Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford, 15 April 2023

Score2-0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers
RefereePaul Tierney
CompetitionPremier League
VenueMolineux
Attendance30,769
Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers won: 2 Drawn: 1 Brentford won: 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers scored: 5 Brentford scored: 4 . Wolverhampton Wanderers had now won five of the last eight league meetings (lost one).

2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Julen Lopetegui

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Diego Costa 27 G
HWANG Hee-chan 69 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Nunes
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia
Forward Diego Costa

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Aaron Hickey Defender
Ben Mee Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward
Josh Dasilva Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

HWANG Hee-chan for Pablo Sarabia 64
João Moutinho for Diego Costa 73
Adama Traoré for João Gomes 73
Hugo Bueno for Matheus Cunha 89
Pedro Neto for Mario Lemina 89

Substitutions:

Mikkel Damsgaard for Josh Dasilva 61
Vitaly Janelt for Mathias Jensen 61
Yoane Wissa for Kevin Schade 61
Shandon Baptiste for Aaron Hickey 74
Saman Ghoddos for Rico Henry 74

Cards:

João Gomes 35 Y

Cards:

Mathias Jensen 12 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender/Midfielder Hugo Bueno
Midfielder Joe Hodge
Midfielder João Moutinho
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward Daniel Podence
Midfielder/Forward HWANG Hee-chan
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa

Comments:

League position: 13th . Wolverhampton Wanderers had now scored 51 goals in 51 games in the Premier League since 1 January 2022 (conceded 71). . Wolves had now won nine of their last 38 games in the Premier League (lost 20). . They had now won five of their last seven home games in the Premier League and kept a clean sheet in all of victories.

Comments:

League position: 9th . Brentford had now lost three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2022. . Prior to the last three games, the Bees had lost two of their previous 19 games in the Premier League. . They had now failed to score in three of their last 11 games in the Premier League.

2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Julen Lopetegui

Goals:

Diego Costa 27 G
HWANG Hee-chan 69 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Nunes
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia
Forward Diego Costa

Substitutions:

HWANG Hee-chan for Pablo Sarabia 64
João Moutinho for Diego Costa 73
Adama Traoré for João Gomes 73
Hugo Bueno for Matheus Cunha 89
Pedro Neto for Mario Lemina 89

Cards:

João Gomes 35 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender/Midfielder Hugo Bueno
Midfielder Joe Hodge
Midfielder João Moutinho
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward Daniel Podence
Midfielder/Forward HWANG Hee-chan
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré

Comments:

League position: 13th . Wolverhampton Wanderers had now scored 51 goals in 51 games in the Premier League since 1 January 2022 (conceded 71). . Wolves had now won nine of their last 38 games in the Premier League (lost 20). . They had now won five of their last seven home games in the Premier League and kept a clean sheet in all of victories.

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Aaron Hickey Defender
Ben Mee Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward
Josh Dasilva Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Mikkel Damsgaard for Josh Dasilva 61
Vitaly Janelt for Mathias Jensen 61
Yoane Wissa for Kevin Schade 61
Shandon Baptiste for Aaron Hickey 74
Saman Ghoddos for Rico Henry 74

Cards:

Mathias Jensen 12 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa

Comments:

League position: 9th . Brentford had now lost three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2022. . Prior to the last three games, the Bees had lost two of their previous 19 games in the Premier League. . They had now failed to score in three of their last 11 games in the Premier League.