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Wolves 1-0 Burnley: Hwang Hee-chan scores winner at Molineux

Hwang Hee-chan scores for Wolves
Hwang Hee-chan scored his ninth goal of the season for Wolves

Hwang Hee-chan scored a first-half winner as Wolves edged past relegation-threatened Burnley at Molineux.

The Clarets had come into the game on the back of Saturday’s moral-boosting 5-0 thrashing of Sheffield United, but failed to back up that impressive showing and were left to rue a costly defensive error.

On a chilly evening in the Midlands, the contest failed to spark into life until the 38th minute when stand-in goalkeeper Daniel Bentley made a fine double save to deny Jay Rodriguez then Josh Brownhill’s follow-up at full stretch.

Having been in a position to lead, the visitors then conceded at the other end shortly after as Sander Berge’s heavy touch was picked off by Matheus Cunha, who fed Hwang to slot a composed finish.

The Clarets sought for the equaliser in the second half but were unable to trouble Bentley, with Vitinho’s effort from outside the area which sailed over the closest they came to claiming a point.

Wolves held on to secure their first win in three games and move up to 12th in the table, while Burnley remain in trouble in the bottom three.

Hwang continues fine form

Gary O’Neil’s men had been beaten by league leaders Arsenal and Fulham in their last two games and ground out a much-needed result in freezing conditions.

Number one Jose Sa failed to recover from a back injury suffered against the Gunners and Bentley came in to keep Wolves’ first clean sheet since August.

The Englishman made a telling contribution in the opening period when Joao Gomes gave the ball away deep in his own half and Burnley fashioned their best opportunity of the game.

Rodriguez, who scored after 15 seconds on Saturday, could only his hit strike straight at Bentley but the goalkeeper’s second save was superb, springing low to his right to tip away Brownhill’s volley.

Burnley’s possession-based style of football is admirable but individual errors have left them in the league position they find themselves in and it was another mistake that led to their downfall here.

Vincent Kompany’s side had been controlling much of the game and Zeki Amdouni’s low drive tested Bentley, but then Berge’s loose touch proved fatal as Hwang tucked away his ninth goal of the campaign, and sixth at Molineux.

Pablo Sarabia forced visiting goalkeeper James Trafford into tipping the ball over the crossbar from a deflected strike and the England U21 international also pushed away a free-kick from the Spaniard which was heading for the top corner.

Wolves could have made it a more handsome scoreline but Mario Lemina headed over at the far post and Cunha’s long-range drive was gathered by Trafford.

Burnley failed to apply pressure on the Wolves goal as the match wore on and have now lost eight of their nine away games this season – the worst record of any top-flight team.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

  1. Squad number25Player nameBentley

  2. Squad number23Player nameKilman

  3. Squad number15Player nameDawson

  4. Squad number24Player nameToti Gomes

  5. Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo

  6. Squad number5Player nameLemina

  7. Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes

  8. Squad number17Player nameBueno

  9. Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan

  10. Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha

  11. Squad number21Player nameSarabia

  1. Squad number2Player nameDoherty

  2. Squad number6Player nameTraoré

  3. Squad number27Player nameBellegarde

Burnley

  1. Squad number1Player nameTrafford

  2. Squad number22Player nameVitinho

  3. Squad number2Player nameO’Shea

  4. Squad number18Player nameEkdal

  5. Squad number3Player nameTaylor

  6. Squad number34Player nameBruun Larsen

  7. Squad number16Player nameBerge

  8. Squad number8Player nameBrownhill

  9. Squad number30Player nameKoleosho

  10. Squad number9Player nameRodríguez

  11. Squad number25Player nameAmdouni

  1. Squad number7Player nameGudmundsson

  2. Squad number15Player nameRedmond

  3. Squad number31Player nameTrésor

  4. Squad number47Player nameOdobert

Line-ups

Wolves

Formation 3-4-3

  • 25Bentley
  • 23KilmanBooked at 80mins
  • 15Dawson
  • 24Gomes
  • 22Nélson Semedo
  • 5LeminaBooked at 57mins
  • 8João Gomes
  • 17BuenoSubstituted forDohertyat 90+1′minutes
  • 11Hwang Hee-chan
  • 12Matheus CunhaSubstituted forTraoréat 87′minutes
  • 21SarabiaSubstituted forBellegardeat 79′minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Doherty
  • 4Bueno
  • 6Traoré
  • 9Fábio Silva
  • 18Kalajdzic
  • 20Doyle
  • 27Bellegarde
  • 40King
  • 62Chirewa

Burnley

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1Trafford
  • 22da SilvaSubstituted forOdobertat 90+2′minutes
  • 2O’Shea
  • 18EkdalBooked at 74minsSubstituted forRedmondat 90+2′minutes
  • 3TaylorBooked at 63mins
  • 34Bruun LarsenSubstituted forTrésorat 70′minutes
  • 16BergeBooked at 53mins
  • 8BrownhillBooked at 2mins
  • 30KoleoshoSubstituted forGudmundssonat 36′minutes
  • 9Rodríguez
  • 25Amdouni

Substitutes

  • 7Gudmundsson
  • 15Redmond
  • 19Zaroury
  • 21A Ramsey
  • 28Al Dakhil
  • 31Trésor
  • 44Delcroix
  • 47Odobert
  • 49Muric

Referee:
Jarred Gillett

Attendance:
30,439

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Source: BBC News

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