14:04 , Lawrence Ostlere

74 min: Ruben Neves tries a free-kick from range and hits the foot of Lloris’s post, a good effort.

Changes for Spurs coming now: Richarlison replaces Son, and Sessegnon is on for Perisic.

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

14:02 , Lawrence Ostlere

72 min: Wolves make two more changes: Adama and Semedo replace Neto and Ait-Nouri.

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

13:58 , Lawrence Ostlere

69 min: Brilliant counter-attack by Spurs, but why does Perisic not cross? Or shoot?! He turns down the first option with Harry Kane in the middle, then turns down the second option having cut into the box on his right foot, and finally decides to try an intricate throughball to the arriving Hojbjerg which is intercepted. On the touchline, Conte goes mad.

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

13:56 , Lawrence Ostlere

67 min: A bit of a scrap off the ball here. Neves slid into Kane pretty hard and Kane then decided to give him a bodycheck, a moment later, which sent the two teams into a bit of a scrap. No cards or action from the referee and all is calm again.

GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Wolves, Kane 64

13:54 , Lawrence Ostlere

Finally Spurs get their reward for an excellent second half. Son’s corner is flicked on by Perisic, and Kane is in space a couple of yards out to tap a header home. Lovely set-piece.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:52 , Lawrence Ostlere

63 min: Close! Kulusevski cuts inside and his weak shot rolls into the path of Son arriving in the box. The Korean shifts his feet and then fires a low shot from a tight angle which is really well stopped by Sa at his near post. Presumably referee Hooper and his assistant both thought it hit the post, because they award a goal-kick.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:50 , Lawrence Ostlere

60 min: Spurs continue to probe but they can’t find a clear chance right now. Wolves quickly break and almost create one of their own at the other end, but Jimenez can’t make solid contact with the low cross.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:47 , Lawrence Ostlere

57 min: Bruno Lage has seen enough. Dendoncker replaces Moutinho in midfield for some energy and graft, while up front Podence is replaced by Jimenez to offer some goal threat.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:46 , Lawrence Ostlere

56 min: The Kane-Son combination works to great effect as the England captain sends his teammate through on goal. Son takes a touch and then goes for a volley as the ball drops, but Collins arrives from nowhere to clear it off his toes. Crucial interception. Wolves are making changes…

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:43 , Lawrence Ostlere

54 min: A brief spell of possession for Wolves ends with Ait-Nouri taking a heavy touch in the box and his cross, or perhaps shot, is blocked by Dier making it easy for Lloris to gather.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:40 , Lawrence Ostlere

53 min: Spurs are lively right now. Kulusevski cuts inside from the right and curls a lovely ball into the box, where Kane’s header slams against the bar, and Son scuffs the follow up. That was the best moment of the match so far for Tottenham. Can they take advantage of this period of dominance?

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:39 , Lawrence Ostlere

51 min: Spurs move the ball quickly down the right side from where Kane crosses to Son on the penalty spot, but the Korean’s header loops off target.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:37 , Lawrence Ostlere

49 min: Another Perisic corner and this one is so dangerous, whipped right into the six-yard box, but Sanchez can’t quite get enough contact to turn it into the goal and Wolves escape. Richarlison is warming up.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:35 , Lawrence Ostlere

47 min: Spurs go straight on the front-foot and Son’s attempted cross earns a corner. Perisic takes it, in-swinging with his left foot from the right-hand side, but it’s easily headed clear by Collins.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:34 , Lawrence Ostlere

We are back under way in north London. No changes at the break.

Half-time: Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:28 , Lawrence Ostlere

This man has looked excellent in the first half:

Matheus Nunes on the ball for Wolves (Getty Images)

Half-time: Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:27 , Lawrence Ostlere

Glenn Hoddle is unimpressed with Spurs’ movement in that first half. Talking in the BT Sport studio, he says they need to inject some energy on the attack if they are to unlock Wolves. “Conte needs to get into them at half-time,” adds Joe Cole.

