Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 September 2010

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 26 September 2010, 13:05 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 September 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Stewart Downing opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goal came from Matt Jarvis (61'). Aston Villa scored through Stewart Downing (25') and Emile Heskey (88').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 16th on 5 points from 5 and Aston Villa 13th on 7 points from 5. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Aston Villa 9th with 48.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read L-L-D-D-W and Aston Villa's D-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockAston Villa
  • 25'Goal · Stewart DowningAston Villa · 0-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Jody CraddockWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 61'Goal · Matt JarvisWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 88'Goal · Emile HeskeyAston Villa · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Steve SidwellAston Villa

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, draws 2, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

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

Marcus Hahnemann, Jody Craddock, Kevin Foley, Dave Edwards, Karl Henry, Matt Jarvis, Steven Fletcher, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, David Jones, Christophe Berra

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

Luke Young, Stephen Warnock, Ashley Young, James Collins, Stewart Downing, Marc Albrighton, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar