Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolves manager Rob Edwards on the defeat to Brighton: "It was shocking start. I think we were still in our nice hotel for the first five minutes. A despicable start, played backwards, played sidewards.

"From the first throw in we got robbed. Not surprising. That's what Brighton do they're aggressive and jump on you. Still in bed for the second one, not defending corners. People not doing their jobs.

"We're down against a team that is better than us, you can't give them a head start and we did that."

On what he would like to see from his side: "Start the game better than that, obviously. We've got to continue to show fight. We did that after the second goal but by then it's too late.

"Two nil after half time, we were pushing and had some chances, if we'd have got a goal then you never know. That's what the top teams are able to do, find a way in.

"We've got to show passion and fight. We know there is going to be a lot of change going forward, but for the one's that are here they have to continue to show pride."

On next season: "The fans will be angry at the moment and it's understandable with the position we are in. That's normal, they were excellent throughout the game.

"We could hear them more than anyone throughout the game, but they're going to be angry. We know what we need to do to fix our position and we know there is a lot of work to do. I started in January and there's a lot of work to do in the summer."

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Did you know?

• Wolves have become just the second team to have lost against every side they've faced in a single Premier League campaign, after Sheffield United in 2023-24.

• Wolves are now winless across their last 20 Premier League away matches (drawn five, lost 15), the first time they've gone 20+ such games without a win in any division since April 2003 and August 2004 (23 games), a spell which also saw them relegated from the top-flight at the end of the 2003-04 campaign.

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Fabian Hurzeler makes two changes to the Brighton side following a 3-1 defeat by Newcastle last week.

Lewis Dunk makes his first start since 21 March in place of Olivier Boscagli while injured Mats Wieffer is replaced by Maxim De Cuyper at right-back.

Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Dunk, Van Hecke, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Welbeck, Mitoma, Kadioglu, De Cuyper, Gross.

Subs: Steele, March, Rutter, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Ayari, O'Riley, Veltman.

Wolves manager Rob Edwards makes just one change from the 1-1 draw against Sunderland.

South Korea forward Hwang Hee-chan comes in to replace Tolu Arokodare who drops to the bench, which also features defender Ladislav Krejci, who is back from injury.

Wolves XI: Bentley, Hugo Bueno, Santiago Bueno, Andre, Joao Gomes, Armstrong, Hwang, Mosquera, Lima, Toti, Mane.

Subs: Gracey, Doherty, Wolfe, Arokodare, Rodrigo Gomes, Bellegarde, Krejci, Tchatchoua, Angel Gomes.

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I thought Brighton would get the better of Newcastle last week and they certainly had their chances. They ended up losing that game, but there is no way they won't win this time.

Wolves had an upturn in form for a while under Rob Edwards but it doesn't feel like they have sustained that improvement. Yes, they got a point against Sunderland last week, but the Black Cats played for more than an hour with 10 men.

The Seagulls are at home and are one of the teams who have sixth place in their sights. I don't see them slipping up.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

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Brighton look to get back on track in their European quest on Saturday (15:00 BST) against a Wolves side yet to win away from home in the Premier League this season.

Hurzeler in it for the long-term at Brighton

This summer promises to be a managerial merry-go-round with several clubs and head coaches involved in the various imminent vacancies – but Brighton and Fabian Hurzeler won't be among them.

Hurzeler's new long-term deal comes with the Seagulls firmly in the mix to qualify for Europe, despite losing at Newcastle last weekend, a defeat which halted a run of four wins in five games.

The 3-1 scoreline was a bit misleading as Brighton dominated possession but failed to take their chances and were guilty of defensive errors. But they showed enough fight to suggest they will be determined to ensure that this weekend they don't suffer back-to-back league defeats for just the second time this season.

Hosting a poor Wolves side should also help on that front, especially given that the Seagulls are unbeaten in their last eight league games against the Molineux side (W5, D3) since a 1-0 home loss in December 2021.

But there are a host of other teams also in European contention - and with a trip to Leeds and a visit from in-form Manchester United to come, this is a game Brighton need to win.

Wolves seeking first league away win

It's been a miserable season for already relegated Wolves but it's been particularly grim away from Molineux, where they have at least won matches.

Wolves' only victory away from home this season came in the FA Cup against League Two side Grimsby Town, where they scored with their only shot on target in the match.

They haven't won away from home in this season's Premier League. In total, they are winless in their last 19 away Premier League matches (D5, L14), their worst such run since 2004, when they were winless in 23 games on the road.

Behind this damning statistic is the fact that Wolves have scored just seven goals in 17 away Premier League matches this season, an average of just 0.41 per game.

