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Brighton vs Wolves LIVE: Premier League result and final score

Brighton 6-0 Wolves: Danny Welbeck, Pascal Gross and Deniz Undav all scored twice as the Seagulls ran riot

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Saturday 29 April 2023 13:39 EDT
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Brighton crushed a woeful Wolves 6-0 in the Premier League on Saturday, with Deniz Undav, Pascal Gross and Danny Welbeck all scoring two each.

Four of the goals came in a frenetic first half, with Undav opening the scoring in the sixth minute when he stuck out his left foot to guide Welbeck’s cheeky backheel past Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa.

Gross doubled the home team’s lead seven minutes later, sidefooting Julio Enciso’s cross into the roof of the net, and volleyed home Brighton’s third in the 26th minute from another assist by Enciso.

Welbeck killed off any hopes of a Wolves comeback when he outjumped Maximilian Kilman at the back post to head home Pervis Estupinan’s cross in the 39th minute and scored again three minutes after halftime from just outside the box.

Brighton got their sixth in the 66th minute after Sa played a poor ball to Matheus Nunes, who crumbled under pressure from Undav, allowing the German to steal the ball and chip the keeper to seal Wolves’ heaviest defeat of the season.

The win kept Brighton in eighth place, allowing them to cut the deficit to seventh-placed Liverpool to a single point, while Wolves stayed 13th in the table.

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29 April 2023 16:41

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Mitoma trips Nunes in his haste to enter Wolves' box from the left. The referee gives a foul against the Japan winger.

29 April 2023 16:40

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Substitution Deniz Undav Yasin Abbas Ayari

29 April 2023 16:40

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Steele gets some rare work to do in this game, saving Podence's low drive with his legs. Brighton will be annoyed if they sully their clean sheet now.

29 April 2023 16:39

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Estupinan almost scores from a carbon copy of the chance he had earlier! The Ecuadorian dinks just wide of the left-hand post under pressure from Kilman.

29 April 2023 16:37

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Gilmour nearly makes it 7-0 for Brighton. The Scot controls Caicedo's square pass and watches his shot curl just wide of the bottom-left corner.

29 April 2023 16:35

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

29 April 2023 16:34

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Neto skips inside from the right but can't get past Webster. He's been Wolves' one bright spark in this match.

29 April 2023 16:34

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Things get back underway. Caicedo skips past a challenge on the edge of his own box to carry Brighton forward. The hosts keep possession for a bit and earn a free-kick.

29 April 2023 16:33

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

Podence is still down, so play stops to Wolves' relief. There'll be recriminations in their dressing room from this result, for sure.

29 April 2023 16:31

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