Wolves vs Aston Villa team news: Emery makes two changes in Premier League and names debutant

Kick-off is fast approaching for the highly-anticipated clash at Molineux between local rivals Wolves and Aston Villa.

Vitor Pereira and Unai Emery have named their starting lineups and substitutes for this evening’s fixture under the lights. As both teams are at different ends of the table with equal measures of determination to collect all three points, this could be a cracker.

Wolves are in desperate need of a positive result having lost each of their last four Premier League outings, with 10 goals conceded and just the one scored throughout that period. Pereira started well with wins over Leicester City and Manchester United but his side have picked up just one point out of an available 15 since.

Villa, meanwhile, are currently four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City and there’s still everything to play for in the fight to qualify for European football once again. Winning at Molineux could help shift the Villans closer to that objective but it won’t be easy with Wolves fighting for their lives.

Pereira has opted for three changes from the recent 1-0 defeat to Arsenal, with Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Goncalo Guedes and Toti Gomes coming in for Tommy Doyle, Jorgen Strand Larsen and Santiago Bueno.

Emery, on the other hand, has swapped out two of the players who started the 4-2 win over Celtic in the Champions League, with debutant Andres Garcia and John McGinn in for Matty Cash and Leon Bailey.

Wolves vs Aston Villa lineups

Wolves XI: Sa (GK); Semedo, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti, Ait-Nouri; Andre, Bellegarde; Sarabia, Guedes, Cunha.

Wolves subs: Johnstone (GK), Bueno, Hwang, Dawson, R. Gomes, Doyle, Forbs, Chirewa, Lima.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez (GK); Garcia, Konsa, Kamara, Digne; Bogarde, McGinn, Tielemans, Ramsey; Rogers, Watkins.

Aston Villa subs: Olsen (GK), Zych (GK), Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Swinkels, Onana, Malen, Bailey, Jimoh-Aloba.