Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton and Hove Albion, 19 August 2023

Score4-1 to Brighton and Hove Albion
RefereeAndy Madley
CompetitionPremier League
VenueMolineux
Attendance31,317

View Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton and Hove Albion head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers won: 2 Drawn: 4 Brighton and Hove Albion won: 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers scored: 11 Brighton and Hove Albion scored: 23 . Brighton and Hove Albion had now scored three or more goals in each of the last four meetings (all Premier League).

1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Gary O'Neil

4 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Roberto De Zerbi

Goals:

HWANG Hee-chan 61 G

Goals:

Kaoru Mitoma 15 G
Pervis Estupiñán 46 G
Solly March 51 G
Solly March 55 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Defender/Midfielder Matheus Nunes
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Cunha
Forward Fábio Silva

Starting lineup:

Jason Steele Goalkeeper
Lewis Dunk Defender
Pervis Estupiñán Defender
Adam Webster Defender
Solly March Defender/Midfielder
James Milner Defender/Midfielder
Billy Gilmour Midfielder
Pascal Gross Midfielder
Julio Enciso Midfielder/Forward
Kaoru Mitoma Midfielder/Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

HWANG Hee-chan for Fábio Silva 55
Pablo Sarabia for João Gomes 55
Toti for Craig Dawson 71
Hugo Bueno for Rayan Aït Nouri 86

Substitutions:

João Pedro for Danny Welbeck 57
Joël Veltman for James Milner 57
Evan Ferguson for Julio Enciso 67
Mahmoud Dahoud for Pascal Gross 81
Adam Lallana for Kaoru Mitoma 81

Cards:

Craig Dawson 17 Y
HWANG Hee-chan 63 Y
Matheus Nunes 76 Y
Max Kilman 88 Y
Matheus Nunes 90+5 Y
Matheus Nunes 90+5 R

Cards:

Pascal Gross 8 Y
James Milner 18 Y
Julio Enciso 19 Y
Pervis Estupiñán 60 Y
João Pedro 64 Y
Adam Webster 90+5 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Matt Doherty
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Hugo Bueno
Midfielder Joe Hodge
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Midfielder/Forward HWANG Hee-chan
Midfielder/Forward Saša Kalajdžić
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Igor Julio
Defender Jan Paul Van Hecke
Defender Joël Veltman
Midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud
Midfielder/Forward Simon Adingra
Midfielder/Forward Evan Ferguson
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Forward João Pedro

Comments:

League position: 20th . This was Wolverhampton Wanderers' biggest home defeat since Leicester City's 4-0 victory in the Premier League on 23 October 2022. . Wolves had now lost their opening two games of a league season for the second time since the 2003-04 season. . They had kept a clean sheet in four of their preceding five home games in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 1st . In becoming the sixth team to score four or more goals in both of the first two games of a season in the Premier League, Brighton and Hove Albion were now at the top of England's top division for the first time in their history. . Albion had now won their opening away game in the Premier League in each of the last five seasons. . This was the second time that the Seagulls had scored four or more goals in an away game in the top division; also 4-1 at Everton in the Premier League on 3 January 2023.

1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Gary O'Neil

Goals:

HWANG Hee-chan 61 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Defender/Midfielder Matheus Nunes
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Cunha
Forward Fábio Silva

Substitutions:

HWANG Hee-chan for Fábio Silva 55
Pablo Sarabia for João Gomes 55
Toti for Craig Dawson 71
Hugo Bueno for Rayan Aït Nouri 86

Cards:

Craig Dawson 17 Y
HWANG Hee-chan 63 Y
Matheus Nunes 76 Y
Max Kilman 88 Y
Matheus Nunes 90+5 Y
Matheus Nunes 90+5 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Matt Doherty
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Hugo Bueno
Midfielder Joe Hodge
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Midfielder/Forward HWANG Hee-chan
Midfielder/Forward Saša Kalajdžić
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia

Comments:

League position: 20th . This was Wolverhampton Wanderers' biggest home defeat since Leicester City's 4-0 victory in the Premier League on 23 October 2022. . Wolves had now lost their opening two games of a league season for the second time since the 2003-04 season. . They had kept a clean sheet in four of their preceding five home games in the Premier League.

4 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Roberto De Zerbi

Goals:

Kaoru Mitoma 15 G
Pervis Estupiñán 46 G
Solly March 51 G
Solly March 55 G

Starting lineup:

Jason Steele Goalkeeper
Lewis Dunk Defender
Pervis Estupiñán Defender
Adam Webster Defender
Solly March Defender/Midfielder
James Milner Defender/Midfielder
Billy Gilmour Midfielder
Pascal Gross Midfielder
Julio Enciso Midfielder/Forward
Kaoru Mitoma Midfielder/Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

João Pedro for Danny Welbeck 57
Joël Veltman for James Milner 57
Evan Ferguson for Julio Enciso 67
Mahmoud Dahoud for Pascal Gross 81
Adam Lallana for Kaoru Mitoma 81

Cards:

Pascal Gross 8 Y
James Milner 18 Y
Julio Enciso 19 Y
Pervis Estupiñán 60 Y
João Pedro 64 Y
Adam Webster 90+5 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Igor Julio
Defender Jan Paul Van Hecke
Defender Joël Veltman
Midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud
Midfielder/Forward Simon Adingra
Midfielder/Forward Evan Ferguson
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Forward João Pedro

Comments:

League position: 1st . In becoming the sixth team to score four or more goals in both of the first two games of a season in the Premier League, Brighton and Hove Albion were now at the top of England's top division for the first time in their history. . Albion had now won their opening away game in the Premier League in each of the last five seasons. . This was the second time that the Seagulls had scored four or more goals in an away game in the top division; also 4-1 at Everton in the Premier League on 3 January 2023.