Brighton & Hove Albion seek to enhance their European credentials when they head north to face Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third-last Premier League gameweek of the campaign.
Fabian Hurzeler's troops are still in contention for an eighth-placed finish and potential spot in the Conference League, despite last weekend's 1-1 draw with Newcastle United leaving them with just one win in eight games.
Meanwhile, Vitor Pereira's Wolves lost their six-game winning streak in a 1-0 reverse to Manchester City on May 2, and the hosts are simply striving to finish as high in the bottom half as possible.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 45
Wolves wins: 9
Draws: 16
Brighton wins: 20
After meeting infrequently during the 20th century, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brighton & Hove Albion have regularly crossed paths since the turn of the millennium, either in the Premier League or the Championship.
There have now been a total of 45 competitive clashes between the Old Gold and the Seagulls, who boast the overall superiority with 20 wins compared to just a paltry nine for Wolves, while 16 other battles have ended honours even.
It was actually Wolves who prevailed in the first two head-to-heads - albeit two that were 10 years apart in 1969 and 1979 - but Brighton responded with a nine-game winning run and have largely had the better of the Old Gold in recent times too.
Indeed, Brighton have avoided defeat in each of their last six Premier League contests with Wolves, although a 2-2 draw in October 2024 no doubt felt like a defeat, as Fabian Hurzeler's men went 2-0 up in the 85th minute before throwing that lead away in the dying embers.
Brighton had triumphed 3-2 in a League Cup clash just a few months beforehand, though, and the South Coast outfit have not been beaten by the Old Gold in the Premier League since December 2021, when Romain Saiss scored the only goal at the Amex.
However, Wolves were victorious in the fifth round of the 2023-24 FA Cup, where Mario Lemina's second-minute strike sent the Molineux men into the quarter-finals, but that 1-0 triumph represents their only success from their last eight battles with Brighton.
Furthermore, Wolves have never beaten the Seagulls by more than two goals, whereas Brighton achieved their most emphatic victory in this fixture to date as recently as April 2023, slaughtering Wanderers 6-0 at home as Pascal Gross, Danny Welbeck and Deniz Undav all scored braces.
Last 20 meetings
Oct 26, 2024: Brighton 2-2 Wolves (Premier League)
Sep 18, 2024: Brighton 3-2 Wolves (EFL Cup Third Round)
Feb 28, 2024: Wolves 1-0 Brighton (FA Cup Fifth Round)
Jan 22, 2024: Brighton 0-0 Wolves (Premier League)
Aug 19, 2023: Wolves 1-4 Brighton (Premier League)
Apr 29, 2023: Brighton 6-0 Wolves (Premier League)
Nov 05, 2022: Wolves 2-3 Brighton (Premier League)
Apr 30, 2022: Wolves 0-3 Brighton (Premier League)
Dec 15, 2021: Brighton 0-1 Wolves (Premier League)
May 09, 2021: Wolves 2-1 Brighton (Premier League)
Jan 02, 2021: Brighton 3-3 Wolves (Premier League)
Mar 07, 2020: Wolves 0-0 Brighton (Premier League)
Dec 08, 2019: Brighton 2-2 Wolves (Premier League)
Apr 20, 2019: Wolves 0-0 Brighton (Premier League)
Oct 27, 2018: Brighton 1-0 Wolves (Premier League)
Apr 14, 2017: Wolves 0-2 Brighton (Championship)
Oct 18, 2016: Brighton 1-0 Wolves (Championship)
Jan 01, 2016: Brighton 0-1 Wolves (Championship)
Sep 19, 2015: Wolves 0-0 Brighton (Championship)
Mar 14, 2015: Brighton 1-1 Wolves (Championship)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Oct 26, 2024: Brighton 2-2 Wolves (Premier League)
Jan 22, 2024: Brighton 0-0 Wolves (Premier League)
Aug 19, 2023: Wolves 1-4 Brighton (Premier League)
Apr 29, 2023: Brighton 6-0 Wolves (Premier League)
Nov 05, 2022: Wolves 2-3 Brighton (Premier League)
Apr 30, 2022: Wolves 0-3 Brighton (Premier League)
Dec 15, 2021: Brighton 0-1 Wolves (Premier League)
May 09, 2021: Wolves 2-1 Brighton (Premier League)
Jan 02, 2021: Brighton 3-3 Wolves (Premier League)
Mar 07, 2020: Wolves 0-0 Brighton (Premier League)
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