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
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.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton continue to soar then as they seek their first-ever top-seven finish. That's all for now. Goodbye!
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton go two points behind Tottenham in fifth with two games in hand. They've scored 22 goals in their last nine league games and are well on track for European qualification. Wolves stay 13th. Their goal difference has taken a dent, but they should still be safe now.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton's ruthless culling of toothless Wolves comes to an end! The Seagulls put in another performance to remember in a season full of them, ending the game as a contest before half-time. Gross, Welbeck and Undav all grabbed braces.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
FULL-TIME: BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 6-0 WOLVES
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Hwang spurns the last chance of the game, twisting this way and that on the edge of the box before firing wide of the left-hand post. That's that!
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