Albion v Wolves
PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: The American Express Stadium
Date: Saturday 26th October 2024
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistants: Stuart Burt, James Mainwaring
Fourth Official: Gavin Ward
VAR: Graham Scott
Additional VAR: Adrian Holmes
TEAM NEWS
Brighton's Yankuba Minteh and Danny Welbeck both face fitness tests on their respective injuries.
James Milner, Matt O’Riley, Joao Pedro and Adam Webster all remain out, while Solly March is still building up his fitness.
Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa excelled against Manchester City and could keep his place even if Sam Johnstone has recovered from the abductor issue that ruled him out of that game.
Hwang Hee-chan, Enso Gonzalez, Sasa Kalajdzic, Yerson Mosquera and Boubacar Traore are all still on the sidelines.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Brighton’s 11 top-flight wins over Wolves is more than they have managed against any other side.
- Wolves have earned just three wins in their 20 away league games against Brighton and all of those have been by 1-0.
- Brighton have already beaten Wolves 3-2 this season in a League Cup third-round tie.
- Brighton could equal their club Premier League record of three consecutive wins, set on two previous occasions.
- In their first four Premier League seasons, Albion's average points tally after eight matches was 7.8. That has risen to 15 points across their last three campaigns.
- They need a point to equal their highest tally of 16 after nine games of a top-flight season, set last year.
- The Seagulls have won just 12 of their 45 Premier League fixtures against teams starting the day in the relegation zone (27%).
- Lewis Dunk is poised to make his 250th Premier League appearance. His previous 249 have all been starts.
- Danny Welbeck’s five goals in eight league appearances has already equalled his final tally from 29 top-flight games last season. His best league return as a Brighton player is six, set in 2020-21 and 2022-23.
- Wolves have earned just one point from their past 11 league games and have lost more games (10) and conceded more goals (33) than any other top-flight side in that time.
- They have failed to win any of their first eight league matches in a season for just the fourth time in the club's history.
- One point after eight games equals their lowest tally at this stage of a season, previously set in 1926-27 in the second tier.
- Wolves could register seven consecutive defeats in all competitions for the first time since March to April 2012 under Terry Connor.
- Their only victory in 18 league fixtures was 2-1 at home to Luton Town on 27 April.
- The Black Country side are looking to avoid becoming the first team in 64 years to lose six top-flight matches in a row despite scoring in every one. It last happened to Manchester City in November to December 1960.
- They are only the third team to concede as many as 23 goals after eight games of a Premier League season, emulating Sheffield Wednesday in 1999-00 (23) and Southampton in 2012-13 (24).
- Since the beginning of last season, only Erling Haaland (16) and Ollie Watkins (12) have scored more Premier League away goals than the 11 by Matheus Cunha.
Fabian Hürzeler's Wolves Press Conference
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