Wolves v Brighton preview: Championship clash live on Sky Sports
Sunday 16 April 2017 17:01, UK
Carl Ikeme remains an injury doubt for Wolves after failing to shake off a hamstring injury as they host promotion-chasing Brighton in the Sky Bet Championship, live on Sky Sports 1 HD and Mix from 4.45pm on Friday.
The goalkeeper has missed the last three games after sustaining the injury on international duty, and has not recovered as quickly as expected.
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Andy Lonergan will continue his duties in goal, while there is positive news about winger Helder Costa, who is expected to feature in some capacity after injuring himself during a warm-up. Joe Mason and Connor Ronan remain out with hernia and back injuries respectively.
Brighton manager Chris Hughton has a near full strength squad to choose from as his side look to seal promotion to the Premier League. Central defenders Shane Duffy (foot) and Connor Goldson (heart condition) are the only long-term absentees for the Seagulls.
Gaetan Bong, Liam Rosenior and Beram Kayal are all available after being rested for last week's win over QPR at Loftus Road. Forward Jamie Murphy will be hoping to claim a place in the starting XI after coming on as a substitute in the last three games.
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After scoring in 14 consecutive league games against Brighton previously, Wolves have since scored just three goals across their last six against them.
Brighton have not won at Molineux in league competition since January 1991, having drawn five and lost two of their seven trips there since.
Wolves are looking to win four home games in a row in the same season since winning their opening four games back in the 2014/15 campaign.
Despite this, Wolves still have the third worst record at home this season in the Championship (W7 D3 L9). Brighton are the second best away from home (W10 D5 L5).
Brighton have won five of their last six Championship games, losing the other to Leeds.
The Seagulls are just three points shy of their points total from the entirety of last season (89).
Watch Wolves v Brighton in the Sky Bet Championship live on Sky Sports 1 HD and Sky Sports Mix from 4.45pm on Friday.
