Sunday Mirror

MATCH FACTS

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■■Wolves have started a calendar year with three consecutiv­e league victories for the first time since 1994. ■■Only Watford (8) have lost more Premier League home games than Brentford this season (7).

■■Wolves have shipped just five goals in the first half of Premier League games so far this season, with the Midlands side not conceding in the opening 45 minutes in any of their last 14 matches in the competitio­n. ■■Wolves’ Joao Moutinho has scored more than once in a single top-flight league campaign for the first time since 2016-17 with Monaco (2), while his strike today was his first Premier League goal from inside the box. ■■Ivan Toney has scored twice as many Premier League goals as any other Brentford player this season (6), while he’s also become the first player to score in consecutiv­e top-flight appearance­s at the Brentford Community Stadium. ■■Three of Ruben Neves’ five Premier League goals for Wolves that didn’t come from either a penalty or a direct free-kick have been assisted by Joao Moutinho, including his winner today.

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