Wolverhampton Wanderers FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Premier League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2023-24

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

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Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Sat 19 Aug 2023 · 14:00 UTC Molineux Stadium 31,317 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 15' Kaoru Mitoma

0–2 46' Pervis Estupinan

0–3 51' Solly March

0–4 55' Solly March

Hwang Heechan 61' 1–4

Y 8' Pascal Gross

Craig Dawson 17' Y

Y 18' James Milner

Y 19' Julio Enciso

Y 60' Pervis Estupinan

Hwang Heechan 63' Y

Y 64' Joao Pedro

Matheus Nunes 76' Y

Max Kilman 88' Y

Matheus Nunes 90' YR

Y 90' Adam Webster

Overview

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Wolverhampton Wanderers FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC — Premier League at Molineux Stadium.

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Brighton & Hove Albion FC 5 games · 10 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Andy Madley
Assistant 1 James Mainwaring
Assistant 2 Nicholas Hopton

5 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Manchester City FC	5	15
2	Arsenal FC	5	12
3	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	5	10
4	Brentford FC	5	9
5	Leeds United FC	5	9
6	Liverpool FC	5	9
7	Everton FC	5	9
8	Hull City AFC	5	8
9	Newcastle United FC	5	8
10	Chelsea FC	5	7
11	Ipswich Town FC	5	6
12	Manchester United FC	5	5
13	Nottingham Forest FC	5	5
14	Sunderland AFC	5	4
15	Crystal Palace FC	5	4
16	Aston Villa FC	5	4
17	AFC Bournemouth	5	3
18	Coventry City FC	5	3
19	Fulham FC	5	2
20	Tottenham Hotspur FC	5	2

Head-to-Head

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-19 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1–4 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2023-04-29 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 6–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2022-11-05 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–3 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2022-04-30 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0–3 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2021-12-15 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Recent Form

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	H	1–4	L
14 Aug	Manchester United FC	A	0–1	L
28 May	Arsenal FC	A	0–5	L
20 May	Everton FC	H	1–1	D
13 May	Manchester United FC	A	0–2	L
06 May	Aston Villa FC	H	1–0	W

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	A	4–1	W
12 Aug	Luton Town FC	H	4–1	W
28 May	Aston Villa FC	A	1–2	L
24 May	Manchester City FC	H	1–1	D
21 May	Southampton FC	H	3–1	W
18 May	Newcastle United FC	A	1–4	L

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

60% Clean Sheets
Brighton & Hove Albion FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

0-15

–/3

16-30

2/–

31-45

5/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

2/1

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Pascal Gross	3 G	3 A
Charalampos Kostoulas	2 G	1 A
Jack Hinshelwood	2 G
Malick Yalcouye	2 G
Maxim De Cuyper	1 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC host Brighton & Hove Albion FC — let the battle begin!
5' The 26-year-old Pedro Neto has been sensational this season — 4 goals and 3 assists is a remarkable return.
8' Pascal Gross picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
13' Wolverhampton Wanderers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' Kaoru Mitoma adds to his 0 season tally! Brighton & Hove Albion FC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
17' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Craig Dawson.
18' The referee calls foul for James Milner. He receives a Yellow card.
19' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Julio Enciso.
24' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
29' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
34' Brighton & Hove Albion FC is showing some good football. However, Brighton & Hove Albion FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
39' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
44' Max Kilman needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 28 Yellow cards this season.
46' Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma with the perfectly-timed delivery and Pervis Estupinan makes no mistake. 0-2!
47' Pervis Estupinan makes no mistake. The score reads 0-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion FC are in front.
48' The England right winger Solly March breaks the deadlock on 48 minutes. 0-4!
51' Brilliant from the right winger! Solly March makes it 0-5 with a superb finish on 51.
55' Wolverhampton Wanderers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Hwang Heechan is hanging Fabio Silva on the field on 55 minute.
55' Solly March makes a hat-trick on 55.
57' Brighton & Hove Albion FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Joao Pedro is hanging Danny Welbeck on the field on 57 minute.
60' It’s gonna be a card for Pervis Estupinan.
61' A stunning finish from Hwang Heechan — that came from absolutely nowhere!
62' Hwang Heechan adds to his 0 season tally! Wolverhampton Wanderers FC lead 2-6 — and this changes everything.
63' The referee has no hesitation. Hwang Heechan is booked for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC — card on 63.
64' The referee has no hesitation. Joao Pedro is booked for Brighton & Hove Albion FC — card on 64.
67' It is a substitution in Brighton & Hove Albion FC team. Julio Enciso is replaced by Evan Ferguson on 67 minute.
71' Toti Gomes has so much to prove this time. He replaces Craig Dawson on 71 minute.
76' The referee has no hesitation. Matheus Nunes is booked for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC — card on 76.
81' Another change for Brighton & Hove Albion FC made on 81 minute. Pascal Gross leaves to be changed by Mahmoud Dahoud.
86' Both keepers have barely been tested. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
87' It is a substitution in Wolverhampton Wanderers FC team. Rayan Ait Nouri is replaced by Hugo Bueno on 87 minute.
88' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Max Kilman on 88 minutes.
90' Wolverhampton Wanderers FC player sees a card in front of him.
It finishes all square. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC share the spoils 1-4.

Lineups

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Lineups

4-4-1-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Julen Lopetegui

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

14
Adam Lallana ↑ 81'
34
Joel Veltman ↑ 57'
8
Mahmoud Dahoud ↑ 81'
29
Jan Paul van Hecke
9
Joao Pedro ↑ 57'
3
Igor Julio
1
Bart Verbruggen
24
Simon Adingra
28
Evan Ferguson ↑ 67'

Coach Roberto De Zerbi

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Danny Welbeck	4
Lewis Dunk	3
Pascal Gross	3
Diogo Jota	2
Kaoru Mitoma	2
Ruben Neves	2
Romain Saiss	2
Deniz Undav	2

Head to Head

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Form

2023-08-19 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1–4 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2023-08-14 Manchester United FC 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC L 2023-05-28 Arsenal FC 5–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC L 2023-05-20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1–1 Everton FC D 2023-05-13 Manchester United FC 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC L 2023-05-06 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1–0 Aston Villa FC W

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Form

2023-08-19 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1–4 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2023-08-12 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 4–1 Luton Town FC W 2023-05-28 Aston Villa FC 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2023-05-24 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–1 Manchester City FC D 2023-05-21 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 3–1 Southampton FC W 2023-05-18 Newcastle United FC 4–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.28 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.9 Brighton & Hove Albion FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC26% Draw25% Brighton & Hove Albion FC49%

Actual: Brighton & Hove Albion FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.18

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC or Draw

52%

Draw or Brighton & Hove Albion FC

74%

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC or Brighton & Hove Albion FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC21% Draw42% Brighton & Hove Albion FC37%

Actual: Brighton & Hove Albion FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–4 not predicted

1 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

11%

1 – 2

9.2%

0 – 2

7.4%

0 – 1

7.2%

2 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

5.9%

1 – 3

5.8%

0 – 0

5.8%

0 – 3

4.6%

1 – 0

4.6%

2 – 3

3.8%

2 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Handicap	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC covers	Push	Brighton & Hove Albion FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	14%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	21%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	15%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Brighton & Hove Albion FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.