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By Matthew HowarthBBC Sport
Last updated connected 13 minutes ago.From the conception Premier League
Toti's aboriginal header struck the underside of the crossbar aft beating Emiliano MartinezToti scored his archetypal Wolves extremity arsenic Julen Lopetegui's broadside bushed European hopefuls Aston Villa astatine Molineux to banish immoderate lingering fears of Premier League relegation.
The hard-fought triumph lifts Lopetegui's squad to 40 points, 10 wide of 18th-placed Nottingham Forest, who person 4 games near to play.
Portuguese centre-back Toti gave Wolves the pb wrong 10 minutes, sending a towering header beyond Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez via the underside of the crossbar.
The visitors dominated possession and went adjacent to equalising successful the archetypal fractional done Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins, earlier Ashley Young steered a low, curling changeable past Jose Sa's right-hand station aboriginal successful the 2nd half.
Tyrone Mings blazed Douglas Luiz's transportation implicit the crossbar arsenic Villa applied dense unit precocious on, but the hosts held steadfast to assertion a 4th consecutive location league triumph and a 4th successive cleanable expanse successful beforehand of their ain fans.
Villa enactment eighth but person present played 3 games much than seventh-placed Brighton, who are 1 constituent up and big struggling Everton connected Monday.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number15Player nameDawson
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number24Player nameToti
Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number5Player nameLemina
Squad number7Player namePedro Neto
Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
Squad number29Player nameDiego Costa
Squad number4Player nameCollins
Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameE Martínez
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number15Player nameÁlex Moreno
Squad number9Player nameTraoré
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number3Player nameDiego Carlos
Squad number22Player nameDurán
Squad number27Player nameDigne
Squad number31Player nameBailey
Squad number44Player nameKamara
Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson SemedoBooked astatine 90mins
- 15Dawson
- 23Kilman
- 24GomesBooked astatine 82mins
- 27NunesSubstituted forJoão Moutinhoat 90+1'minutes
- 8Neves
- 5Lemina
- 7NetoSubstituted forTraoréat 84'minutes
- 12Matheus CunhaSubstituted forHwang Hee-chanat 68'minutes
- 29Diego CostaBooked astatine 39minsSubstituted forCollinsat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Aït-Nouri
- 4Collins
- 10Podence
- 11Hwang Hee-chan
- 21Sarabia
- 25Bentley
- 28João Moutinho
- 35João Gomes
- 37Traoré
Aston Villa
Formation 4-4-2
- 1E Martínez
- 18YoungSubstituted forSantos Silvaat 65'minutes
- 4Konsa
- 5MingsBooked astatine 39mins
- 15MorenoSubstituted forDigneat 85'minutes
- 9TraoréSubstituted forBaileyat 45'minutes
- 7McGinn
- 6Douglas LuizBooked astatine 75minsSubstituted forKamaraat 85'minutes
- 41J Ramsey
- 10BuendíaSubstituted forDuránat 81'minutes
- 11WatkinsBooked astatine 63mins
Substitutes
- 3Santos Silva
- 16Chambers
- 22Durán
- 23Coutinho
- 25Olsen
- 27Digne
- 31Bailey
- 32Dendoncker
- 44Kamara
Referee:Stuart Attwell
Attendance:31,641
Live Text
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Aston Villa 0.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Aston Villa 0.
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. José Sá tries a done ball, but Adama Traoré is caught offside.
Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellowish card.
Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Moutinho replaces Matheus Nunes.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Lucas Digne.
Foul by Diego Carlos (Aston Villa).
Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Mario Lemina.
Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Boubacar Kamara replaces Douglas Luiz.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Álex Moreno.
Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) near footed changeable from a hard space and agelong scope connected the close is blocked.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traoré replaces Pedro Neto.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nathan Collins replaces Diego Costa.
Toti (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
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