Wolves vs Brighton

9 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Adama Traoré 76’
  • Morgan Gibbs-White 90’
  • Lewis Dunk 13’

Match summary

Wolves came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Brighton, with a late winner. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

Lewis Dunk put Brighton ahead with a header in the 13th minute, set up by Pascal Groß, Adama Traoré equalised in the 76th minute, set up by Fabio Silva, and Morgan Gibbs-White won it in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Wolves created 1.13 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Brighton's 0.28 from 5. Brighton had 2 players sent off.

Match stats

Wolves Brighton
16 Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 3
10 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 2
1.12 xG 0.28
1.12 Non-penalty xG 0.28
9 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Wolves Brighton
Kick-off
13’
Lewis Dunk
Assist: Pascal Groß0-1 (Brighton)
Half-time0-1
Adama Traoré
Assist: Fabio Silva1-1 (Wolves)
76’
Morgan Gibbs-White2-1 (Wolves)
90’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Wolves
  • Max Kilman
  • Conor Coady
Brighton
  • Lewis Dunk
  • Neal Maupay
  • Robert Sánchez
  • Yves Bissouma

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.13 0.28 13’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), 0-1 13’ 76’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), 1-1 76’ 90’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), 2-1 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.13 0.28 13’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), 0-1 Dunk 13’ 76’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), 1-1 Traoré 76’ 90’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), 2-1 Gibbs-White 90’
Wolves 1.13 xGBrighton 0.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Wolves attacking 
84’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 27’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 20’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 76’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 90’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 4’ Vitinha (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 5’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 50’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 82’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Vitinha (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 26’ Dan Burn (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 65’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 15’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Max Kilman (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 69’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 84’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 90’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 27’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 20’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 76’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 90’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 5’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 4’ Vitinha (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 50’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 82’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 26’ Dan Burn (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 65’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Vitinha (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 15’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Max Kilman (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 69’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rui Patrício GK900 0.000.000
Ki-Jana Hoever DEF900 0.000.000
Max Kilman DEF901 0.020.000
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
Rayan Ait Nouri DEF901 0.020.103
João Moutinho MID901 0.010.021
Rúben Neves MID623 0.120.000
Morgan Gibbs-White MID9015 0.690.000
Vitinha MID782 0.080.011
Daniel Podence MID710 0.000.092
Fabio Silva FWD9010 0.000.091
Adama Traoré Sub2813 0.190.411
Willian José Sub190 0.000.000
Leander Dendoncker Sub120 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 24% Avg odds 3.96
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30
Brighton win 47% Avg odds 2.06

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Wolves LWWLD
Brighton LDDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 3-3 Wolves, 02 Jan 21 Next meeting: Brighton 0-1 Wolves, 15 Dec 21  All Wolves vs Brighton meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.