Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 May 2021

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Sunday 9 May 2021, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 May 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Lewis Dunk opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Adama Traoré (76') and M. Gibbs-White (90'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Lewis Dunk (13').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 12th on 42 points from 34 and Brighton & Hove Albion 15th on 37 points from 34. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 16th with 41.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.0), ahead of Pascal Groß (7.5).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 53'Red card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 76'Goal · Adama TraoréWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 80'Yellow card · M. KilmanWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 83'Yellow card · Conor CoadyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 85'Yellow card · Robert SánchezBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90'Goal · M. Gibbs-WhiteWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Yves BissoumaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+7'Red card · Neal MaupayBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, draws 4, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.

Team news

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  • S. MarchBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Knock)
  • Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Fitness)
  • Jonny OttoWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knee Injury)
  • Meritan ShabaniWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Pedro NetoWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knee Injury)
  • Tariq LampteyBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Hamstring Injury)

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rui Patrício, Ki-Jana Hoever, Conor Coady, Maximilian Kilman, Rayan Aït-Nouri, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Morgan Gibbs-White, Vitinha, Daniel Podence, Fábio Silva

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)

Robert Sánchez, Ben White, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Dan Burn, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Pascal Groß, Yves Bissouma, Leandro Trossard, Neal Maupay, Danny Welbeck