Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion betting preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Molineux Stadium (31700 seats)

With their 14 point advantage in the league table, Wolverhampton Wanderers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Brighton & Hove Albion could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

8 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Wolverhampton Wanderers have to build on here at Molineux Stadium. There’s a good atmosphere here at Molineux Stadium after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager Nuno Espírito Santo led his Wolverhampton Wanderers to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Southampton. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Molineux Stadium. Prior to that, an away loss at Watford in the FA Cup.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Wolverhampton Wanderers matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from five games).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Arsenal in only four days. This game is also played here at Molineux Stadium.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Molineux Stadium with 24 goals in 16 matches. On the other hand, Wolverhampton Wanderers have conceded 20 goals.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brighton & Hove Albion so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-11 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Brighton & Hove Albion who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Millwall was the last time a defeat was avoided. Brighton & Hove Albion seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The manager C. Hughton was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Molineux Stadium. Brighton & Hove Albion suffered a 0-2 loss to Cardiff City. A loss against AFC Bournemouth was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Brighton & Hove Albion when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 45 matches with the visitors losing 27 times, drawing 9 and winning 9 games.

Brighton & Hove Albion has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Tottenham Hotspur in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The attacking power of Brighton & Hove Albion when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored in 16 matches. In the opposite end, Brighton & Hove Albion have conceded 30 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Brighton & Hove Albion - Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 wins, 4 draws and Brighton & Hove Albion 4 victories.

Top Goalscorers

R. Jiménez
12 goals / 7 assists
G. Murray
11 goals
Diogo Jota
7 goals / 4 assists

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
41 24 Scored 15 32
42 20 Conceded 30 53
100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 97%
85% 94% Over 1.5 81% 70%
36% 38% Over 2.5 62% 52%
18% 19% Over 3.5 25% 27%
6% 12% Over 4.5 6% 9%
52% 44% Both teams to score 56% 52%
21% 31% Clean Sheet 6% 18%
27% 25% Failed To Score 38% 33%
 
4.9 5.2 Corners For (avg) 3.7 4.2
5.3 5.2 Corners Against (avg) 5.8 5.2
2 1.9 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.7
1 0 Red Cards (total) 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Liverpool 34 26 7 1 77 20 17 15 2 0 48 10 17 11 5 1 29 10 57 85
2 Manchester City 33 27 2 4 86 22 17 16 0 1 55 12 16 11 2 3 31 10 64 83
3 Tottenham Hotspur 33 22 1 10 64 34 16 11 1 4 31 13 17 11 0 6 33 21 30 67
4 Arsenal 33 20 6 7 66 40 17 14 2 1 39 12 16 6 4 6 27 28 26 66
5 Chelsea 34 20 6 8 57 36 17 11 5 1 34 10 17 9 1 7 23 26 21 66
6 Manchester United 33 19 7 7 63 44 16 10 5 1 32 20 17 9 2 6 31 24 19 64
7 Leicester City 34 14 5 15 46 45 17 7 2 8 21 20 17 7 3 7 25 25 1 47
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 13 8 12 41 42 16 8 3 5 24 20 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 47
9 Everton 34 13 7 14 46 44 17 8 4 5 24 21 17 5 3 9 22 23 2 46
10 Watford 33 13 7 13 47 48 16 8 2 6 23 21 17 5 5 7 24 27 -1 46
11 West Ham United 34 12 6 16 42 52 17 8 3 6 27 25 17 4 3 10 15 27 -10 42
12 AFC Bournemouth 34 12 5 17 49 61 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 5 0 12 20 37 -12 41
13 Crystal Palace 34 11 6 17 40 46 17 4 4 9 14 20 17 7 2 8 26 26 -6 39
14 Burnley 34 11 6 17 42 60 17 7 2 8 23 28 17 4 4 9 19 32 -18 39
15 Newcastle United 34 10 8 16 32 43 17 7 1 9 19 21 17 3 7 7 13 22 -11 38
16 Southampton 33 9 9 15 39 54 17 5 6 6 23 26 16 4 3 9 16 28 -15 36
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 9 6 18 32 53 17 6 4 7 17 23 16 3 2 11 15 30 -21 33
18 Cardiff City 34 9 4 21 30 63 17 6 2 9 19 33 17 3 2 12 11 30 -33 31
19 Fulham 34 5 5 24 32 76 17 5 3 9 21 32 17 0 2 15 11 44 -44 20
20 Huddersfield Town 34 3 5 26 19 67 17 2 2 13 8 28 17 1 3 13 11 39 -48 14

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