Evan Ferguson ends goal drought but Wolves battle back to earn draw

Evan Ferguson ended an 11-month goal drought when putting Brighton 2-0 up against Wolves, but Gary O'Neill's side fought back to earn a share of the spoils at the Amex Stadium.

Ferguson came on as a second-half substitute for Danny Welbeck, who earlier had given the hosts the lead.

Tariq Lamptey led a counter-attack down the right, allowing Ferguson to swivel and fire into the bottom left corner on 85 minutes.

Rayan Ait-Nouri set up a nervy finish by halving the deficit in the 88th minute before Matheus Cunha fired home via a deflection in the third minute of stoppage time to move Wanderers off the bottom of the table.

Brighton only had themselves to blame for the late collapse as they squandered a four-on-one situation prior to being punished by the leveller on the counter-attack.

Wolves leapfrog Southampton in the relegation zone, while Albion remain fifth after being denied a third consecutive top-flight win.

Brighton suffered a blow before kick-off when captain Lewis Dunk, who was set to make his 250th Premier League appearance, injured his calf in the warm-up and was replaced in the starting XI by Igor Julio. As a result, young Irish goalkeeper Killian Cahill came into the squad.

Albion's rejigged backline was carved open inside nine minutes as Wolves passed up a golden opportunity.

Cunha easily escaped Joel Veltman down the left but, after pulling the ball back, the unmarked Tommy Doyle, who scored on this ground last month in a 3-2 Carabao Cup loss, wastefully side-footed over.

Wolves were on the back foot for large parts of the first half and required a fine save from goalkeeper Jose Sa to deny a long-range drive from impressive Seagulls midfielder Carlos Baleba.

The lowly visitors looked to have done enough to go into the