English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 19, 2023
Brighton & Hove Albion LLWLW 4
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Wolverhampton Wanderers WDDWL 1
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BHA134
WOL011
Molineux Stadium · 31,317 att.

Match Report

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Brighton go top after hitting four past hapless Wolves

Brighton went top of the Premier League table with a clinical 4-1 win at Wolves on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
6
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
7
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
4
53.6
Possession
46.4
16
SHOTS
16
8
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
486
Accurate Passes
389
552
Passes
462
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
16
0.0
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
39
24
Accurate Long Balls
10
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
5
17
Effective Tackles
15
25
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
6
21
Effective Clearances
6
21
Clearances
6

Head to Head

BHA leads series 3-2

Lineups

WOL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1José SáG
  2. 23Max KilmanCD-L
  3. 15Craig DawsonCD-R
  4. 3Rayan Aït-NouriLB
  5. 22Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 5Mario LeminaCM-L
  7. 8João GomesCM-R
  8. 27Matheus NunesLM
  9. 7Pedro NetoRM
  10. 29Fábio SilvaF
  11. 12Matheus CunhaRCF

Substitutes

  1. 2Matt DohertySUB
  2. 24Toti GomesSUB
  3. 6Boubacar TraoréSUB
  4. 11Hwang Hee-ChanSUB
  5. 21Pablo SarabiaSUB
  6. 18Sasa KalajdzicSUB
  7. 25Daniel BentleySUB
  8. 32Joseph HodgeSUB
  9. 17Hugo BuenoSUB

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Jason SteeleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Adam WebsterCD-R
  4. 30Pervis EstupiñánLB
  5. 6James MilnerRB
  6. 10Julio EncisoAM
  7. 11Billy GilmourLM
  8. 13Pascal GrossRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 7Solly MarchAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Simon AdingraSUB
  2. 3Igor JulioSUB
  3. 29Jan Paul van HeckeSUB
  4. 8Mahmoud DahoudSUB
  5. 1Bart VerbruggenSUB
  6. 34Joël VeltmanSUB
  7. 28Evan FergusonSUB
  8. 9João PedroSUB
  9. 14Adam LallanaSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 15' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
  3. 17' Craig Dawson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 18' James Milner (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 19' Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 46' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
  7. 51' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 3. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Julio Enciso following a fast break.
  8. 55' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 4. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julio Enciso.
  9. 55' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Fábio Silva.
  10. 56' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pablo Sarabia replaces João Gomes.
  11. 57' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. João Pedro replaces Danny Welbeck.
  12. 57' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces James Milner.
  13. 60' Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 61' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 4. Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Sarabia with a cross following a corner.
  15. 63' Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 64' João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 67' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson replaces Julio Enciso because of an injury.
  18. 71' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Toti replaces Craig Dawson.
  19. 76' Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 81' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Mahmoud Dahoud replaces Pascal Groß.
  21. 81' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Adam Lallana replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
  22. 86' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hugo Bueno replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri.
  23. 88' Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  24. 90'+5' Second yellow card to Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
  25. 90'+5' Adam Webster (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

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