Wolves vs Brighton result: Seagulls earn precious point in battle for Premier League safety

Wolves 0-0 Brighton: Chris Hughton's side earned a point to end a run of five straight defeats

Relegation-threatened Brighton and Hove Albion ended a run of five straight defeats with a point in a one-sided game at Wolves.

Wolves spent virtually all of the match camped inside the Brighton half and Diogo Jota hit the woodwork twice, but they were unable to penetrate a massed defence.

Raul Jimenez, Ruben Neves and substitute Leander Dendoncker all forced saves fro Brighton goalkeeper Mat Ryan and Matt Doherty, Joao Moutinho and Jimenez were also all off target for Nuno Espirito Santo's side.

The visitors, who had lost five in a row and failed to score in that time, were happy to sit back and soak up the pressure in front of them.

Brighton were forced into an early change when Davy Propper was forced off injured after only 10 minutes. Beram Kayal replaced him.

Wolves right wing back Doherty had the first real sight of goal in the 18th minute but his angled, rising drive flew just wide after an awful pass out of defence by Brighton centre back Lewis Dunk.

Brighton set up in a 4-5-1 formation with Glenn Murray an isolated figure up front and it looked like they had no intention of breaking forwards.

By the half hour the possession count was 80 per cent to 20 per cent in Wolves' favour.

Diogo Jota went agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock for Wolves, but his angled drive flew inches wide of the far post.

Jota was again in the thick of things in first-half time added on when he stretched for a volley that hit the top of the bar and flew over following a deflection on Ruben Neves's shot.

The second half started as the first – with Wolves on the attack and in complete control.

Wolves were unable to break through (Action Images via Reuters)

Matt Doherty's looping header was hacked away from near the line by Shane Duffy from Jonny Otto's cross.

Brighton produced their first threat of any kind when Kayal let fly from some 30 yards and his effort cleared the bar by a few inches.

They had another half chance soon after when Shane Duffy's header sailed wide from Lewis Dunk's cross.

Wolves responded by piling forward in search of an opening, but against a defence sitting so deep they found the gaps difficult to come by.

Joao Moutinho decided to take matters into his own hands and the Portuguese playmaker's low drive landed just wide.

Amid a flurry of Wolves corners, Raul Jimenez's shot from on the ground hit the chest of goalkeeper Mat Ryan, then the £32m record Wolves signing belted a swerving shot wide.

Brighton held on for a precious point (REUTERS) (Reuters)

Jota hit the woodwork for the second time in he 73rd minute, seemingly doing everything right with a glancing header from Jimenez's cross which beat Ryan only to hit the inside of the post, from which substitute Leander Dendoncker couldn't force the ball home from the rebound.

Willy Boly was next to try his luck but the defender's unmarked powerful header bulleted wide from Doherty's cross.

Neves forced Ryan into action on 84 when his powerful low drive had the Brighton keeper scrambling to his left to smother at the foot of the post.

Dendoncker perhaps should have done better when his header forced a falling save from Ryan on the line after Boly nodded Moutinho's corner back into the danger area.

Wolves continued to try to bash down Brighton's door and Boly sliced s rising shot comfortably over the bar from a pull back from substitute Adama Traore.

But there was no way through and Brighton emerged with a point which could be vital to their survival hopes.