Aston Villa 2-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2021

Result

Aston Villa 2-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 2-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 October 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Danny Ings opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Danny Ings (48') and John McGinn (68'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Romain Saïss (80'), Conor Coady (85') and Rúben Neves (90+5').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 10th on 10 points from 7 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 12th on 9 points from 7. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 10th with 51.

Aston Villa lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John McGinn of Aston Villa (8.9), ahead of Romain Saïss (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 4 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 48'Goal · Danny IngsAston Villa · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 61'Yellow card · Tyrone MingsAston Villa
  • 68'Goal · John McGinnAston Villa · 2-0
  • 80'Goal · Romain SaïssWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa
  • 85'Goal · Conor CoadyWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Conor CoadyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 88'Yellow card · Leander DendonckerWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 90+5'Goal · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 4, draws 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 4.

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (3-4-1-2)

Emiliano Martínez, Ezri Konsa, Axel Tuanzebe, Tyrone Mings, Matty Cash, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Matt Targett, Emiliano Buendía, Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-2-1)

José Sá, Maximilian Kilman, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Nélson Semedo, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Marçal, Leander Dendoncker, Adama Traoré, Hee-chan Hwang