[Pre-Match Thread] Wolves vs. Aston Villa

Wolves vs. Aston Villa

Competition: Premier League – Round 28

Date: Fri 27 Feb 2026

Kickoff: 20:00

Venue: Molineux Stadium

Referee: Craig Pawson

Aston Villa Statistics (all competitions)

Form: LDWLD

Goals per match: 1.47

Average Possession: 54.7%

Goals conceded per match: 1

Pass Accuracy: 85.6%

Shots per game: 12.7

Tackles per game: 15.2

Clean Sheets: 12

Wolves Statistics (all competitions)

Form: LDWDL

Goals per match: 1

Average Possession: 43.5%

Goals conceded per match: 1.8

Pass Accuracy: 80%

Shots per game: 9.9

Tackles per game: 19.3

Clean Sheets: 5

Aston Villa Team News

• Alysson is expected to return to contention for Aston Villa’s Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

• The winger has missed the last two matches having made his debut as a second-half substitute in February’s 1-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion. But Unai Emery is hopeful Alysson will be available to face Wolves on Friday night at Molineux.

• Harvey Elliott remains an injury concern, while goalkeeper Marco Bizot returns from suspension, having been sent off in the Emirates FA Cup recently.

• Captain John McGinn, Youri Tielemans and Boubacar Kamara remain sidelined for the short trip across the midlands.

Wolves Team News

• Wolves will be without Ladislav Krejci, who misses the game through suspension after his red card last weekend.

• Hee Chan Hwang returned to training this week, and while the Villa fixture may come too soon, Rob Edwards is hopeful the South Korean could return next week.

Match Facts

• Aston Villa have won three of their last four Premier League games against Wolves (L1), as many as in their previous 15 (D6 L6). They’re looking to complete the Premier League double over them for the first time since 2003-04.

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

• Since a run of eight Premier League wins in a row between 9 November and 27 December this season, Aston Villa haven’t had a repeated result in any of their last nine games (LWDLWLDWD), last drawing consecutive games in September against Everton and Sunderland.

• Wolves have failed to score in a league-high 15 different Premier League games this season. Only in 2009-10 (17) and 2021-22 (16) have they failed in more in a single campaign.

• Villa had 66.8% possession in their 1-1 draw with Leeds last time out; Villa won their first three games when having 65%+ possession under Unai Emery but have since won just five out of 17 games when dominating that much of the ball (D8 L4), winning just one of five games in 2025-26 (D2 L2).

• Wolves have conceded the first goal in 22 different Premier League games this season, more than any other side. In fact, of the 40 teams to play 200+ games in the competition, Wolves have conceded first in the highest percentage of them (59.6% – 266/446).

• Three of Aston Villa’s last four Premier League goals have been scored in the last five minutes of normal time (88th, 86th and 88th), while they have netted 63.2% of their goals in the second half of games (24/38). Only in 2015-16 (70.4%), 1999-00 (69.6%) and 2007-08 (66.2%) have they scored a higher share of second half goals in a Premier League season.

• No Wolves player has scored more than twice so far in the Premier League this season. With 27 games played, it’s the latest into a season a team has had to wait for a player to score at least three goals, overtaking Southampton from last season (MD24).

• Villa striker Tammy Abraham has scored more goals against Wolves than any other opponent in English league football (6), netting a hat-trick in his first Premier League game against them with Chelsea in September 2019.

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