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Pascal Gross's second goal of the game will go down as one of the strikes of the seasonBrighton reignited their push for a place in Europe next season by recording their biggest-ever top-flight victory at the expense of woeful Wolves.
The Seagulls remain eighth in the Premier League but are now just a point behind Liverpool in seventh and two behind fifth-placed Tottenham, who have played two games more than Roberto de Zerbi's side.
Deniz Undav broke the deadlock with his first Premier League goal, before Pascal Gross made it 2-0 with an easy finish following Julio Enciso's driving run and pass.
Gross doubled his personal tally in sensational fashion midway through the first half, controlling Enciso's square ball before sending a swerving strike past Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa into the corner.
Danny Welbeck's close-range header from Pervis Estupinan's cross made it 4-0 before half-time, and the former Manchester United and Arsenal forward grabbed his second early in the second half after intercepting Nathan Collins' misplaced pass.
Undav completed the scoring with another fabulous effort, dispossessing Matheus Nunes on the edge of the area and lifting a perfectly-weighted chip over Sa.
Wolves remain eight points clear of the relegation zone, but manager Julen Lopetegui will be alarmed at the manner of his team's collapse on the south coast.
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Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number23Player nameSteele
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Squad number4Player nameWebster
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number27Player nameGilmour
Squad number7Player nameMarch
Squad number21Player nameUndav
Squad number20Player nameEnciso
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number26Player nameAyari
Squad number40Player nameBuonanotte
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number15Player nameDawson
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number64Player nameBueno
Squad number35Player nameJoão Gomes
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number5Player nameLemina
Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
Squad number7Player namePedro Neto
Squad number29Player nameDiego Costa
Squad number4Player nameCollins
Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
Squad number24Player nameToti
Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Line-ups
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Steele
- 34VeltmanBooked at 45minsSubstituted forCaicedoat 65'minutes
- 4Webster
- 5Dunk
- 30Estupiñán
- 13Groß
- 27Gilmour
- 7MarchSubstituted forBuonanotteat 56'minutes
- 21UndavSubstituted forAyariat 80'minutes
- 20EncisoSubstituted forMac Allisterat 65'minutes
- 18WelbeckSubstituted forMitomaat 56'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Sánchez
- 6Colwill
- 10Mac Allister
- 22Mitoma
- 25Caicedo
- 26Ayari
- 29van Hecke
- 40Buonanotte
- 42Offiah
Wolves
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson SemedoSubstituted forPodenceat 45+1'minutes
- 15DawsonSubstituted forHwang Hee-chanat 45'minutes
- 23Kilman
- 64Bueno
- 35João GomesSubstituted forGomesat 45'minutes
- 8Neves
- 5Lemina
- 27Nunes
- 7NetoSubstituted forTraoréat 83'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 29Diego CostaSubstituted forCollinsat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Collins
- 10Podence
- 11Hwang Hee-chan
- 12Matheus Cunha
- 21Sarabia
- 24Gomes
- 25Bentley
- 28João Moutinho
- 37Traoré
Referee:David Coote
Attendance:31,584
Live Text
Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 6, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 6, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
Attempt missed. Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Attempt blocked. Moisés Caicedo (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
Foul by Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yasin Ayari.
Attempt blocked. Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
Attempt blocked. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Foul by Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traoré replaces Pedro Neto.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Nathan Collins.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yasin Ayari replaces Deniz Undav.
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