Huge error costs West Brom as Wolves prevail in derby

Wolverhampton Wanderers vs West Bromwich Albion. Sky Bet Championship.

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion at Molineux on Sunday; Fer Lopez scored the second-half winner in the Black Country derby.

A second-half goal from Fer Lopez gave Wolves a 1-0 victory in their derby meeting with West Brom in the Sky Bet Championship at Molineux.

Lopez took advantage of a mistake by Nat Phillips after 50 minutes, when the Albion defender played the ball straight to the Wolves forward, who scored his fifth goal of the season.

Goalkeeper Max O'Leary had kept West Brom in the game during the first half with three outstanding saves as Wolves dominated, with forward Mateus Mane causing problems for James Morrison's side.

Wolves deserved the victory on a day when Albion rarely threatened in the first Molineux meeting between the West Midlands rivals in 14 years.

The match produced a partisan atmosphere from a 30,000 crowd, but Albion were the ones who failed to react.

Wolves head coach, Cesar Peixoto, in his first season at the club, lead the celebrations when the final whistle blew.

O'Leary produced the first of a trio of saves with a spectacular 11th-minute stop to keep out a header from Wolves defender Nasser Djiga.

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Kieran Trippier, returning at right back after recovering from a knee injury, delivered a cross for Marshall Munetsi, whose header was blocked. The ball fell to Djiga, but O'Leary tipped the ball on to the underside of the crossbar.

Mane looked sharp and Jayson Molumby was booked by referee Josh Smith for bringing down the Wolves forward, who then tested O'Leary with an angled drive that the Albion goalkeeper blocked at his near post.