Wolves vs Brighton

19 August 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–1

Hee-Chan Hwang 61’

Kaoru Mitoma 15’
Estupiñán 46’
Solly March 51’, 55’

Match summary

Brighton won comfortably, 4-1 away at Wolves. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kaoru Mitoma put Brighton ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Estupiñán. In the second half, Estupiñán made it 0-2 in the 46th minute, set up by Kaoru Mitoma, Solly March made it 0-3 in the 51st minute, set up by Julio Enciso, March made it 0-4 in the 55th minute, set up by Julio Enciso, and Hee-Chan Hwang pulled one back to make it 1-4 with a header in the 61st minute, set up by Pablo Sarabia.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 3.16 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Wolves's 2.69 from 16. Wolves had a player sent off.

Match stats

16 Shots 16

5 Shots on Target 8

5 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 6

1 Red Cards 0

2.69 xG 3.16

2.69 Non-penalty xG 3.16

6 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Wolves Brighton

Kick-off

15’

Kaoru Mitoma
Assist: Estupiñán

0-1

Half-time0-1

46’

Estupiñán
Assist: Kaoru Mitoma

0-2

51’

Solly March
Assist: Julio Enciso

0-3

55’

Solly March
Assist: Julio Enciso

0-4

Hee-Chan Hwang
Assist: Pablo Sarabia

1-4

61’

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Wolves

Matheus Nunes
Craig Dawson
Max Kilman
Hee-Chan Hwang

Brighton

James Milner
Estupiñán
Pascal Groß
Julio Enciso
João Pedro

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.

Wolves 2.69 xGBrighton 3.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brighton attacking Wolves attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
José Sá	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Max Kilman	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Craig Dawson	DEF	73			2	0.10	0.00	0
Rayan Ait Nouri	DEF	89			1	0.33	0.03	1
Pedro Neto	MID	90			2	0.32	0.08	2
Mario Lemina	MID	90			2	0.66	0.00	0
João Gomes	MID	57			1	0.03	0.00	0
Matheus Nunes	MID	90			1	0.11	0.08	1
Matheus Cunha	MID	90			1	0.60	0.52	3
Fabio Silva	FWD	57			1	0.32	0.09	1
Pablo Sarabia	Sub	33		1	1	0.03	0.65	2
Hee-Chan Hwang	Sub	33	1		1	0.04	0.60	1
Toti	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hugo Bueno	Sub	1			2	0.14	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jason Steele	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Milner	DEF	59			0	0.00	0.31	1
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Webster	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Estupiñán	DEF	90	1	1	2	0.48	0.52	2
Billy Gilmour	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pascal Groß	MID	83			0	0.00	0.16	2
Solly March	MID	90	2		5	1.43	0.05	1
Julio Enciso	MID	69		2	4	0.44	1.22	2
Kaoru Mitoma	MID	83	1	1	1	0.46	0.63	4
Danny Welbeck	FWD	59			2	0.16	0.13	1
João Pedro	Sub	31			1	0.13	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	Sub	31			0	0.00	0.00	0
Evan Ferguson	Sub	21			1	0.06	0.00	0
Mahmoud Dahoud	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.04	1
Adam Lallana	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.04	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 23% Avg odds 4.17

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.06

Brighton win 53% Avg odds 1.81

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

Form going into the game

Wolves W L D L L

Brighton L W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brighton 6-0 Wolves, 29 Apr 23 Next meeting: Brighton 0-0 Wolves, 22 Jan 24 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.