Two Wolves stars suffer injury setbacks - but one available for Aston Villa trip

Wolverhampton Wanderers duo Craig Dawson and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde have fallen behind schedule and are unlikely to return from injury in time for Saturday's trip to Aston Villa.

Gary O'Neil was hopeful both players would be fit for the visit to Villa Park but neither were seen in first-team training on Thursday morning. Dawson has missed the Old Gold's last two outings with a groin problem and Bellegarde suffered a knee injury in the 2-1 home win over Fulham.

There's some good news, though, as Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha, a hat-trick scorer away at Chelsea in February, is in contention. The former Atletico Madrid star, signed in July for £45 million, has netted 11 goals and assisted a further seven in 28 appearances across all competitions this campaign.

His return will be a welcome boost as Wolves were without any senior strikers for the 3-2 FA Cup defeat to Coventry City. Meanwhile, Pedro Neto is expected to miss the rest of the season with a hamstring injury, whereas Hwang Hee-chan is still several weeks away with a similar issue.