Premier League Live: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa – preview, team news, stats, head-to-head

  • Wolves have won four of their last six Premier League home games against Aston Villa (D1 L1) and are unbeaten in four games since losing 1-0 in December 2020.

  • Aston Villa have won three of their last four Premier League games against Wolves (L1), the same number as their last 15 (D6 L6). They are aiming for their first Premier League double since the 2003-04 season.

  • Wolves have failed to score in 15 games this season, the most in the Premier League. The only single campaigns with more failures were 2009-10 (17) and 2021-22 (16).

  • Since winning eight consecutive Premier League games this season from November 9th to December 27th, Aston Villa have not achieved the same result in their last nine games (LWDLWLDWD), with their last consecutive draws coming against Everton and Sunderland in September.

  • Wolves’ last seven Premier League wins (dating back to March 2025) have all come against teams in the bottom seven, with their average ranking being 17th. Since beating Bournemouth 1-0 in February 2025, they have not won in 17 games against teams in the top half (D5 L12).

  • Wolves have conceded the first goal in 22 Premier League games this season, more than any other team. In fact, of the 40 teams playing over 200 games in this competition, Wolves have conceded the highest percentage of first goals (59.6% – 266/446).

  • Aston Villa had 66.8% of possession when they drew 1-1 with Leeds last time out. Villa won their first three games under Unai Emery in which they had more than 65% possession, but since then they have won only five of 17 games with possession (D8 L4) and only one of five in 2025-26 (D2 L2).

  • Three of Aston Villa’s last four Premier League goals have been scored in the final five minutes of regular time (88th, 86th, 88th), with 63.2% of goals scored in the second half of matches (24/38). Only in 2015-16 (70.4%), 1999-00 (69.6%) and 2007-08 (66.2%) were Premier League seasons in which they accounted for a higher proportion of second-half goals.

  • No Wolves player has scored more than once in the Premier League so far this season. It was the slowest season with 27 games played and teams having to wait until they had scored at least three goals, surpassing last season’s Southampton (MD24).

  • Aston Villa striker Tammy Abraham has scored more goals against Wolves than any other opponent in English league football (six goals) and scored a hat-trick in his first Premier League match against Chelsea in September 2019.

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