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

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2025

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2025, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers drew with Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 October 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Wolverhampton Wanderers's goal came from an own goal by Bart Verbruggen (21'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Jan Paul van Hecke (86').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 20th on 1 point from 6 and Brighton & Hove Albion 11th on 8 points from 6. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 20th with 20 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 53.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jan Paul van Hecke of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.1), ahead of Sam Johnstone (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 3 draws and 5 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Carlos BalebaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 20'Red card · Vitor PereiraWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 21'Own goal · Bart VerbruggenWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 43'Yellow card · Mats WiefferBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 51'Yellow card · Santiago BuenoWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 86'Goal · Jan Paul van HeckeBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · AndréWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, draws 3, Brighton & Hove Albion 5.

Team news

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

Sam Johnstone, Jackson Tchatchoua, Santiago Bueno, Ladislav Krejci, Hugo Bueno, Marshall Nyasha Munetsi, André, João Gomes, Jhon Arias, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Hee-chan Hwang

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari, Brajan Gruda, Diego Gómez, Yankuba Minteh, Danny Welbeck