It's half the total of the team with the next worst record, which is Sunderland, who have scored 14 on the road. It's only just over a third of the total of Burnley, the team nearest to them in the table, who have scored 20 away goals.

Failure to score in both of their remaining away games would see Wolves equal the lowest-ever average of away goals scored in a single Premier League season. That record is held by Norwich City, whose seven goals in 19 away matches in 2019-20 gave them an average of 0.37.

Katie Stafford
BBC Sport journalist

Wolves boss Rob Edwards has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Brighton at American Express Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Ladislav Krejci "has trained in the last few days" and is available to face Brighton, as is Hugo Bueno, who played through a knee issue against Sunderland last weekend.

• Goalkeeper Jose Sa is unavailable, with Edwards hopeful he will return next week.

• Edwards defended his decision to go straight down the tunnel after the draw with Sunderland as it "was the right thing" at the time and "it was pretty clear how everyone felt in the stadium at the time and I didn't want to incite that any more".

• He said it's "been a really difficult season", but he's "excited by the long-term" and those "in the building are really confident that there's a plan in place".

• In response to whether this is his toughest patch in management: "I'm in the situation I am in right now but this is not my fault. It's been going on a long time. We came into this situation, so I feel energised by what we're going to do and the difference we're going to make going forward. We're going to have to ride out this difficult period and stay strong."

• He said they've "been playing survival football" since he arrived, focusing on "confidence levels" and getting their "minimum level of hard work" across to the players.

• On opponents Brighton: "They're a really good team with loads of good players and a good way of playing. High energy with and without the ball. It's a difficult game but we want to perform well, so motivation levels from us still need to be high."

• He said they "want to do the bulk of the work" for the summer "as quickly and early as possible" so that they get a strong start in the Championship next season.

• On Tommy Doyle, who has returned to Wolves following a season-long loan at Birmingham City: "It's nice to have him back. We had a good conversation and we'll see going forward. He knows the Championship well. He's got a fantastic attitude."

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Mike Taylor
BBC Radio WM reporter

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What does it say about Wolves that the two head coaches they have dismissed in the past 18 months, Gary O'Neil and Vitor Pereira, are both leading their new sides in European semi-finals? Maybe the managers aren't the problem after all.

Perhaps that is an over-simplified view given both seemed to reach an untenable position by the time they left, having lost the hearts of supporters in a dramatically quick fall from a position of broad popularity.

Pereira was present to oversee the recruitment choices last summer that proved so lamentable. But, aside from the bump in form last spring when Pereira led Wolves in a sprint to safety, changing the coaches did nothing to arrest the longer-term drift towards the Championship.

Neither did anyone argue that all the club's ills could be blamed on the coach alone.

After Saturday, though, we can certainly say a vocal section of Wolves supporters – perhaps not a majority, but more than a few – would now like to see Rob Edwards replaced too.

It is not hard to construct cases for and against another change of coach. Some listless performances since the last, elongated international break have dissipated the good feeling that was building before it.

If we're truly having a reset, say advocates of another firing, let's cut all connections with a failed season and have fresh thinking at the top. After so many embarrassments, Wolves fans can hardly be criticised for feeling so disillusioned.

But there were not many fans and pundits tipping Wolves to stay up at the time Edwards arrived, on the basis that a squad steadily stripped of its leading members over time was no longer adequate, whoever was in charge.

If everyone thought Wolves were going down anyway, say his defenders, it would be perverse to sack a man before he has started the task he was mainly hired to do - to lead the way back up - and then have to find another coach who may have a different vision of the squad, wasting the planning to date.

There is no suggestion so far that Wolves are anything other than committed to Edwards leading them into next season. But when the atmosphere becomes as toxic as it did on Saturday, clubs can quickly find themselves pressured into making decisions, and it can be easier to give in to demands than to stick to the plan.

There will be quite enough hard decisions to get right this summer as it is, so this is a dangerous moment.

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We asked for your views on whether you felt that there was a growing disconnect between the Wolves supporters and the team.

Here are some of your comments:

Dave: Absolutely there is a disconnect. The atmosphere is terrible. We have reverted to singing songs about former players because we don't have any about the current crop. We could revert to The Stranglers 'No More Heroes'.

Mervyn: No one can blame Rob Edwards for our current position. Previous managers were left with players not suitable for the Premier League. Wolves' owners, Fosun, creamed the sales of really good players. If you look at those players, they have proved that they were good enough for the Premier League. What Wolves were left with, apart from about four players, are players who only earn their wages and are not committed to the club or the fans. Fosun must now prove to the club that they still are the company to move us back to the Premier League. Without good investment Wolves will linger in the Championship for a long time.

