Wolvesvs.Aston Villa

sportsmole.co.uk, 30 January 2025, 21:30

Top-four hopefuls Aston Villa travel to Molineux to face relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers in Saturday's Premier League West Midlands derby.

Unai Emery's side are in high spirits after they punched their ticket to the last 16 of the Champions League courtesy of a 4-2 victory over Celtic on Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, Vitor Pereira's men were beaten 1-0 at home to Arsenal last weekend and have slipped into the Premier League relegation zone, 10 places below Villa in eighth spot.

Ahead of this weekend's contest, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 137

Wolves wins: 44

Draws: 35

Aston Villa wins: 58

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa have faced each other a total of 137 times across all competitions, with the Lions leading the head-to-head record having posted 58 wins to the Old Gold's 44, while there have also been 35 draws between these two teams.

The first four meetings between these two sides took place in the FA Cup third round between December 1886 and January 1887 when they played out three score draws before Villa won a third successive replay by a 2-0 scoreline on home soil.

Between 1888 and 1984, Wolves and Aston Villa regularly butted heads in the old Division One, with the Lions claiming 41 wins compared to the Old Gold's 33 across 86 league encounters.

Wolves won 13 games out of 20 over an 11-year period in the 1950s and 1960s, but Villa responded by winning 11 and drawing six of their next 19 league matches that followed over a 21-year period.

In the Premier League era (since 1992-93), Aston Villa have faced Wolves 19 times in the top flight and have won on seven occasions compared to the Old Gold's six triumphs, while the spoils have also been shared six times.

Villa initially got the better of Wolves, losing just one of their first eight Premier League meetings (W4 D3), but the Old Gold accumulated seven points across four encounters when they locked horns in the Championship between October 2016 and March 2018.

Since then, Wolves have won five, drawn three and lost three of their last 11 Premier League meetings with Villa, although they have failed to come out on top in any of their most recent three encounters, with Emery's men winning the last two by an aggregate score of 5-1.

Previous meetings

Sep 21, 2024: Aston Villa 3-1 Wolves (Premier League)

Mar 30, 2024: Aston Villa 2-0 Wolves (Premier League)

Oct 08, 2023: Wolves 1-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)

May 06, 2023: Wolves 1-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Jan 04, 2023: Aston Villa 1-1 Wolves (Premier League)

Apr 02, 2022: Wolves 2-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Oct 16, 2021: Aston Villa 2-3 Wolves (Premier League)

Mar 06, 2021: Aston Villa 0-0 Wolves (Premier League)

Dec 12, 2020: Wolves 0-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Jun 27, 2020: Aston Villa 0-1 Wolves (Premier League)

Nov 10, 2019: Wolves 2-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Oct 30, 2019: Aston Villa 2-1 Wolves (EFL Cup Fourth Round)

Mar 10, 2018: Aston Villa 4-1 Wolves (Championship)

Oct 14, 2017: Wolves 2-0 Aston Villa (Championship)

Jan 14, 2017: Wolves 1-0 Aston Villa (Championship)

Oct 15, 2016: Aston Villa 1-1 Wolves (Championship)

Jul 28, 2015: Wolves 2-2 Aston Villa (friendly Pre-season Friendlies)

Jan 21, 2012: Wolves 2-3 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Aug 27, 2011: Aston Villa 0-0 Wolves (Premier League)

Mar 19, 2011: Aston Villa 0-1 Wolves (Premier League)

Last 10 Premier League meetings

Sep 21, 2024: Aston Villa 3-1 Wolves (Premier League)

Mar 30, 2024: Aston Villa 2-0 Wolves (Premier League)

Oct 08, 2023: Wolves 1-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)

May 06, 2023: Wolves 1-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Jan 04, 2023: Aston Villa 1-1 Wolves (Premier League)

Apr 02, 2022: Wolves 2-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Oct 16, 2021: Aston Villa 2-3 Wolves (Premier League)

Mar 06, 2021: Aston Villa 0-0 Wolves (Premier League)

Dec 12, 2020: Wolves 0-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Jun 27, 2020: Aston Villa 0-1 Wolves (Premier League)

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