Aston Villa vs Wolverhampton Wanderers LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more
Emiliano Martinez waves to Villa fans
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Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League today.
Emiliano Martinez returned to the Aston Villa starting XI to face Wolves after winning the World Cup with Argentina. The goalkeeper and Matty Cash – who replaced the injured John McGinn – were the only two changes from Sunday’s impressive 2-0 win at Tottenham.
Wolves, knowing a win could see them escape the bottom three, were unchanged from their 1-0 defeat to Manchester United.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today’s game in the live blog below:
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The teams are coming out onto the field and kick-off is fast approaching.
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Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Villa have lost all seven Premier League matches against sides whose name begins with W. They will hope to end that streak here.
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Meanwhile, Julen Lopetegui names an unchanged starting line-up from the narrow 1-0 defeat by Manchester United. Although, new signing Matheus Cunha could make his debut from the bench. Chiquinho, Pedro Neto and Sasa Kalajdzic are long-term absentees.
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Unai Emery makes two changes from Villa’s 2-0 win at Tottenham on New Year’s Day. World Cup winner Emiliano Martinez returns in goal with Robin Olsen dropping to the bench. The other alteration sees Matty Cash come in for John McGinn, who misses out with a hamstring injury.
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SUBS: Matija Sarkic, Rayan Ait Nouri, Raul Jimenez, Matheus Cunha, Goncalo Guedes, Jonny, Tote Gomes, Adama Traore, Joseph Hodge.
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WOLVES (4-2-3-1): Jose Sa; Nelson Semedo, Nathan Collins, Max Kilman, Hugo Bueno; Ruben Neves, Matheus Cunha; Hwang Hee-Chan, Joao Moutinho, Daniel Podence; Diego Costa.
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