Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers Live Commentary & Result, 29/4/23, Premier League

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS	Form
1	MCI Manchester City	37	28	5	4	94	32	+62	89	D W W W W
2	ARS Arsenal	37	25	6	6	83	43	+40	81	L L W W L
3	MUN Manchester United	37	22	6	9	56	42	+14	72	W W W L L
4	NEW Newcastle United	37	19	13	5	67	32	+35	70	D W D L W
5	LIV Liverpool	37	19	9	9	71	43	+28	66	D W W W W
6	BHA Brighton & Hove Albion	37	18	8	11	71	51	+20	62	D W L W L
7	AVL Aston Villa	37	17	7	13	49	45	+4	58	D W L L W
8	TOT Tottenham Hotspur	37	17	6	14	66	62	+4	57	L L W L D
9	BRE Brentford	37	14	14	9	57	46	+11	56	W W L W W
10	FUL Fulham	37	15	7	15	54	51	+3	52	D W W L L
11	CRY Crystal Palace	37	11	11	15	39	48	-9	44	D W L W L
12	CHE Chelsea	37	11	10	16	37	46	-9	43	L L D W L
13	WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	11	8	18	31	53	-22	41	D L W L W
14	WHU West Ham United	37	11	7	19	41	53	-12	40	W L W L L
15	BOU AFC Bournemouth	37	11	6	20	37	70	-33	39	L L L W W
16	NFO Nottingham Forest	37	9	10	18	37	67	-30	37	W D W L W
17	EVE Everton	37	7	12	18	33	57	-24	33	D L W D L
18	LEI Leicester City	37	8	7	22	49	67	-18	31	D L L D D
19	LEE Leeds United	37	7	10	20	47	74	-27	31	L D L L D
20	SOU Southampton	37	6	6	25	32	69	-37	24	L L L L L

Brighton continue to soar then as they seek their first-ever top-seven finish. That's all for now. Goodbye!

Brighton go two points behind Tottenham in fifth with two games in hand. They've scored 22 goals in their last nine league games and are well on track for European qualification. Wolves stay 13th. They should still be safe from relegation, but they need to pick themselves up from this defeat quickly.

Brighton's ruthless culling of Wolves comes to an end! The Seagulls put in another performance to remember in a season full of them, ending the game as a contest before half-time. Gross, Welbeck and Undav all grabbed braces.

90' + 2' FULL-TIME: BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 6-0 WOLVES

90' + 2' Hwang spurns the last chance of the game, twisting this way and that on the edge of the box before firing wide of the left-hand post. That's that!

Adama Traoré

Yellow Card

90' + 1' Traore leads with his elbow in an aerial challenge with Estupinan, catching the Brighton defender. The Wolves man's shown the yellow card.

90' Caicedo's blast from range gets blocked. There'll be two more minutes of this before Wolves get put out of their misery.

89' There's still time for one more Brighton goal if they want it. They're showing interest, for sure.

87' Mitoma curls high and wide from the left of the box, taking advantage of Mac Allister drawing in several Wolves defenders.

85' Brighton finally seem to be taking pity on Wolves now. They're winding things down a bit. Still, Ayari earns them a free-kick down their left, which comes to nothing as Gross and Buonanotte have shots closed down.

Adama Traoré

Pedro Neto

83' Wolves substitution. Traore replaces Neto, who's not to blame for his team's collapse.

83' Sa easily catches Gross' floated corner. Steele races off his line to clear a Wolves ball over the top.

82' Mitoma's the player causing Wolves problems now. The Brighton man bursts down the left, forcing Collins to intervene and concede a corner.

Y. Ayari

D. Undav

80' Brighton substitution. The 19-year-old Sweden midfielder Ayari replaces Undav.

79' Mitoma trips Nunes in his haste to enter Wolves' box from the left. The referee gives a foul against the Japan winger.

78' Caicedo's shot gets blocked before Steele has some rare work to do in this game, saving Podence's low drive with his legs. Brighton will be annoyed if they sully their clean sheet now.

76' Estupinan almost scores from a carbon copy of the chance he had earlier! The Ecuadorian dinks just wide of the left-hand post under pressure from Kilman.

75' Gilmour nearly makes it 7-0 for Brighton. The Scot controls Caicedo's square pass and watches his shot curl just wide of the bottom-left corner.

74' Neto skips inside from the right but can't get past Webster. He's been Wolves' one bright spark in this match.

73' Things get back underway. Caicedo skips past a challenge on the edge of his own box to carry Brighton forward. The hosts keep possession for a bit and earn a free-kick.

71' Podence is still down, so play stops to Wolves' relief. There'll be recriminations in their dressing room from this result, for sure.

69' Podence gets shrugged off the ball. Brighton patiently build their latest attack. Wolves look so defeated in their body language.

67' Brighton have this game well won but they're not letting up. Wolves get a brief reprieve as Buonanotte doesn't read Caicedo's inviting pass.