Half-time: Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:18 , Lawrence Ostlere

An interesting half from a neutral point of view, despite the lack of goalmouth action, but a frustrating one for the home fans who were clearly getting agitated by the half-time whistle as their side struggled to break down the Wolves defence. Wolves have probably been the better side and Nunes already looks like a high-quality signing. They just need a bit of cutting edge – perhaps we will see Raul Jimenez in the second half.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:15 , Lawrence Ostlere

44 min: Spurs have been second-best for a while now but they are finishing this half on the front-fot. Perisic digs out a cross from the left and Kane does really well to beat Kilman in the air, sending a looping header goalwards and demanding a good save from Sa.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:12 , Lawrence Ostlere

42 min: Wolves are enjoying a really neat sustained period of pressure, full of good passing and movement. They stay patient and when it eventually floats into the box, Nunes wins the header against Davies and almost scores his first Wolves goal, the ball just missing the post with Lloris rooted. Excellent by the visitors.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:10 , Lawrence Ostlere

39 min: Half a chance for Wolves as Guedes is fed on the edge of the box and tries to shoot first time, but under pressure from Sanchez he scuffs his effort. Taking a touch and forcing the defender to think a little inside the area might have been the choice, in hindsight, though that’s easy for me to say.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:07 , Lawrence Ostlere

37 min: Spurs scrap their way to a corner and from it they create their best moment – Son’s delivery is flicked on by Max Kilman and flies all the way through the other side of the box requiring just a tap-in for the opening goal. The officials don’t spot the flick, however, and it’s a goal-kick.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:06 , Lawrence Ostlere

35 min: Wolves are pressing high and frustrating Spurs, while at the other end Wolves are starting to look more and more coordinated. A shot from Neto causes a bit of chaos as it bounces around in the box but it ends with a snatched shot wide.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:03 , Lawrence Ostlere

33 min: Bentancur’s pass down the left is easily cut out by Jonny. Wolves work the ball across their defence before trying to play down their left wing, but it’s an overhit pass and Spurs have the ball back. Wolves seem to be in the ascendency, if anything, right now.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:01 , Lawrence Ostlere

31 min: Hard to know where this game goes from here if it isn’t to be 0-0. Spurs look a bit disjointed, lacking any kind of click in the Wolves half. Wolves haven’t really had enough sustained possession and territory to carve out chances. The crowd has gone a litle quiet.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

13:00 , Lawrence Ostlere

29 min: Kulusevski fouls Neto, shoving him to the floor as he tried to escape towards the Spurs box. A free-kick for Wolves in a useful area, but it’s chipped into the arms of Lloris hamlessly by Neves.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:57 , Lawrence Ostlere

26 min: Ben Davies tries a little chip over the top for his left-wingback, Perisic, but it’s not quite delicate enough.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:55 , Lawrence Ostlere

23 min: Drinks break. This has felt very ‘early kick-off’ so far, with neither side quite finding their groove, like they’ve just woken up and they can’t quite coordinate just yet.

Emerson Royal is receiving some treatment but looks OK to continue.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:52 , Lawrence Ostlere

21 min: Ait-Nouri fouls Emerson Royal with the Brazilian wingback going nowhere on the halfway line. Spurs take the free-kick quickly, work it left and then try to feed a ball over the top, but Perisic is offside. Everything is just a bit off for Spurs so far.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:50 , Lawrence Ostlere

19 min: Half a chance for Wolves but Moutinho’s attempted pass to release Podence is just slightly overhit and Lloris rushes out to clear. That was a result of Spurs being a bit loose on the ball at the back – Conte’s half-time teamtalk is shaping up to be quite an angry one at this rate.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:47 , Lawrence Ostlere

16 min: Kane pulls off a cheeky nutmeg on Collins who tugs back the striker’s shirt. Foul, but no yellow card from Simon Hooper, to the annoyance of the Spurs fans and Kane, too.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:45 , Lawrence Ostlere

14 min: Royal and Kulusevksi combine neatly down the right side of the Wolves box but the Swede runs out of space and can only slide a weak cross into Sa’s hands.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:43 , Lawrence Ostlere

