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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
5 Oct 2025, 14:00 · Premier League · 2025/2026
Referee
Jarred GillettPremier League 2025/2026 · 22 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Wolverhampton WanderersMin
Brighton & Hove Albion- 20′
Carlos Baleba
Yellowcard
Foul
Vitor Pereira
Redcard
Argument
20′- ⚽
Bart Verbruggen 1-0
Own Goal
Own Goal
21′ - 36′
Lewis Dunk
Yellowcard
Foul
- 43′
Mats Wieffer
Yellowcard
Foul
- 45+2′
Danny Welbeck
Yellowcard
Foul
- 46′⇄
Georginio Rutter
Substitution
Off: Carlos Baleba
Santiago Bueno
Yellowcard
Foul
51′- ⇄
Emmanuel Agbadou
Substitution
Off: Hee-chan Hwang
60′ - 70′⇄
Maxim De Cuyper
Substitution
Off: Mats Wieffer
- 70′⇄
Stefanos Tzimas
Substitution
Off: Brajan Gruda
- ⇄
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Substitution
Off: Jørgen Strand Larsen
76′ - 76′⇄
James Milner
Substitution
Off: Diego Gómez
- ⇄
David Møller Wolfe
Substitution
Off: Hugo Bueno
77′ - 86′⚽
Jan Paul van Hecke 1-1
Goal · Header
With: Stefanos Tzimas
Header
- ⇄
Tolu Arokodare
Substitution
Off: Marshall Munetsi
90+1′ - ⇄
Yerson Mosquera
Substitution
Off: João Gomes
90+1′ André
Yellowcard
Foul
90+6′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7.43 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.66 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.38 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.99 | |
| 77 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 7.27 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.10 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.48 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 6.83 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 6.98 | |
| 76 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.69 | |
| 60 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.75 | |
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| 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.22 | |
| 30 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.63 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.53 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Latest: Leeds United · 1–3
Match stats
20 Sept 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Leeds United · 2025/2026
Brighton & Hove Albion
Latest: Chelsea · 3–1
Match stats
27 Sept 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Chelsea · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Wolverhampton Wanderers’s ground: 12 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Wolverhampton Wanderers’s home games with Brighton & Hove Albion’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Brighton & Hove Albion
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton & Hove Albion
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton & Hove Albion
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton & Hove Albion
Previous meetings
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