FM Preview: Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers 04 May 2013

Last updated : 03 May 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers fixture

Wolverhampton Wanderers travel to take on Brighton & Hove Albion at Falmer Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 10 games played, Wolves have recorded 1 wins, and Brighton & Hove Albion have come away with 5 victories.

The last time the two teams met at Brighton & Hove Albion was back in November 2005, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 10 Nov Wolves 3 - 3 Brighton & HA Championship
2005/2006 Sat 22 Apr Wolves 1 - 0 Brighton & HA Championship
2005/2006 Tue 01 Nov Brighton & HA 1-1 Wolves Championship
2004/2005 Tue 28 Dec Wolves 1 - 1 Brighton & HA Championship
2004/2005 Tue 14 Sep Brighton & HA 0 - 1 Wolves Championship
2002/2003 Sat 08 Feb Brighton & HA 4 - 1 Wolves League Division One
2002/2003 Mon 11 Nov Wolves 1 - 1 Brighton & HA League Division One

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Recent respective form guides

Brighton & Hove Albion are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, In this time, Seagulls have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 3.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Wolves have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Brighton & Hove Albion are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 72 points from 45 games.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 51 points from their 45 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Brighton & Hove Albion 6 3 3 0 11 3 12
Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 2 0 4 7 11 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Wolves are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Brighton & Hove Albion Unbeaten in the last 8 home games.
Unbeaten run of 8 matches.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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