Wolves see off lowly Luton to end winless streak

Hwang Hee-chan has scored 11 convention goals successful a azygous play for nan first clip since 2019-20 erstwhile he played for Salzburg successful Austria

Wolves ended a six-game winless tally successful nan Premier League and piled unit connected relegation-threatened Luton pinch triumph astatine Molineux.

The South Korea guardant netted pinch nan thief of a deflection disconnected defender Teden Mengi conscionable 18 seconds aft Carlton Morris was incapable to person Luton's champion opportunity of nan opening 45 minutes, heading consecutive astatine Jose Sa.

Wolves showed intent aft nan break and it took conscionable 5 minutes to double their advantage erstwhile Toti Gomes recovered abstraction to caput successful astatine nan acold post.

Gary O'Neil's broadside dominated nan 2nd half pinch Boubacar Traore, Nelson Semedo and Rayan Ait-Nouri spurning bully opportunities to make life moreover much comfortable.

Morris gave Luton dream of a grandstand decorativeness erstwhile he volleyed successful from six yards, but they could not find immoderate further joy.

The triumph moved Wolves up to 10th and conscionable 3 points down eighth-placed West Ham, pinch Luton remaining 18th and 1 constituent - positive a hefty extremity quality shortage - awkward of 17th-placed Nottingham Forest.

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Wolves backmost to winning ways

O'Neil described nan 1-0 conclusion against Bournemouth connected Wednesday arsenic Wolves' "worst performance" of nan play arsenic they struggled to create openings and lacked energy.

It looked for illustration this could beryllium a agelong day astatine Molineux arsenic Wolves grounded to registry a changeable until nan 21st infinitesimal erstwhile Hwang hit nan offside trap earlier firing consecutive astatine Thomas Kaminski.

Hwang went connected to break nan deadlock successful nan 39th infinitesimal erstwhile his deflected changeable near Kaminski incapable to respond quickly enough, nan guardant taking his tally for nan play successful nan convention to 11 goals.

Gomes put Wolves successful nan driving spot pinch a stooping header astatine nan backmost station arsenic he met Mario Lemina's transverse pursuing a short corner.

Ait-Nouri should person put nan crippled to furniture pinch conscionable nether 20 minutes to play erstwhile he grounded to make a cleanable relationship pinch Hwang's cross, contempt being wholly unmarked and conscionable six yards from goal.

Morris' onslaught successful nan 81st infinitesimal was nan only existent antagonistic of nan day for Wolves, who could not execute their first cleanable expanse successful nan Premier League since 25 February.

Time moving retired for Luton

Manager Rob Edwards will want to spot a batch much from Luton successful nan last 3 games of nan play if they are to gain a 2nd successive play of Premier League football.

Hard activity and endeavour person been staples of Luton's crippled complete nan mostly of nan season, but nan rigours of top-flight shot mightiness conscionable beryllium taking their toll. This was a 10th conclusion from their past 13 convention outings, pinch nan Hatters winning conscionable erstwhile during that stretch.

Morris was Luton's only existent threat, making runs disconnected nan enarthrosis of defenders and trying to activity nan channels, but a deficiency of work near him isolated.

After his header was saved successful nan 38th minute, anterior to Hwang scoring nan opener astatine nan different end, Luton did not effort different changeable until Morris scored successful nan 81st minute.

After chastening back-to-back 5-1 losses against Manchester City and Brentford coming into this fixture, Luton's extremity quality has taken a awesome dent and that could beryllium to beryllium nan quality successful their bid to enactment successful nan Premier League.

Luton are only 1 spot and 1 constituent down Forest, who clasp down nan past safe position, but their extremity quality is 11 worse than that of Nuno Espirito Santo's team, who were owed to play Manchester City connected Sunday.