Wolves 1 West Brom 5 – match report

Peter Odemwingie struck a derby treble as West Bromwich Albion humiliated Wolves to run riot at Molineux.

West Brom piled the pressure on Wolves boss Mick McCarthy with the hosts leaving the pitch to a chorus of boos and fans calling for McCarthy's sacking.

Odemwingie netted in the first half before completing his hat-trick late on as the visitors carved woeful Wolves, back in the Premier League drop zone, apart.

Keith Andrews also hit a debut goal for the Baggies – against his former club – as the hosts crumbled.

Steven Fletcher's 10th goal of the season briefly hauled Wolves level at the break before Jonas Olsson restored Albion's advantage on 65 minutes.

It was Albion's biggest win at Molineux since 1962 – when they also won 5-1 with Bobby Robson scoring.

Kevin Doyle started for Wolves after his match-winning outing in the 2-1 victory at QPR last week with Sebastien Bassong making his home bow.

Liam Ridgewell was handed his Albion debut ahead of Nicky Shorey, who was left out of the squad, and Paul Scharner replaced Graham Dorrans.

Former Wolves midfielder Andrews was on the bench for Albion, along with Shane Long.

And the Baggies started at a canter as they looked to add to Wolves' woes.

Jerome Thomas should have scored after just two minutes when Youssouf Mulumbu's cross wasn't cleared by Bassong but Wayne Hennessey blocked.

Albion settled quicker than their hosts and Scharner almost turned in Mulumbu's cross-shot after nine minutes.

The confident Baggies set about their hosts with vigour and after Steven Reid fired over, Odemwingie should have had them ahead on 18 minutes.

Scharner's pass sent the Nigerian free on the right but Hennessey saved his angled drive before the striker hit the rebound over.

Wolves were ragged and three minutes later Hennessey tipped Scharner's deflected shot over after Kevin Foley nudged Odemwingie's pass into his path.

Organised, Albion rarely looked in danger and when Wolves did break the Baggies snuffed them out with ease.

And they finally enforced their dominance on 35 minutes when Odemwingie broke the deadlock.

The Baggies had been camped in the Wolves half when the striker cut in from the right to unleash a low 25-yard effort which clipped Dave Edwards to wrong-foot Hennessey and fly in.

It was all Albion deserved for their controlled first-half as Wolves laboured with Ben Foster a spectator in the visitors' goal.

But, out of the blue, Fletcher hauled Wolves level in first-half injury time when he, Doyle and Ebanks-Blake combined for the striker to fire past Foster from 16 yards.

It was a sucker punch to Albion and they were forced to replace Scharner with Andrews at the break after the midfielder picked up a first-half knock.

And Wolves began the second period with more purpose with Reid denying Fletcher after Doyle escaped down the right.

The increasingly dangerous Fletcher then saw his drive deflect off Olsson and deflect wide before Ridgewell nipped in ahead of him as he looked to reach Jamie O'Hara's centre.

Albion weren't allowed the freedom afforded to them in the first-half but Andrews did head over James Morrison's corner on 56 minutes.

Bassong limped off with a hamstring injury just after the hour to be replaced by Christophe Berra – before disaster struck for Wolves and Hennessey.

The Wales international had saved from Marc-Antoine Fortune but from the resulting corner he let Olsson's shot through his hands after Wolves failed to clear when Gareth McAuley's header hit the post.

Wolves tried to respond and Fletcher almost levelled during two mad minutes.

First, 18 minutes from time, the striker's superb header was clawed away by the diving Foster before Mulumbu deflected Roger Johnson's effort onto the bar.

Immediately, Albion broke and Odemwingie nutmegged Matt Jarvis and beat Hennessey – but not Foley on the line.

But the striker wasn't to be denied his second on 78 minutes when he made it 3-1. Ridgewell nodded Morrison's corner down to Olsson who flicked it to Odemwingie to hook in from six yards.

It got worse for Wolves with five minutes remaining when Andrews fired past Hennessey and Odemwingie netted a fifth on 88 minutes when he converted Morrison's cross for derby glory.

By Nick Mashiter