English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 9, 2026
Wolverhampton Wanderers DLLLD 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWDWL 3
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BHA213
American Express Stadium · 31,587 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
1
28.2
Possession
71.8
5
SHOTS
14
1
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
154
Accurate Passes
498
225
Passes
578
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
8
6
Crosses
25
0.5
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
55
14
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
10
17
Tackles
15
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
10
32
Effective Clearances
7
32
Clearances
7

Head to Head

BHA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 29Maxim De CuyperLB
  5. 24Ferdi KadiogluRB
  6. 13Jack HinshelwoodAM
  7. 30Pascal GrossLM
  8. 17Carlos BalebaRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 11Yankuba MintehAM-R

WOL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 25Daniel BentleyG
  2. 4Santiago BuenoCD
  3. 24Toti GomesCD-L
  4. 15Yerson MosqueraCD-R
  5. 7AndréCM-L
  6. 8João GomesCM-R
  7. 3Hugo BuenoLM
  8. 17Pedro LimaRM
  9. 11Hwang Hee-ChanF
  10. 36Mateus ManéCF-L
  11. 9Adam ArmstrongCF-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Maxim De Cuyper with a cross.
  2. 5' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Maxim De Cuyper with a cross following a corner.
  3. 24' Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. David Møller Wolfe replaces Hugo Bueno.
  5. 49' Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Kaoru Mitoma because of an injury.
  7. 67' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde replaces Mateus Mané.
  8. 67' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rodrigo Gomes replaces Pedro Lima.
  9. 68' André (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Danny Welbeck.
  11. 76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yasin Ayari replaces Carlos Baleba.
  12. 86' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner.
  13. 88' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
  14. 88' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  15. 89' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tolu Arokodare replaces João Gomes.
  16. 89' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Angel Gomes replaces Hwang Hee-Chan.

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