Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion
Team news
Wolves forward Jorgen Strand Larsen is expected to return, having missed the defeat by Manchester City with a groin issue.Sam Johnstone, Sasa Kalajdzic and Yerson Mosquera remain on the sidelines.Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma has recovered from the heel problem that caused him to sit out the draw with Newcastle. Solly March has been ruled out for the rest of the season after having a knee operation, while Ferdi Kadioglu, James Milner and Georginio Rutter are also still absent.Joao Pedro serves the final game of a three-match ban.
Match facts
Head-to-headBrighton have won on their past three league visits to Molineux and are unbeaten in six top-flight games against Wolves (W4, D2), scoring 18 goals.Wolves' only victory in the eight most recent meetings in all competitions came at home in the FA Cup fifth round last season.
Wolverhampton WanderersWolves' run of three successive home league wins is as many as they managed in their previous 15 outings at Molineux (D2, L10). The Black Country side's tally of 51 league goals this season is their joint-most in a Premier League campaign, along with 2019-20. They last scored more in the top flight back in 1979-80, ending with 58 goals.Wolves have earned 32 points under Vitor Pereira; in the same period, the bottom three have won just 23 points combined.Rayan Ait-Nouri has been directly involved in 11 goals, scoring four and providing seven assists, the most of any top-flight defender this season. He's the only Wolves defender to have been involved in 10 or more goals in a Premier League season.Matheus Cunha's 15 goals and six assists is the second highest amount of goal involvements by a Wolves player in a Premier League season behind Raul Jimenez's 23 in 2019-20.Jorgen Strand Larsen has scored six times in his last six league appearances, with four of those the winning goal.
Brighton & Hove AlbionThey have managed just one victory in eight games in all competitions, directly following a run of six straight wins.The Seagulls could lose three successive away league matches for the first time since May 2021.They have kept just one clean sheet in their past 11 competitive fixtures.Only Southampton have conceded more goals in the 89th minute or later in the Premier League this season than Brighton's eight.The Seagulls have had 16 different goalscorers in the Premier League this season, the most of any team and their highest ever figure in the division.
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