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FULL TIME: Wolves 0-1 Aston Villa
In a game plagued by cards aplenty, it was Anwar El Ghazi's stoppage time that won the game to propel Villa into eighth with a game in hand.
For Wolves, another disappointing performance and result means plenty of questions will be asked in the coming days.
A sweet, sweet victory at Molineux! 😆#WOLAVL pic.twitter.com/kvDJ9M9uJK
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) December 12, 2020
90+7' Villa sub
90+5' RED!
90+4' GOAL!!!!!
90+3' El Ghazi steps up
90+2' VILLA PENALTY
Stoppage time
88' Yellow card
85' RED!
You have to make Wolves favourites for this now.
82' Yellow card
82' Yellow cards
81' Wolves change
80' Wolves chance
Dendoncker meets Neto's cross, but the Argentinian goalkeeper denies him brilliantly.
He never looked at home at Molineux in a loan spell 2015-16, but the keeper has impressed for Villa this season.
76' Yellow card
75' Villa sub
Time to change?
Nuno will surely be considering pushing Wolves further forward to try and nick a goal to win it.
72' Penalty shout
The Brazilian can consider himself very lucky.
69' POST!
The striker's first time shot goes past Martinez and looks to be his first Wolves goal but it comes back off the post. Wolves getting closer.
66' Watkins forces save
Watkins picks up the ball inside the area, his shot is deflected by Coady and looks to be creeping in before Patricio gets a strong hand on it to divert it behind for the corner.
65' Grealish fires just over
Grealish, perhaps noting Patricio's issue with free-kicks going in at his near post, has a go but his effort hits the top of the net.
63' Neto goes close
Picking the ball up on the right hand side, the Portugal international dribbled across the pitch and fired just past Martinez's far post.
Still goalless at the hour mark
Wolves seem happy to allow Villa to have most of the ball, but do look dangerous on the counter.
57' Villa in the ascendency
Grealish tries to cut inside Coady but can't, so he lays it off to Luiz who fires just wide.
49' Break in play
The Wolves skipper needs a change of shirt but is ok to continue.
Second half underway!
Back underway at Molineux for the second 45, with neither manager making a change.
Both sides will be thinking they can win this one.
Silva impresses in first half
The 18-year-old has linked up well with Neto and Podence, and provided the focal point Wolves lacked so badly at Anfield.
HALF TIME: Wolves 0-0 Aston Villa
It's been a cagey half plagued by niggly fouls by both sides, but Wolves have probably had the better of the chances.
45+3' Late Wolves free kick
45' Stoppage time
44' Offside
43' Yellow card
Handbags then break out between Dendoncker and Grealish. Turning into a derby game at long last, this.
41' More Wolves chances!
Wolves won't want this half to end now.
38' Another chance for Podence
37' Podence deflected wide
Moutinho wins the ball back in midfield and sets Neto away, who then sets up his countryman Podence on the edge of the area. His shot is deflected wide by Mings.
33' Villa chance
30' Yellow card
29' Yellow card
Matty Cash pulls back Pedro Neto as he looked to be away down the left hand side.
Cash will now miss Villa's next game against Burnley on Thursday.
Comes to nothing
26' Dangerous free kick for Wolves
23' Ramsey fires wide
Cagey first 20 minutes at Molineux
Villa had a shout for a penalty when the ball struck Saiss' elbow, but nothing was given.
14' Yellow card
The Brazilian clipped Fabio Silva as he looked to be away from his man.
12' Wolves smothered by Martinez
The former Wolves goalkeeper has impressed for Villa since joining in September.
9' Wolves under pressure
1' Cash denies Silva
Kick off!
Teams are out!
Five minutes to go!
ASTON VILLA LINEUP
🟣 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🟣
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) December 12, 2020
This is how we line up to face Wolves this afternoon… #WOLAVL pic.twitter.com/IPA0U8mfI3
WOLVES LINEUP
Here's how Wolves line-up for this afternoon's @premierleague fixture against @AVFCOfficial. #WOLAVL
— Wolves (@Wolves) December 12, 2020
🐺📋 pic.twitter.com/S30Z8v05KG
Ready to go!
Molineux is ready for its first game in three weeks:
Ready to go at Molineux. #WOLAVL
— Wolves (@Wolves) December 12, 2020
🐺🦁 pic.twitter.com/VGDrla6Dnr
Team news imminent
The two teams will be announced shortly. It will be interesting to see how they line up!
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Dean Smith pre-match comments
"They've lost some big players with Jota going to Liverpool and Raul Jimenez with the unfortunate head injury. They're still a very good team with some very good players.
"It's always a concern that a team who very rarely gets beat by that margin will be smarting and looking forward to this game to put things right."
Nuno Espirito Santo pre-match comments
"It's our job to try to create something that is impossible to do, the presence of fans to engage the players to their actions during the game. With fans, it's totally different, the energy they give you, the push, it's an element to overcome. This is our job, to try and make the players ready for the game.
"What I make of Aston Villa is they're a very good team with a very good manager. They're full of talented players, it's a good squad, and they've been playing good football. This is our focus, not how the team is, we know we're going to face a tough opponent.
"It's a game that will require consistency through the actions, be a unit, compact and take advantage when we have the ball, with the talented players we have, having good possession, unbalancing Villa. It's an enthusiastic game, a derby, so they're always special."
Predicted line up: Aston Villa
Predicted lineup: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Team news: Aston Villa
The on-loan Chelsea midfielder has missed two games with a hamstring injury, but is expecting to return to action against Burnley on Thursday.
Bjorn Engels could be in contention to play his first minutes for Villa since March, but Tom Heaton and Wesley (both knee) will not be considered for selection.
Team news: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Evenly matched teams go head to head at Molineux
Both sides come into the game off the back of a defeat, with Wolves losing 4-0 at Anfield last Sunday.
It's been almost two weeks since Villa last played a Premier League game, after their game against Newcastle was postponed last weekend.
Dean Smith's side were unlucky to lose 2-1 at West Ham last time out.
Kick off time
Kick-off is scheduled for 12.30 GMT.
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