Brighton & Hove Albion and Wolves have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at the Amex Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday.
Eighth-placed Albion are targeting a third successive home win, although the Seagulls suffered their first defeat in six matches with a 3-1 loss at Newcastle last Saturday.
Relegated Wolves are two points behind second-bottom Burnley and winless in six matches in all competitions, having drawn 1-1 at home to Sunderland seven days ago.
101GreatGoals.com has the team news and starting line-ups as Brighton face Wolves in the Premier League.
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Brighton confirmed team vs Wolves
Centre-back and captain Lewis Dunk returns in one of two changes for Brighton, replacing Olivier Boscagli.
Maxim De Cuyper comes in for defender or midfielder Mats Wieffer, who is absent with an ankle issue.
Midfielders Diego Gomez and Solly March remain out but James Milner features in the matchday squad
Brighton starting XI: Brighton XI: Bart Verbruggen, Lewis Dunk, Jan Paul Van Hecke, Yankuba Minteh, Jack Hinshelwood, Carlos Baleba, Danny Welbeck, Kaoru Mitoma, Ferdi Kadioglu, Maxim De Cuyper, Pascal Gross
Brighton substitutes: Jason Steele, Solly March, Georginio Rutter, Charalampos Kostoulas, James Milner, Olivier Boscagli, Yasin Ayari, Matt O’Riley, Joel Veltman
Wolves full line up vs Brighton
Defender or midfielder Ladislav Krejci and wideman Hugo Bueno have returned to full fitness for Wolves but goalkeeper Jose Sa is injured.
The visitors make one change in attack, Hwang Hee-chan Hwang replacing Tolu Arokodare.
Wolves starting XI: Daniel Bentley, Hugo Bueno, Santiago Bueno, Andre Trindade, Joao Gomes, Adam Armstrong, Hee-chan Hwang, Yerson Mosquera, Pedro Lima, Toti Gomes, Malick Mane
Wolves substitutes: Tom Gracey, Matt Doherty, Harvey Wolfe, Tolu Arokodare, Rodrigo Gomes, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Ladislav Krejci, Jackson Tchatchoua, Angel Gomes
Where to watch Brighton vs Wolves: TV channel, live online streams
The match kicks off at 15:00 GMT (10:00 ET / 07:00 PT) on Saturday and is not being shown live in the UK.
Here’s the full list of Premier League broadcasters in different territories.
Brighton vs Wolves stats
- Brighton are unbeaten in their last eight league games against Wolves (W5 D3) since a 1-0 home loss in December 2021
- They have only lost one of their last 16 Premier League games against sides starting the day in the relegation zone (W5 D10) but that defeat came 4-0 away against current Wolves boss Rob Edwards when he was manager of Luton Town in January 2024
- In their first five Premier League seasons from 2017/18, Brighton’s most goals scored in a single campaign was 42 (2021/22). With 49 already this season, they’re one away from having netted 50 in each of the last four (72 in 2022/23, 55 in 2023/24, 66 in 2024/25)
- Danny Welbeck has been involved in 14 Premier League goals this season for Brighton (13 goals, 1 assist), which is the most by a player aged at least 34 in a season since 2021/22, when both Cristiano Ronaldo (18 goals, 3 assists) and Jamie Vardy (15 goals, 2 assists) did so
- That tally is also the joint-most by Welbeck in a campaign, along with 2024/25 (10 goals, 4 assists)
- Wolves have lost one of their last six away league games against Brighton (W1 D4), capitulating 6-0 in April 2023
- Defeat for Wolves would mean they’ve lost against all other 19 Premier League clubs this season and would be the second time a team has lost to every side they’ve faced in a campaign, after Sheffield United in 2023/24
- They are winless in their last 19 away Premier League matches (D5 L14), last enduing a longer away winless league run between April 2003 and August 2004 (23 games)
- With seven goals in 17 away Premier League matches this season, Wolves average 0.41 goals per game across those matches, better only than Norwich City in 2019/20, who managed 7 in 19 games for an average of 0.37
- Visiting player Adam Armstrong is set to make his 100th Premier League appearance – the forward’s current total of 14 wins is the second-fewest of any player in their first 100 games, ahead only of former West Bromwich Albion midfielder Andy Johnson (12), while Armstrong’s 63 defeats are the most of any player in their first 100 games
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