KARL WHITEHOUSE TAKES A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V BRIGHTON
FIRST MEETINGS
- Division 1 – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 21st December 1979 the game finished 3-1 win to Brighton.
- Championship – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 14th September 2004 the game finished 1-0 win to Wolves.
- Premier League – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 27th October 2018 the game finished 1-0 win to Brighton.
- League Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 24th September 1969 the game finished 3-2 win to Wolves.
- FA Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs was on the 9th January 1979 which was a 3rd round tie the game finished 3-2 win to Wolves.
MOST RECENT MEETINGS
- Premier League – The most recent game was on the 19th August 2023 the game finished 4-1 to Brighton meaning they have beaten Wolves 4 times in a row in the top flight.
- Championship – The most recent game was on the 14th April 2017 the game finished 2-0 win to Brighton.
BIGGEST WINS
- Championship – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 14th September 2004, 22nd April 2006 and 1st January 2016 the games finished 1-0 win to Wolves.
- Premier League – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 9th May 2021 the game finished 2-1 to Wolves.
BIGGEST DEFEATS
- Division 2 – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 4th May 1985 the game finished 5-1 to Brighton
- Division 1 – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 8th February 2003 the game finished 4-1 to Brighton.
- Championship – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 4th May 2013 and 14th April 2017 the game finished 2-0 to Brighton.
- Premier League – The biggest defeat was 29th April 2023 the game finished 6-0 and this became the biggest win over Wolves before that win it was a 5-1 on 4th May 1985 which was played at the Goldstone Ground in Division 2.
MATCH OF THE DAY
There was a game near the date of the upcoming meeting which was played on the 12th January 1991 the game finished 3-2 to Brighton in League Division 2.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
Brighton and Hove Albion 0 Wolves 1 15th December 2021 in Premier League at Amex Stadium.
A superb Romain Saiss goal proved decisive as Wolverhampton Wanderers earned a 1-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Rayan Ait-Nouri had originally been named in the starting line-up but having picked up a knock in the warm-up, Fernando Marcal was brought in as a last-minute replacement.
There were few clear-cut chances in the opening 45 minutes, until Saiss volleyed into the net after being played in by a wonderful Ruben Neves pass in first-half stoppage time.
Moments later, Enock Mwepu fired a great chance over from a few yards out for Brighton.
After the break, Saiss twice struck the woodwork, first hitting the crossbar, before his well-struck volley came back off a post.
Mwepu fired over again as Brighton pressed for an equaliser, but it never came as Wolves held on for their first victory in five matches.
Brighton (4-3-3): Sanchez; Lamptey, Veltman, Burn (c), Cucurella; Mwepu (Richards, 82), Bissouma (Lallana, 82), Moder; March, Connolly (Mac Allister, 60), Trossard
Subs not used: Scherpen (gk), Alzate, Roberts, Leonard, Turns, Ferguson
Wolves (3-4-3): Sa; Kilman, Coady (c), Saiss; Semedo, Moutinho, Neves, Marcal; Trincao (Dendoncker, 90+4), Hwang (Traore, 15) (Silva, 90+11), Podence
Subs not used: Moulden (gk), Ruddy (gk), Hoever, Boly, Cundle
A LITTLE MORE HISTORY
Brighton 0 Wolves 1 in the Championship 14th September 2004 at Withdean Stadium
A Kenny Miller goal gave Wolves their first victory of the season when he capitalised on a defensive error by the Brighton team to head home past the goalkeeper Kuipers on 22 minutes.
Brighton had chances in the game from Dean Hammond whose goal line shot was cleared brilliantly by Joleon Lescott off the line and Darren Currie had his freekick which dipped over the bar.
Brighton Team: Kuipers, El-Abd, Cullip, Butters, Mayo, Currie, Hinshelwood, Hammond, Nicolas, Virgo, Knight.
Substitutes: McPhee, Harding, Jarrett, Oatway, May.
Manager: Mark McGhee
Wolves Team: Jones, Clyde, Naylor, Lescott, Craddock, Newton, Ince, Seol, Olofinjana, Miller, Cort.
Substitutes: Oakes, Cooper, Cameron, Andrews, Clarke.
Manager: Dave Jones
head to head
Premier League Stats
There have been 11 Meetings between the sides.
Wolves have won 2 games with 1 Home win & 1 Away Win.
Brighton have won 4 games with 2 Home win & 3 Away Wins.
There have been 4 draws between the sides.
Wolves have scored 11 Goals and Brighton have scored 23 Goals.
Overall Head-to-Head
There have been 41 games in total.
Wolves have won 8 Games.
