Wolves ended a six-game winless run in the Premier League and piled pressure on relegation-threatened Luton with a victory at Molineux.
Hwang Hee-chan scored his first club goal since 27 December to put Wolves in front late in the first half after both sides had struggled to find a way out of midfield.
The South Korea forward netted with the help of a deflection off defender Teden Mengi just 18 seconds after Carlton Morris was unable to convert Luton’s best opportunity of the opening 45 minutes, heading straight at Jose Sa.
Wolves showed intent after the break and it took just five minutes to double their advantage when Toti Gomes found space to head in at the far post.
Gary O’Neil’s side dominated the second half with Boubacar Traore, Nelson Semedo and Rayan Ait-Nouri spurning good opportunities to make life even more comfortable.
Morris gave Luton some hope of a grandstand finish when he volleyed in from six yards, but they could not find any further joy.
The win moved Wolves up to 10th and just three points behind eight-placed West Ham, with Luton remaining 18th and one point shy of safety.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
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Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
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Squad number23Player nameKilman
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Squad number24Player nameToti Gomes
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Squad number2Player nameDoherty
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Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes
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Squad number5Player nameLemina
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Squad number6Player nameTraoré
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Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
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Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
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Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
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Squad number17Player nameBueno
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Squad number21Player nameSarabia
Luton Town
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Squad number24Player nameKaminski
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Squad number16Player nameBurke
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Squad number15Player nameMengi
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Squad number2Player nameOsho
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Squad number27Player nameHashioka
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Squad number28Player nameSambi Lokonga
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Squad number6Player nameBarkley
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Squad number45Player nameDoughty
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Squad number18Player nameClark
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Squad number14Player nameChong
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Squad number9Player nameMorris
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Squad number8Player nameBerry
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Squad number10Player nameWoodrow
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Squad number11Player nameAdebayo
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Squad number32Player nameOnyedinma
Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 3-5-1-1
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 23Kilman
- 24Gomes
- 2Doherty
- 8João GomesBooked at 11mins
- 5Lemina
- 6Traoré
- 3Aït-NouriSubstituted forBuenoat 85′minutes
- 12Matheus CunhaSubstituted forSarabiaat 76′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 11Hwang Hee-chanBooked at 81mins
Substitutes
- 17Bueno
- 20Doyle
- 21Sarabia
- 25Bentley
- 30González
- 45Barnett
- 61Okoduwa
- 62Chirewa
- 63Fraser
Luton
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 24Kaminski
- 16Burke
- 15Mengi
- 2Osho
- 27HashiokaSubstituted forWoodrowat 66′minutes
- 28Sambi LokongaBooked at 58mins
- 6BarkleySubstituted forAdebayoat 78′minutes
- 45DoughtySubstituted forOnyedinmaat 88′minutes
- 18ClarkSubstituted forBerryat 66′minutes
- 14Chong
- 9Morris
Substitutes
- 1Shea
- 8Berry
- 10Woodrow
- 11Adebayo
- 17Mpanzu
- 23Krul
- 30Townsend
- 32Onyedinma
- 38Johnson
Live Text
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Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Luton Town 1.
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Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Luton Town 1.
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Attempt saved. Luke Berry (Luton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Tahith Chong (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Hugo Bueno (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Fred Onyedinma (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Hugo Bueno (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Fred Onyedinma (Luton Town).
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João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Fred Onyedinma (Luton Town).
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Foul by Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Gabriel Osho (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Substitution, Luton Town. Fred Onyedinma replaces Alfie Doughty.
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Foul by Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Luke Berry (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Albert Sambi Lokonga (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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