Follow live coverage as Brighton & Hove Albion face Wolverhampton Wanderers 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:
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kick-off is just around the corner with the teams walking out of the tunnel.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Despite the loss to City, there is only one change to the line-up with Andre moving to the bench and Doyle coming in. It seems that O’Neil has trust in his team and believes that this side is capable of getting their first league win of the season. The faith has been shown and now it is time for the players to repay him.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
There were worries that Welbeck wasn’t going to make this game after injuring himself against Newcastle, but he has passed the fitness test and starts up top with Rutter, who is quickly becoming a fan favourite on the south coast. Mitoma, Paul van Hecke and Estupinan come into the line-up. It is a special day for Lewis Dunk who has made his 250th Premier League appearance, the craziest thing about this is that all of them have been starts. Lewis Dunk is the opposite of a super sub.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
SUBS: Matt Doherty, Andre, Rodrigo Gomes, Pablo Sarabia, Dan Bentley, Carlos Forbes, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Goncalo Guedes, Pedro Lima.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
WOLVES (3-5-2): Jose Sa; Toti Gomes, Craig Dawson, Santiago Bueno; Rayan Ait-Nouri Mario Lemina, Tommy Doyle, Joao Gomes, Nelson Semedo; Matheus Cunha, Jorgen Strand Larsen.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
SUBS: Tariq Lamptey, Igor Julio, Brajan Gruda, Julio Enciso, Simon Adingra, Jakub Moder, Jason Steele, Mats Wieffer, Evan Ferguson.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
BRIGHTON (4-4-2): Bart Verbruggen; Pervis Estupinan, Lewis Dunk, Jan Paul van Hecke, Joel Veltman; Kaoru Mitoma, Yasin Ayari, Carlos Baleba, Ferdi Kadioglu; Danny Welbeck, Georginio Rutter.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
The pressure might be building on Gary O’Neil. His maiden campaign in charge of Wolves was impressive beating some of the league’s big boys, but now he can only dream of three points. They are rock bottom and winless during the opening eight games, they have scored in their last five games though, which have all ended in defeat. If they make it six goal-scoring losses, then they will match the Manchester City team from 1960, and in 60 years they could be celebrating a treble!
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton have been one of the teams that have raced out of the docks and impressed early on. Fabian Hurzeler seems charismatic and also able to build a team that can win games, quite an important trait as a Premier League manager. They sit sixth currently and if results go their way they could end the day in third place.