Brighton have won 19 Games.
There have been 14 Draws.
Last 6 Premier League Games
9th May 2021 Wolves 2 Brighton 1 Played at Molineux Stadium
15th December 2021 Brighton 0 Wolves 1 at Amex Stadium
30th April 2022 Wolves 0 Brighton 3 at Molineux Stadium
5th November 2022 Wolves 2 Brighton 3 at Molineux Stadium
29th April 2023 Brighton 6 Wolves 0 at Amex Stadium
19th August 2023 Wolves 1 Brighton 4 at Molineux Stadium
PLAYING FOR BOTH CLUBS
Ade Akinbiyi Played for Brighton in a loan spell in 1994 made 7 appearances and scored 4 goals and played for Wolves 1999-2000 made 37 appearances and scored 16 goals.
Keith Andrews Played for Wolves 1999-2005 made 65 appearances and played for Brighton in a loan spell 2013-2014 from Bolton Wanderers made 31 appearances and scored 1 goal.
Dave Beasant Played for Wolves in a loan spell from Chelsea in 1992 made 4 appearances and played for Brighton in 2003 and made 16 appearances.
Elliott Bennett Started his career at Wolves in the youth team 2004-2007 and he stayed at Wolves until 2009 and never made a first team appearance and played for Brighton 2009-2011 and a loan spell from Norwich in 2014 and made 96 appearances and scored 13 goals.
Steve Claridge Played for Wolves 1998 made 5 appearances and played for Brighton 2004 made 5 appearances.
Craig Davies Played for Wolves 2006-2007 on a loan spell from Verona made 23 appearances and scored only 2 goals in his spell but note these were cup goals and played for Brighton 2009-2010 made 21 appearances and scored 1 goal.
Greg Halford Played for Wolves 2009-2011 made 17 appearances and played for Brighton in a loan spell 2014-2015 from Nottingham Forest made 19 appearances.
John Humphrey Played for Wolves 1979-1985 made 149 appearances and scored 3 goals and played for Brighton 1997 made 20 appearances.
Ívar Ingimarsson Played for Wolves 2002-203 made 13 appearances and scored 2 goals and played for Brighton in a loan spell from Wolves 2003 made 15 appearances.
Chris Iwelumo Played for Brighton 2004 in a loan spell from Stoke City made 10 appearances and scored 4 goals and played for Wolves 2008-2010 made 46 appearances and scored 14 goals.
Tomasz Kuszczak Played for Brighton 2012-2014 made 84 appearances and played for Wolves 2014-2015 made 13 appearances.
Rajiv van La Parra Played for Wolves 2014-2016 made 53 appearances and scored 1 goal and played for Brighton 2015-2016 in a loan spell from Wolves made 6 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Keith Lowe Played for Wolves 2004-2008 made 14 appearances and played for Brighton in a loan spell 2006 and didn’t make a appearance in his loan spell.
Geoff Sidebottom Played for Wolves 1954-1961 made 28 appearances and played for Brighton 1969-1971 made 40 appearances.
Sam Vokes Played for Wolves 2008-2012 made 47 appearances and scored 6 goals and played for Brighton 2012 in a loan spell from Wolves made 14 appearances and scored 3 goals.
Stephen Ward Played for Wolves 2007-2014 made 222 appearances and scored 9 goals and played for Brighton 2013-2014 in a loan spell from Wolves made 44 appearances and scored 4 goals.
Eric Young Played for Brighton 1982-1987 made 126 appearances and scored 10 goals and played for Wolves 1995-1997 made 31 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Other Players who played both both clubs
Bill Booth, Ken Davies, Alan Jackson, Arthur Lloyd, Jack Nightingale, Andy Petterson,
Bob Redfern, Billy Richards, Gordon Roberts, Tony Towner, Ken Whitfield, Jack Williams
Played, Managed, Coached Both Teams
Major Frank Buckley Played for Brighton 1904-1905 made 25 appearances and scored 2 goals and managed Wolves 1927-1944.
Terry Connor Played for Brighton 1983-1987 made 156 appearances and scored 51 goals and was a assistant manager and manager of Wolves 2008-2012.
Dean Saunders Played for Brighton 1985-1987 made 72 appearances and scored 21 goals and managed Wolves 2013.
ARTICLE BY KARL WHITEHOUSE
I am a Wolves fan been for over 30 years where
I have supported them both home and away games in the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s and now like looking into wolves games the stats behind the games they play in the premier league and also look other stats if asked by someone else in the podcast. I have also done the 92 football league grounds and shortly be doing a ebook about peoples favourite match they went to along with a match report and if possible stats from game.