At 3:30 a.m. Beijing time on December 16, a match in the 17th round of the Premier League began to compete, and the Chinese team Wolves challenged Brighton. Wolves have won six of their first 16 league games, drawing three and losing seven. While Wolves' defense wasn't bad, poor attacks cost the team a lot of points, with the number of goals scored second-to-last in the Premier League. Wolves have not won the last four games and have not scored a single goal, including a 0-0 draw with Norwich and Burnley and a 1-0 loss to Liverpool and Manchester City. Wolves came against Brighton, who won 1 and drew 1 in two legs last season. This time Wolves won, narrowly 1-0, ending a four-game winless run. Wolves are three points behind Manchester United, who are one game behind.
Wolves lined up in a 343 formation for the game. José Sa as the starting goalkeeper. Seth, Cody and Kilman partnered at 3 backs. Marsal, Moutinho, Ruben Neves and Semedo make up four midfielders. The attacking combination of Huang Xican, Bodens and Trincon joined forces. Traore and Dendonkel sit on the bench.
In the 6th minute of the game, Brighton made a threat, Mwep received the ball on the left side of the box and turned to shoot, the kick was too right, the goalkeeper stood where he was and confiscated the ball. In the 15th minute, Huang Xican was injured, unable to hold on, and had to be replaced, with Terraore coming on as a substitute. Wolves made a passive substitution early on. Five minutes later, Brighton launched a quick counter-attack, Mwep sent the ball straight, Mahi stopped the ball into the box and pulled out his foot to shoot furiously into the near corner, which resulted in a deflected kick.
In the 26th minute, Ruben Neves attempted a long-range shot from 23 metres out of the goal and played it straight, with the goalkeeper holding the ball firmly in his arms. In the 45th minute, Wolves scored. Ruben Neves sent a brilliant pass, Seth stepped forward, pushed into the far corner, and the ball went in! Then, Brighton almost equalised, and Mwepp's close-range shot in front of goal actually flew away, which was incredible. Mwepp was very upset and put his hands on his head. At half-time, Wolves led Brighton 1-0.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 46th minute, Marsal sent a cross from the left side of the penalty area, but the ball flew towards the goal, only to hit the crossbar and bounce out. Two minutes later, Wolves had another chance, Traoré advanced with the ball and sent the ball straight in, Trincon plugged in a low shot into the near corner and the goalkeeper saved the ball. In the 53rd minute, Seth exploded from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area and the ball slammed into the upright and popped up. Wolves had a bit of a bad luck. Three minutes later, Bourdains fired a low shot from a tight angle in the penalty area that was saved by the goalkeeper. In the end, Wolves beat Brighton 1-0.