D. Undav

Goal

66' GOAL! BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 6-0 WOLVES! Undav cheekily chips Sa after a mix-up between the Wolves goalkeeper and Nunes at the back. Brighton are humiliating their visitors.

M. Caicedo

J. Veltman

65' The booked Veltman heads off too. Caicedo steps into Brighton's midfield. Gross will slot in at right-back.

A. Mac Allister

J. Enciso

65' Brighton substitution. Mac Allister replaces the incisive Enciso.

62' Mitoma surges into Wolves' box from the byline but can't create a clear opportunity for Brighton to score again as he's fairly nudged off the ball by Nunes. Mitoma's the last player Wolves will want to face in this state.

60' Wolves get a corner as Hwang's shot deflects out off Webster. It's uneventful.

58' Undav's shot from the left of the box gets blocked. The German picks up the pieces to find Buonanotte, who's flagged offside.

F. Buonanotte

S. March

56' March also gets the rest of this game off after Brighton's blistering start. Buonanotte comes on in his stead.

K. Mitoma

D. Welbeck

56' Brighton decide to give some players an early rest. Mitoma takes Welbeck's place on the pitch.

55' Podence isn't too far away from reaching Neves' clever dinked pass inside the box.

54' Hwang heads over from Bueno's final corner of the three. Wolves would take a consolation goal at this point.

53' Wolves are still showing signs of life, winning three corners in a row. Brighton deal with them without any fuss though.

51' Estupinan beats the offside trap to latch onto Dunk's throughball and gets inside the box before having a shot closed down.

50' That's Welbeck's second goal of the game, and his sixth of this Premier League season. Brighton are great at spreading their goals around. This could get very ugly for Wolves.

D. Welbeck

Goal

48' GOAL! BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 5-0 WOLVES! Welbeck finds the bottom-left corner from inside the D, leaving Lopetegui with his head in his hands. It just isn't Wolves' day.

47' Neto starts the half promisingly for Wolves, cutting inside and firing well over. They can't play much worse than they did in the first half.

46' Wolves get the second half started. They're lining up in a 5-4-1 system now.

N. Collins

Diego Costa

46' The anonymous Costa also gets the hook. Collins is the last of Wolves' three half-time introductions.

Hwang Hee-Chan

C. Dawson

46' There's an end to Dawson's misery at centre-back. On comes Hwang for Wolves.

Toti

João Gomes

46' Julen Lopetegui has seen enough. Wolves ring the changes before the restart. Toti replaces Gomes first.

Brighton haven't just been wonderful in attack. They've also completely neutered Wolves' own threat. Costa had just nine touches of the ball in the first half. The visitors' focus now has to be on damage limitation.

The referee calls time on a fantastic first half for Brighton. The Seagulls have been incisive flying forward, with Gross, Enciso and Welbeck all playing wonderfully. Wolves haven't been able to handle the hosts at all.

45' + 6' HALF-TIME: BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 4-0 WOLVES

J. Veltman

Yellow Card

45' + 5' Veltman picks up the game's first yellow card for catching Podence with an outstretched leg. Brighton have been excellent at quelling Wolves' attacks before they've had the chance to become dangerous.

45' + 3' Brighton are by no means done scoring yet. March lets fly from the centre of the box but isn't close to finding the target.

Daniel Podence

Nélson Semedo

45' + 1' Semedo trudges off the pitch, receiving a comforting pat from Enciso. Talk about adding injury to insult in this first half for Wolves. Podence replaces him.

45' Podence is stripping off and getting ready to come on. Semedo will soon depart. We'll have five minutes of added time before half-time.

43' Semedo's back down on the turf and receiving treatment. It looks like he's struggling to shake off the knock he picked up at the start of the game.

41' Brighton have scored 30 first-half goals in their 31 Premier League games. Only Manchester City and Arsenal have scored more so far this season. The Seagulls have a good habit of starting games brightly.

P. Estupiñán

Assist

39' Estupinan's first-time delivery there was excellent. Enciso did excellent work in the build-up, driving inside and creating the space for the Ecuadorian to pick his cross.

D. Welbeck

Goal

39' GOAL! BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 4-0 WOLVES! Welbeck adds his name to the scoresheet, nodding Estupinan's far-post cross low past Sa. This game is already over as a contest.

38' Brighton eventually clear Bueno's free-kick after Wolves keep the pressure on. The Seagulls have been unflappable in this first half.

36' March gives Wolves a free-kick down their left. Bueno will swing it into Brighton's box.

34' Semedo tussles with Estupinan near Brighton's corner flag. The referee ends up giving a foul against the Wolves man.

32' Enciso capitalises on a Wolves mistake at the back to sting Sa's palms from the left of the box. Welbeck's almost on hand to gobble up the rebound, but Sa recovers well to claim the loose ball first.

31' Now it's Wolves' turn to win a corner as Neto's shot gets blocked. Estupinan clears it at the near post, and March deals with the second ball in. Enciso hassles Semedo, who just about manages to clear.

30' Brighton win a corner down their right. Webster attacks the ball in and powers a header well over the crossbar.