12 min: Hojbjerg is booked for hauling down Guedes very deliberately as Wolves tried to launch a slick counter-attack. Probably a ‘good booking’, that, for Spurs, given the Wolves forward was about to charge through on goal. It’s only the fact he was on the halfway line that probably saved Hojbjerg from red.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:40 , Lawrence Ostlere

10 min: I think Son tried to have a shot there, and it bobbles into the side netting weakly. It was either terrible execution or terrible decision-making, or both, and Antonio Conte doesn’t look particularly impressed with that.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:39 , Lawrence Ostlere

8 min: Collins bundles over Son near the corner flag, unnecessarily so. Spurs will have a free-kick and Son will deliver it…

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:38 , Lawrence Ostlere

6 min: After Wolves’ bright start it is Spurs who are getting on the ball now and probing a little. When Wolves do have the ball the new man Nunes looks really bright, dribbling well across the pitch – though as I type, he takes a clattering from Ben Davies. Put that in the ‘Welcome to the Premier League’ category of challenge.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:36 , Lawrence Ostlere

4 min: I’m try to decipher Wolves’ formation, which looks 4-5-1ish. It’s certainly a back four, but Neto is almost playing as an additional right-back because he is tracking Ivan Perisic all the way into that slot.

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

12:32 , Lawrence Ostlere

2 min: A bright start by Wolves. They work the ball down the right where Neto whips a cross which is blocked back his way for a throw-in.

Kick-off! Tottenham vs Wolves

12:31 , Lawrence Ostlere

We are under way. It‘s a very good atmosphere, the Spurs fans are up for this.

Tottenham vs Wolves

12:25 , Lawrence Ostlere

Just a few minutes until kick-off in north London and the players are about to head out on to the pitch. A reminder of our cast:

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic, Kulusevski, Son, Kane. Subs: Doherty, Richarlison, Gil Salvatierra, Sessegnon, Forster, Tanganga, Lucas Moura, Lenglet, Bissouma.

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Jose Sa, Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Ait Nouri, Joao Moutinho, Neves, Matheus Luiz, Daniel Podence, Goncalo Guedes, Pedro Neto. Subs: Jimenez, Hwang, Sarkic, Boly, Nelson Semedo, Gomes, Dendoncker, Traore, Cundle.

Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)

Spurs players warm-up before kick-off (Action Images via Reuters)

Tottenham vs Wolves

12:21 , Lawrence Ostlere

The intro analysis on BT Sport has focused on the midfield battle and how Matheus Nunes, Joao Moutinho and Ruben Neves will shape up against Spurs’ duo of Rodrigo Bentancur and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – it may be that Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski need to play a key role in preventing an overload in this area.

However, the chat of Hoddle, Cole and co is overshadowed by some excellent sprinkler action, which gives them a good showering on the touchline. Lovely to see.

Tottenham vs Wolves

12:15 , Lawrence Ostlere

Seven Portuguese players in today’s Wolves XI – is this their most Portuguesey teamsheet yet?

A peek inside the Wolves dressing room (Wolves via Getty Images)

Conte escapes touchline ban for tussle with Tuchel

12:06 , Lawrence Ostlere

Here’s the fallout from that Tuchel-Conte clash – no touchline ban for Conte so he will be in the dugout today:

Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has been fined £35,000 and hit with a one-match touchline ban over his clash with Antonio Conte in Sunday’s derby encounter with Tottenham.

Spurs boss Antonio Conte has also been fined £15,000 after both managers admitted improper conduct in several touchline clashes in the 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge.

Tuchel’s touchline ban has been suspended temporarily though, allowing the Chelsea manager to take his place in the dugout in Sunday’s Premier League clash at Leeds.

The German’s ban has been given a stay of execution until the publication of written reasons from the independent commission that adjudicated on the punishments.

Tuchel and Conte squared up to each other several times on the touchline in Sunday’s London derby, with both managers being sent off at full-time.

(AFP via Getty Images)

Tottenham vs Wolves

11:52 , Lawrence Ostlere

Lage, though, warned against expecting too much too soon from the club’s latest recruit.

“He is living in a hotel, doesn’t have a car yet and needs to learn how to drive on the other side – but the most important for him is to feel comfortable,” the Wolves boss said.

