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Wolves are without striker Jorgen Strand Larsen, who was substituted with a muscle injury against Arsenal last week. Joao Gomes is suspended as a result of his red card in that game. Aston Villa right-back Matty Cash has been ruled out for at least three weeks, with recent signing Andres Garcia among the options to replace him. Tyrone Mings, Amadou Onana and Ross Barkley remain unavailable. Head-to-head Aston Villa won the reverse fixture 3-1 and are vying to achieve the league double over Wolves for the first time since the 2003-04 season. Wolves have won five of the past seven league meetings at Molineux, with their only defeat during that period coming in the top flight in December 2020. Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves earned seven points from their first three league matches under Vitor Pereira but are now in danger of losing five in a row for the second time this season. They have conceded a league-high 19 goals from set pieces this season, excluding penalties. The Black Country side have let in an unrivalled 28 second-half goals in the top flight this season. Wolves' average of 2. 26 goals conceded per league game is their worst since 1932-33. They have committed 303 fouls in the Premier League during the current campaign, second only to Bournemouth's 309 after 23 matches. Aston Villa Villa are winless in their past six league games following Champions League fixtures, with three home draws and three away defeats. Their only win in seven top-flight away matches, and only clean sheet in 13, came against Everton on 15 January. However, they are yet to lose a Premier League fixture under Unai Emery against a side starting the day in the relegation zone (W13, D5). Aston Villa have dropped points in five of the past nine Premier League games in which they led at half-time (W4, D4, L1). The Villans have conceded 11 goals after the 75th minute in the current campaign, second only to Southampton's tally of 12. Villa, Nottingham Forest and Liverpool have scored a joint-high eight Premier League headed goals this season prior to the weekend fixtures. This season, Ollie Watkins has missed a league-high 19 of his 28 big chances – defined as a situation in which a player is expected to score. Last Updated 29th January 2025 at 11: 32 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions Having lost three of their first four Premier League home games against Aston Villa (D1), Wolves have now lost just one of their last five against them at Molineux (W3 D1). Aston Villa won the reverse fixture 3-1 at Villa Park – they’ve not done the league double over Wolves since the 2003-04 campaign. Wolves picked up seven points in their first three Premier League games under Vitor Pereira (W2 D1) but have since lost four in a row. They’ve already lost five consecutively once this season, under previous manager Gary O’Neil – the only team to have separate runs of 5+ defeats in a row under different managers in a season and survive relegation was West Ham in 2006-07 (Alan Pardew & Alan Curbishley). Aston Villa are yet to lose a Premier League match under Unai Emery against a side starting the day in the drop zone (W13 D5), while overall Emery has lost just one out of 29 games against sides in 18th, 19th or 20th, losing 3-2 to Southampton with Arsenal in December 2018. Wolves have shipped 19 set piece goals (excl. pens) this season, the most of any Premier League side. The earliest a side has conceded 20 set piece goals in a single campaign is 25 games (Tottenham in 2007-08). In 23 Premier League games this season, Wolves have conceded 52 goals. At 2. 26 goals against per game, this is their worst average in a league season since 1932-33 (96 in 42 games, 2. 29). Aston Villa won 22 of the first 25 Premier League games in which they led at half-time under Unai Emery (D1 L2) but have gone on to win just four of their last nine (D4 L1), including a 1-1 draw last time out against West Ham. Wolves have conceded 303 fouls in the Premier League this season, with only Bournemouth committing more (309). The 20 fouls they conceded against Arsenal was their most in a top-flight game since May 2023 against Aston Villa (also 20). Only Tottenham’s Dominic Solanke (237) has made more runs into the opposition penalty area in the Premier League this season than Wolves’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (210), with 80 of Strand Larsen’s runs targeted by a pass, the most of any player. Ollie Watkins has been involved in 15+ Premier League goals in each of his last three seasons (21 in 2022-23, 32 in 2023-24, 15 in 2024-25), with 10 goals and five assists in the current campaign. He’s one of three Aston Villa players to achieve that in three consecutive seasons, after Dwight Yorke (1995-96 to 1997-98) and Gabriel Agbonlahor (2007-08 to 2009-10). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.