Jon: Fosun spoilt us in the early years, albeit without much-needed Steve Bull stand redevelopment. The fans, players, and club were rocking along with Nuno in command. We could go through the divisions unless Fosun repeat it. The false economy has landed us here with cut-price recruitment. If there is no appetite, then the reset starts with selling the club.

• Listen to Rob Edwards speaking about the Wolves fans on BBC Sounds

Terry: Unfortunately, Wolves fans do expect miracles every week. The atmosphere that results is a negative doom loop. Remember how they treated Mick at the time? Wasn't 'Super Mick' then…

Phil: There is not much love for most of this current group of players, simply because a lot of them don't care about the club, or are just not good enough. The fans turn up in numbers expecting to see some fight and pride in wearing our famous old gold shirts. But the truth is we are simply a pay day for most of these inept players. Players like Joao Gomes, Andre, Hugo Bueno, Ladislav Krejci, Rodrigo Gomes and Adam Armstrong will get good wishes. But the rest would struggle in League One. Jackson Tchatchoua would struggle in a decent Sunday morning side. Rob Edwards has no idea and is definitely not the way forward. Get Nuno back home and let's start again.

Alan: I've supported Wolves since 1950 - through the good and bad times. I genuinely thought after the Bhatti era that Wolves had learnt their lesson, but here we are again with Fosun. I don't even look at the results any more, and I won't until Fosun have gone.

Andrew: I can't understand how Rob Edwards can say things are working well and that there's lots of effort in training, then on matchday all I see is players pointing at each other and a total lack of skill?

Dazzling Dave
Fan writer

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Last week, I attended an evening with Mick McCarthy, joined on stage by George Elokobi, Matt Jarvis and Michael Kightly. The atmosphere was full of love. When the old chants of "Super Mick" filled the hall, it took me straight back. Nearly 20 years on, people were still singing with real feeling for players who gave them memories, pride and joy.

That is what football is supposed to feel like.

Fast forward to Saturday afternoon, and I saw something very different.

The fans were still there in good numbers. They still care. They still support the club. But there is a growing apathy, and more importantly, a disconnect with this current group of players.

Wolves supporters are not asking for miracles every week. They work hard all week, pay their money and turn up hoping to see effort, commitment and pride in the badge. They want to feel something when they walk through the turnstiles. They want to believe the team feels the same way they do.

That is why Wolves' first goal in 47 days should have lifted the place. Instead, the reaction was flat. Many fans did not even rise from their seats. There was polite applause, but no roar, no surge of joy, no real belief. It was more like applause at a village fete than a long-awaited goal at Molineux.

That is the apathy I witnessed. Not anger, not rejection, but something perhaps more worrying. A sense that fans and players are drifting apart.

In recent weeks, supporters have turned to songs from happier times and memories of better days. That tells its own story. Wolves need to find that bond again, and fast.

Because if this feeling is allowed to grow, it could become much harder to fix.

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Further down this page you can read why Rob Edwards chose not to engage with fans after the game. So Wolves fans, how would you describe the currently feeling between the club and supporters? Tell us here

We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Wolves and Sunderland.

Here are some of your comments:

Wolves fans

Patrick: Rob Edwards is not the answer. He didn't push on against 10 men who had just lost by five with their best XI on the pitch. Embarrassing.

Tom: Wolves really struggle to take control of games when a player is sent off or the momentum shifts towards them. They really need some more attacking power going into next season, otherwise it will be a very long year.

Raph: Edwards has done as well as could be expected given the situation when he took over. The players sold in the summer and the replacements brought in were all done before he arrived, and then they sold Larsen in January. Wolves are lucky to have him.

Walshie: Shocker of a performance and next season will be another season of struggle. If Edwards is the answer, what is the question?

Sunderland fans

Harry: Total dominance to total stupidity. Fought well for the second time this season to get a point. Ballard needs to have a talk with himself - absolutely needless.

Geoff: How frustrating is this? 1-0 up and looking sharp. Ten men playing 11 in this league just can't work. No matter that, Wolves are doomed to relegation. They are quite rightly playing for pride. On the flip side, an outstanding display by Sunderland's 10 men competing against the hosts extremely well for over 60 minutes. Keep going, lads. Who knows where we'll finish on 24 May?

Edward: Credit to the lads for responding after last week's fiasco and especially after going down to 10 men so early. When are players going to learn about the hair rule? We can have no complaints, but nevertheless, a well-deserved draw.