28' Wolves' captain Neves tries in vain to pull a goal back for his team, shooting high and wide from distance.

J. Enciso

Assist

26' Again, Enciso made the smart decision to find Gross rather than go for goal himself. This Brighton side really are lovely to watch. It feels like they've wrapped up the win here already.

P. Groß

Goal

26' GOAL! BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 3-0 WOLVES! Gross grabs his second goal of the game with a wonderful strike on the half-volley! The German controls Enciso's pass just outside the box and spanks it past Sa into the top-right corner.

25' Enciso checks onto his right foot and fires well over from range. The Paraguayan plays with such confidence it's hard to believe he's just 19 years old.

24' That's better from Wolves! Neto sees Nunes waiting near the penalty spot so cuts the ball back from the right to find him. The 24-year-old gets a smart save out of Steele.

23' Wolves haven't had a shot on goal yet. Brighton are harassing the visitors every time they get near to the final third.

21' Neto jinks inside from the right but is stopped in his tracks. Brighton stream forward again. Enciso strays too far wide to shoot so finds Welbeck's run towards the near post instead. Sa catches the Englishman's tame shot.

19' Welbeck spurns an opportunity to put Brighton 3-0 up! The Englishman blazes over from the edge of the box as the Seagulls intercept a stray pass out from Sa.

17' Welbeck's flagged offside as he darts in behind Wolves' defence and forces Sa to save with his legs at his near post. Brighton are well on top at the moment.

15' Estupinan is fouled by his counterpart Semedo in his own half. Wolves haven't had chance to get going yet.

J. Enciso

Assist

13' Enciso correctly found Gross in space to his right rather than shooting himself as he was entitled to do. It's to Brighton's credit how fluent they've been despite the choppy start to this game.

P. Groß

Goal

13' GOAL! BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION! Gross puts Brighton in a commanding early position! The German coolly curls Enciso's pass into the top left corner at the end of a swift Brighton counter-attack.

12' Again, there's no controversy here. Costa and Webster got tangled up in each other briefly, but there's nothing in it really. The VAR officials are being a little too intrusive so far.

10' There's a coming together between Costa and Webster as Wolves go on the attack. The pair tussle on the turf and Brighton get a free-kick. VAR look for a possible red card for violent conduct against Costa...

8' VAR check complete! The goal does stand. It's hard to see what the officials were worried about there. Undav was clearly behind Semedo as he stabbed the ball home.

D. Welbeck

Assist

6' There's a VAR check going on for possible offside, but the goal will surely stand. Welbeck knew where Undav was, and the German nipped in front of Semedo to convert the Englishman's clever little pass.

D. Undav

Goal

6' GOAL! BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 1-0 WOLVES! Undav hands them the lead! Brighton's German forward pokes Welbeck's backheel past Sa from the edge of the six-yard box.

4' After a minute or two of receiving treatment, Semedo strolls off the pitch. It looks like he'll be fine to carry on in a tick.

2' Semedo gets a free-kick in his own half as he's brought down by Undav. Wolves' Portuguese right-back is in some discomfort.

1' Brighton get this game underway!

Brighton are looking to complete their first league double over Wolves since 2016-17, following their 3-2 win at Molineux last November. If this game turns to be anything like that one, we're in for a treat.

Wolves limit themselves to two changes from their 2-0 win over Crystal Palace. Joao Gomes and Neto come in for Hwang and Cunha.

Brighton make five changes from their midweek loss to Forest. Mitoma and Mac Allister start on the bench.

SUBS: Tote Gomes, Daniel Podence, Joao Moutinho, Adama Traore, Pablo Sarabia, Hwang Hee-Chan, Matheus Cunha, Nathan Collins, Daniel Bentley.

WOLVES (4-4-2): Jose Sa; Nelson Semedo, Craig Dawson, Maximilian Kilman, Hugo Bueno; Joao Gomes, Ruben Neves (c), Mario Lemina, Matheus Nunes; Pedro Neto, Diego Costa.

SUBS: Yasin Ayari, Alexis Mac Allister, Kaoru Mitoma, Odeluga Offiah, Robert Sanchez, Jan-Paul van Hecke, Moises Caicedo, Facundo Buonanotte, Levi Samuels Colwill.

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (4-2-3-1): Jason Steele; Joel Veltman, Lewis Dunk (c), Adam Webster, Pervis Estupinan; Billy Gilmour, Pascal Gross; Solly March, Deniz Undav, Julio Enciso; Danny Welbeck.

In contrast, Wolves have won three of their last four Premier League matches without conceding a goal, a run which has gone a long way towards easing their fears of relegation. The West Midlanders still have work to do away from home though. They're winless in their last five on the road and haven't kept an away clean sheet since August.

Brighton's 3-1 defeat away to Nottingham Forest midweek made it two losses for the Seagulls in their last three Premier League matches, as many as they'd suffered in their last 13 combined. Roberto De Zerbi's men will be keen to regain momentum on home soil as they push for a place in Europe next season.

Hello and welcome to our live text commentary of this Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Wolves at Amex Stadium.

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