Brighton vs Wolverhampton Predictions

• Wolves have claimed just one point from eight Premier League games this season
• Both teams have scored in the last seven Wolves games
• Brighton have won four and drawn one of the last five league meetings

Struggling Wolves can still find the net

Nobody appears to be pressing the panic button at Wolves just yet, but with Gary O’Neil’s team having claimed just one point from their first eight games of the season, the situation cannot be expected to go on indefinitely and it might get worse at Brighton on Saturday.

They were unfortunate not to earn a draw against champions Manchester City last week when John Stones scored a controversial late winner, but they face a team who have yet to lose at home this season and will have been boosted by last week’s 1-0 win at Newcastle.

Brighton hold a bit of a sign over Wolves in recent years and there has been no shortage of entertainment at the Amex Stadium since Fabian Hurzeler took the helm, not least in their last home game against Tottenham when they recovered from a two-goal deficit to claim a 3-2 success.

Wolves should gain hope from the fact that the Seagulls have kept one clean sheet in their five home games this season and that their 2-0 defeat to Arsenal on the opening weekend has been the only occasion on which they have failed to score despite their dismal start.

The Seagulls could go third in the table with a win and while Wolves could score, it is impossible to be confident about a team who have conceded 23 goals in eight games.

Goals look likely at the Amex

O’Neil’s side have already been to the Amex this season when they lost 3-2 in the Carabao Cup last month and there have been a total of 14 goals in Brighton’s last three games, so it looks likely that we are going to witness another open encounter.

It has got to the stage where Wolves have little option but to push forward and they have already displayed the ability to take chances. The problems are at the other end, where they have conceded 23 goals in eight league matches.

So it could be worth those looking for a correct-score bet taking a chance on a repeat of the result from this season’s earlier cup tie.

Rutter ready to make his mark

Brighton striker Danny Welbeck, who was the Seagulls’ matchwinner at St James’ Park last week, is an injury doubt, so it could be worth taking a chance on French midfielder Georginio Rutter making his mark again for Hurzeler’s side.

Last Saturday’s win has been the only time this season that Rutter has failed to register at least two efforts on goal and he found the net in Brighton’s recent games against Chelsea and Tottenham, so he clearly has his eye in.