Follow live coverage as Wolverhampton Wanderers face Brighton & Hove Albion today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:35
Cunha tries a shot from a long way out, and with his goal catalogue, you can’t really blame him. The effort was high over the bar, however, and Brighton regain possession.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:34
The game is back in its flow now after that goal, and we have just passed the half-hour mark with plenty of action left. It has been a great game so far.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:32
Ait-Nouri ventured into the box, and instead of passing the ball off to one of his open teammates, he chose to keep running and found himself amongst three Brighton defenders.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:29
Penalty Goal Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:28
PENALTY! Moments later, Brighton have a penalty! Cunha takes Wieffer down right in front of the goal, and Michael Oliver has no choice but to point to the spot.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:28
Yellow Card Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:27
NO GOAL! Welbeck’s finish is cancelled out by the refereeing team, and then confirmed by the VAR. It was judged that Minteh was impacting on play, and he was in an offside position.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:25
GOOOOO-NO! Welbeck has the ball in the back of the net for Brighton but after a long pause, the official has put their flag up! It was a tidy finish inside the box, but the VAR is checking the goal to see whether Minteh was interfering with play!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:23
Wolves’ left back is into the action, and the game is back up and running again.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:21
Ait-Nouri is down inside the Wolves box, and he is currently receiving treatment.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:19
The pace of the game has cooled slightly now, which is understandable after the rapid start to the game. Brighton are enjoying most of the possession at the moment.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:18
This game is like viewing a Tennis match so far, with the action swinging from one end to the other extremely quickly. It is quite a surprise that there hasn’t been a goal yet!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:15
CHANCE! Sa produces a moment of woe as he miscues a clearance. The ball fell to O’Riley, where the shot was on, but he opted for a pass into Minteh, who took too long to get his shot away. The Wolves goalkeeper will be mopping his brow after that.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:14
Wolves apply more pressure to the Brighton box, as Toti got up well at the back post to win a header, but it went behind for another Wolves corner following a touch by the away side.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:13
Cunha tried to bring down a long ball that was sent forward, but his touch was cancelled out by a Brighton defender’s tackle, meaning Wolves have their first corner.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:10
This has been a very open start to the game! Both sides could be ahead already, but the scoreline reads 0-0 for now.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:08
HUGE CHANCE! Cunha clipped in a wide free-kick, and Guedes broke through the offside line and tried to hook a difficult finish towards the goal, but it was on the turn and the ball was dropping, so he could only fire over!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:06
CLOSE! Minteh sends in a cross from the left-hand side, and O’Riley was stretching to get there but couldn’t quite stretch enough. Any touch there and it would’ve probably ended up in the net.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:05
Wolves have started by playing it around their defence very deep into their own half. It’s risky, but so far there hasn’t been any danger.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:04
Gomes seems okay now, and he has returned to the pitch to the relief of Vitor Pereira.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:03
Gomes is already down after a minute or so, due to an untidy tackle by Estupinan. He has stayed down, and he looks to be struggling a bit.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:01
KICK-OFF! Michael Oliver blows his whistle for the first time here, and the game is up and running!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:59
The teams are out on the pitch, and we’re nearly ready for kick-off here in the Midlands!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:56
Ait-Nouri has been directly involved in more goals than any other defender in the Premier League this season, and he will be looking to add more here against the side he scored late against last time they met. Guedes replaces Bellegarde in the supporting duo in attack, and Semedo captains the home side. For Brighton, they are without their top goalscorer, Joao Pedro, in this game, so Welbeck starts up front. He has nine goals this season, just one behind Pedro, so he is the ‘next best thing’ to replace the Brazilian. Webster replaces club captain Lewis Dunk, so it’s Welbeck who picks up the responsibility of the armband for this game.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:51
BRIGHTON SUBS: Igor Julio, Brajan Gruda, Simon Adingra, Eiran Cashin, Kaoru Mitoma, Jason Steele, Diego Gomez, Jack Hinshelwood, Harry Howell.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:51
BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Pervis Estupinan, Adam Webster, Jan Paul van Hecke, Tariq Lamptey; Carlos Baleba, Mats Wieffer; Yasin Ayari, Matt O'Riley, Yankuba Minteh; Danny Welbeck.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:46
WOLVES SUBS: Santiago Bueno, Boubacar Traore, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Rodrigo Gomes, Pablo Sarabia, Dan Bentley, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Nasser Djiga, Mateus Mane.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:46
WOLVES (3-4-2-1): Jose Sa; Toti Gomes, Emmanuel Agbadou, Matt Doherty; Rayan Ait-Nouri, Andre, João Gomes, Nelson Semedo; Goncalo Guedes, Marshall Munetsi; Matheus Cunha.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:40
Brighton have a lot more to play for in this game, as they remain locked in the battle for the potential extra European spot. Their recent form has been patchy, with a win, a draw, and a loss in their last three games. The 4-2 loss to Brentford was a low point, but they responded in the game after, with a wonderful winner from Carlos Baleba to snatch all three points from West Ham in a 3-2 win. That goal earned him the Premier League Goal of the Month award for April, so there are monthly awards on both sides of the pitch here in Wolverhampton.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:40
Wolves come into this game on a terrific run of form, with a run of six straight wins being halted by a 1-0 loss against Manchester City. Still, Vitor Pereira has endeared himself very well to the fans both on and off the pitch, and he has steered Wolves away from their relegation threat that was present under Gary O’Neil. For his efforts, he was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Month award for April, showing just how well he has done recently. Wolves don’t have much to play for here besides league position, so they will try to push themselves further up the table.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:40
The end of another Premier League season is nearly upon us, and here we have a fixture that ended 2-2 when these two sides last met. It was a frantic end to the game as Wolves scored on either side of an Evan Ferguson ‘winner’ to salvage a draw. In the other head-to-head games, Brighton have won five of the last 10 meetings, with Wolves managing to win three of them. Wolves have less riding on this game, with Brighton gunning for that extra European spot, so expect a big effort from them here.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:30
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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion
13:00
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