“We are buying a player for the long term. We don’t make any pressure – if he comes on from the bench and plays for 20 minutes, I don’t want him to score three goals against Tottenham.

“What I want is for him to start getting confidence and to know his team-mates and to play like he did for Sporting.”

Tottenham vs Wolves

11:45 , Lawrence Ostlere

Bruno Lage on new boy Matheus Nunes:

“I don’t know if anyone else (from a Champions League club) tried to sign him.

“But it is not about just the money and the club, it is about the project you can offer for him in this moment.

“What I know is that when I start to work with him, you can see the player he is.”

Wolves team news

11:44 , Lawrence Ostlere

No messing around from Bruno Lage, who brings new boy Matheus Nunes straight into the starting XI – it will be fascinating to see how he adapts after joining only this week for a hefty pricetag and with a huge reputation.

Fellow summer signing Goncalo Guedes starts in the forward line and Joao Moutinho starts too, as Dendoncker and Hwang drop to the bench. Morgan Gibbs-White is the other player who started against Fulham but he has now left the club, joining Forest.

Matheus Nunes arrives at the stadium before kick-off (Wolves via Getty Images)

Tottenham team news

11:38 , Lawrence Ostlere

Let’s start with the home side, who make a couple of changes from the 2-2 draw at Chelsea. Sanchez comes at the back for the injured Romero, while Perisic makes his first start at left wingback, replacing Sessegnon who drops to the bench.

Ivan Perisic has shown glimpses of his talent in his opening two cameos as sub but now gets the chance to run riot from the start.

Ivan Perisic arriving at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Getty)

Confirmed line-ups

11:32 , Lawrence Ostlere

Spurs — Lloris(C); Sánchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson Royal, Højbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic; Kulusevski, Son; Kane.

Wolves — José Sá; Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Aït-Nouri; Rúben Neves(C), Nunes; Daniel Podence, João Moutinho, Pedro Neto; Gonçalo Guedes.

Wolves’ Bruno Lage backs Matheus Nunes after joking Pep Guardiola drove up fee by £10m

11:26 , Lawrence Ostlere

Wolves boss Bruno Lage is confident new record signing Matheus Nunes can live up to Pep Guardiola’s billing of being one of the world’s top young talents – joking that such a ringing endorsement could have cost the club an extra £10m.

Sporting Lisbon are understood to have been paid an initial 45million euros (£38m) for the 23-year-old, with a further five million euros (£4.2m) in potential add-ons.

Nunes brings with him Champions League experience, having been part of the Sporting side beaten by City in last season’s competition.

Following City’s 5-0 win in Lisbon, Guardiola singled out Nunes as “one of the best players in the world today”.

Lage believes it is praise well due – even if it might have raised the young midfielder’s asking price.

“In that moment I was upset with Pep because when Pep does a statement like that the value of the player goes (up)!” the Wolves boss said.

“When I am now looking for him, I will need to pay £10million more because when any manager like Pep says one thing about one player, he puts £10million more (on the fee).”

Tottenham vs Wolves: Early team news

11:00 , Jamie Braidwood

Antonio Conte has confirmed that defender Cristian Romero will be unavailable due to an adductor injury. Romero has been key to Tottenham’s strong defensive record under Conte and Davinson Sanchez wil be his likely replacement the back three. Elsewhere, Ivan Perisic and Richarlison made positive impacts from the bench at Stamford Bridge and the Croatian could be handed his first start at left wing back in place of Ryan Sessegnon on the left.

Wolves have announced their record signing in Matheus Nunes and the midfielder is set to be in Lage’s squad for the first time at Spurs. Nelson Semedo and Adama Traore got their first minutes off the bench in the goalless draw against Fulham and could start here while new signing Goncalo Guedes will be pushing for his first involvement. Raul Jimenez remains out with a knee injury so Hwang Hee-Chan will continue to lead the line.

Predicted line-ups

Tottenham: Lloris; Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son

Wolves: Sa: Semedo, Collins, Kilman, Ait-Nouri; Dendoncker, Neves; Traore, Podence, Neto; Hwang