Aston Villa and Wolves' position in Premier League form table compared to Arsenal and Newcastle United

Aston Villa remain in the Champions League and FA Cup as they look to have a succesful end to the season. They can also still reach the top four in the Premier League. Unai Emery’s side are sat in 6th place after their 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest last time out.

Wolves are 12 points above the drop zone after their victory away at Ipswich Town. They turned to Vitor Pereira as their replacement for Gary O’Neil earlier in this campaign. The Portuguese boss has adapted well to life in England and has made a positive impression at Molineux.

Aston Villa and Wolves’ position in Premier League form table

As per Transfermarkt, here is a look at the Premier League form table based on the last six games...

1. Crystal Palace, 13 points
2. Liverpool, 13 points
3. Aston Villa, 13 points
4. Wolves, 13 points
5. Chelsea, 10 points
6. Brighton and Hove Albion, 10 points
7. Nottingham Forest, 10 points
8. Manchester United, 9 points
9. Newcastle United, 9 points
10. Arsenal, 9 points
11. Fulham, 9 points
12. Brentford, 8 points
13. West Ham, 8 points
14. Manchester City, 8 points
15. Tottenham Hotspur, 7 points
16. Everton, 5 points
17. Ipswich Town, 3 points
18. AFC Bournemouth, 2 points
19. Southampton, 1 point
20. Leicester City, 0 points

Crystal Palace lead the way following by title hopefuls Liverpool. Aston Villa then occupy 3rd after four wins, a draw and a loss. They have scored 11 goals and conceded eight along the way.

As for Wolves, they lie just behind their rivals. They have also won four, drawn one and lost one in their last six outings. However, their goal difference is slightly lower having found the net on eight occasions and letting in five.

What was said after Aston Villa and Wolves’ latest wins?

Aston Villa are in solid form right and Emery was delighted with their victory against Nottingham Forest and he said: “I’m very happy because here in Villa Park we are feeling very strong. We are transmitting our energy to the supporters and their energy is transmitting to us. We are, more or less, winning, responding well. The supporters are happy with how we are responding and getting challenges like today against Nottingham, who are having a fantastic season.

“We’re trying to keep going in the challenges we have: today, next Wednesday, then again in Premier League, the FA Cup semi-final in London. Now is the moment we have to try to be together with our supporters and try to push everybody, transmitting our energy. Transmitting as well our wishes and how excited we are. This is the most important thing in football: try to get emotions and share emotions with our supporters.”

Meanwhile, Pereira was pleased with the application his players against Ipswich and said: “I’m very happy for the players, for the club, and especially for the supporters. First half was not the way that we prepared. We prepared to try to win. We created two or three chances to score, but the pace and the pressing was not what I asked.

“Half time we changed tactically and we started to create problems, to control what we did, and had better quality in possession, better movements, a little bit higher to press, and we created chances to score two goals, and I think we deserved to win the game.”