Sean: Our season is petering out after a really decent effort to get so far clear of relegation so early - and that's fine, but there are little bits of frustration that we're missing opportunities to push up the table. I don't quite see how Ballard's 'hair-pull' is automatically considered violent conduct worthy of a sending-off and three-match ban, even though it's been made clear enough that's the case. The rule needs revisiting at the end of the season to be more proportionate.

Alex Brotherton
BBC Sport journalist

Handballs, offsides and the impact of video assistant referees (VAR) have been huge points of contention in recent years, but is it now time to add hair pulling to the list?

Sunderland defender Dan Ballard became the third player this season to be sent off for pulling an opponent's hair in Saturday's 1-1 draw at relegated Wolves.

Referee Paul Tierney initially took no action, but showed a red card to the centre-back after VAR advised him to check the incident on the pitchside monitor.

As Sunderland fans chanted 'This isn't football', Ballard joined Everton's Michael Keane and Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez in being sent off for a hair pull this season.

Everton and Manchester United both failed in their appeals to get the red cards and their resulting three-game bans overturned, so it is unlikely Ballard and Sunderland will be successful should they make a challenge.

Former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, said: "I can't believe I'm on Match of the Day talking about players being sent off for hair pulling. It is ridiculous. The law has to change."

Former Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart also gave his view on Match of the Day, adding: "I don't think Dan Ballard is going for his hair, he is trying to get hold of the striker.

"According to the law, that is a red card. But do you want a player being sent off for violent conduct for that?

"It is the physical nature [of the sport], people trying to get hold of their opponent, so it doesn't make any sense."

Read Alex Brotherton's full piece here

Nick Mashiter
Football reporter

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Wolves boss Rob Edwards has defended his decision to not acknowledge the home fans after their draw with Sunderland.

The team were booed off after their 1-1 draw against the Black Cats, who played with 10 men for over an hour following Dan Ballard's red card.

Santi Bueno cancelled out Noni Mukiele's opener, scoring Wolves' first goal in 47 days, but it did not spare the head coach from fan frustration after the final whistle.

Edwards had previously said he would always recognise supporters after games, regardless of the result, but opted against it at Molineux on Saturday afternoon.

"I was frustrated, but I also thought I didn't want to incite it any more," he explained, with Wolves bottom of the table and already relegated.

"I didn't want to make the ground any more angry, so that was probably why.

"The work we do in the summer and getting off to a good start [next season] will be the important thing.

"I understand the situation at the moment. We have been relegated, we are bottom of the league, we have drawn a game against 10 men, we are just off the back of three defeats in a row.

"There is a lot of anger around and I'm going to take it."

His decision to replace Hugo Bueno with Angel Gomes was also met with jeers, but Edwards explained the situation with the full-back battling a knee injury.

"Hugo did well to get through to the moment he did," Edwards said. "He hasn't trained much all week because of his knee.

"I know there was frustration when he came off, but there was a reason for it and we were trying to get another forward on the pitch.

"He hasn't been fully fit all week, he hasn't trained fully all week, he did great to be out there anyway - but this is my opportunity to explain my reason for it."

Edwards has won five of his 26 games in all competitions since joining from Middlesbrough and replacing Vitor Pereira in November.

"We've got to continue to work hard and stay strong," he added. "We've got three more games where we've got to try to get more results.

"I knew coming in this was going to be really, really challenging. I knew at some stage we were probably going to be in this sort of situation.

"It is weird, you know, why do we put ourselves through it? At times you do think, why do we do it? But it will be all the more rewarding when we're able to turn things around."

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• Brentford 3-0 West Ham United

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• Arsenal 3-0 Fulham

Wolves manager Rob Edwards speaking to Match of the Day: "It's a game we should win. In the end, we have created a number of big chances, scrambles, some big opportunities and not taken them.

"The sending off helped things because it was a disappointing way to concede, and it looked like it was going to be a difficult day. It was a difficult atmosphere for the lads to be playing in, and I think that made them anxious as well. But in the end, the lads gave everything. We created some good opportunities and should have won the game."

On Dan Ballard's red card: "It's the letter of the law. We've had it twice with Tolu (Arokodare) this season. I'm not saying it's a deliberate thing - but it's happened."

On supporters booing his substitution: "Hugo (Bueno) did well to get through the week in training. He also did well to get through the minutes he played in the game.

"We took him off because we wanted to be positive and get another forward on the pitch - that was the reason for it. You're damned if you do, damned if you don't at times. Hugo missed most of the week of training."

Did you know?

• Wolves had 20 shots against Sunderland, their most in a Premier League match since April 2025 against Leicester City (also 20).

