In this week 17 match on the 15th of December, Brighton & Hove Albion hosts Wolverhampton Wanderers in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 10th placed Brighton & Hove Albion, recorded a 1-1 draw against Southampton. Armando Broja struck first for Southampton in the 29th minute, then Neal Maupay got the equalizer for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 8th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Jakub Moder squeezing out at least the one point for Brighton & Hove Albion. Brighton & Hove Albion looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while wolverhampton Wanderers sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Manchester City. Raheem Sterling scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 66th minute from the penalty spot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolverhampton Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester City took the shutout win. Wolverhampton Wanderers is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Wolverhampton Wanderers won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw. Brighton & Hove Albion’s most prolific scorer has been Neal Maupay. The French attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Adam Lallana, Steven Alzate, Adam Webster and Sarmiento are unavailable to play for Graham Potter’s team, while Fernando Marçal, Jonny Castro, Willy Boly, Pedro Neto, Mosquera and Bueno are unavailable to play for Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento’s team.