• No Wolves player has scored more Premier League goals this season than Santiago Bueno (3). All three of his goals have come from corners, accounting for 50% of Wolves' corner goals this term.

Nick Mashiter
Football reporter

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Rob Edwards needs a win. The Wolves manager has done a lot to revive the unity which had been lost at Molineux earlier in the season, but that is in danger of disappearing during an end-of-season drop-off.

Victories against Aston Villa and Liverpool, and a battling point after being 2-0 down against Arsenal, raised expectations and showed there was still fight in this Wolves team.

They were going down swinging two months ago - and also fought back from 2-0 behind to claim a point at Brentford - but three straight defeats without scoring to West Ham, Leeds and Tottenham had seen optimism evaporate.

A poor draw against a Sunderland side playing for more than an hour with 10 men did Edwards no favours.

Wolves were booed off at the end, while his decision to replace Hugo Bueno with Angel Gomes late on was also jeered.

Some fans need convincing Edwards, who joined from Middlesbrough in November, is the right man to mount a promotion challenge next season as Wolves target a return to the Premier League at the first attempt.

He has won five of his 26 games in all competitions - losing 15 - but still needs time to get to grips with a squad which needs major surgery and faces a big overhaul this summer.

Wolves host Fulham in their final home game on 17 May and victory is imperative to ease fans' growing doubts about their manager.

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Have your say on Wolves' performance

What did you make of Sunderland's display?

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Dan Bentley, Yerson Mosquera and Tolu Arokodare start for already relegated Wolves.

Matt Doherty and Rodrigo Gomes drop to the bench while goalkeeper Jose Sa is injured so Josh Gracey is included in the matchday squad for the first time.

Wolves XI: Bentley, Lima, Mosquera, S Bueno, Toti, H Bueno, Andre, J Gomes, Mane, Armstrong, Arokodare.

Subs: Gracey, Tchatchoua, Doherty, Wolfe, A Gomes, Bellegarde, R Gomes, Edozie, Hwang.

Reinildo and Chemsdine Talbi start for Sunderland as Regis Le Bris makes two changes at Molineux.

It means Habib Diarra and Chris Rigg are among the substitutes while Jocelin Ta Bi returns to the squad after an ankle injury.

The Black Cats have conceded nine goals in their last two games after shipping four at Aston Villa and five at home to Nottingham Forest.

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Le Fee, Hume, Talbi, Brobbey.

Subs: Ellborg, Geertruida, O'Nien, Cirkin, Rigg, Diarra, Mayenda, Isidor, Ta Bi.

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I'm maybe being foolish here but I am backing Sunderland to respond after their shocker at home to Nottingham Forest last time out.

Black Cats boss Regis le Bris would have been "Regis le Bristle" after that woeful home display and his team looked like they were on the beach.

To continue the maritime theme, Wolves have looked like a fish out of water for most of this Premier League campaign.

They come into this game off the back of three straight defeats without managing a goal and I can see them floundering again here.

Sutton's prediction: 0-1

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Tyrese King
BBC Sport journalist

Wolves boss Rob Edwards has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Sunderland at Molineux Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• On Joao Gomes being linked to clubs like Atletico Madrid: "We have some good individual players and I know that there is going to be some interest if they're going to leave. If they do, it will be right for the football club, as well as the individual. Someone like Joao is a really talented player, but we will see what happens with him as an individual."

• Edwards said: "What I think is really important this time, and I think it's important to say it as well because we've lost really talented players in the past, is making sure we're really good in the market so that when we do lose some of our good players, we're bringing in some really good ones as well."

• On his players' state of mind after being relegated: "It's a difficult situation, but I think we are getting the most of the group. Every day they are coming in and giving it their absolute all. Again, from when we first came in to now, the training levels are through the roof. They have given it everything and that side of things can't be questioned."

• He added: "Certain bits can be, bits of quality here and there, and of course, there are always things we can improve on, I'm not saying we are perfect, not at all, but the lads have given everything and I need to stress that."

• Edwards' said the recruitment is going to be "everything" moving forward.

• He added: "We have had one window, where we did a lot of work in that time but there's going to be more that needs doing in the summer. It's going to be really important. Everyone wants to snap their fingers, and get it all perfect straight away but this was always going to be a challenging job and it's going to take a while to get it to where we want it."

In our initial reporting, we incorrectly quoted Edwards as saying: "What I think is really important this time, and I say this time, because we have lost really talented players in the past, and we have been really good in the market to bring in good players to replace them." The second bullet point above has now been corrected.

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