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Wolverhampton 2-3 Aston Villa - January 21, 2012 / Premier League 2011/2012

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Premier League 2011/2012 - Journée 22

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

January 21, 2012

27 084

2 - 3

Aston Villa

Assist by Emmanuel FrimpongMichael Kightly

21'

Assist by Roger JohnsonDavid Edwards

31'

11'

Darren Bent (penalty)

51'

Robbie KeaneAssist by Ciaran Clark

85'

Robbie Keane

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11' - Goal Darren Bent

21' - Goal Michael Kightly21

31' - Goal David Edwards31

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46' - Substitution Gabriel Agbonlahoris substituted by Stephen Warnock

51' - Goal Robbie Keane

58' - Substitution Emmanuel Frimpongis substituted by Nenad Milijas58

74' - Red card Karl Henry74

82' - Substitution David Edwardsis substituted by Richard Stearman82

85' - Goal Robbie Keane

87' - Substitution Gary Gardneris substituted by Barry Bannan

90' - Substitution Kevin Foleyis substituted by Sylvan Ebanks-Blake90

90' - Substitution Robbie Keaneis substituted by Andreas Weimann

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

2 - 3

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

1 Hennessey

Wayne Hennessey

Wales

B.date24/01/1987

Age24 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

16 Berra

Christophe Berra

Scotland

B.date31/01/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

14 Johnson

Roger Johnson

England

B.date28/04/1983

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

32 Foley90

Kevin Foley

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/11/1984

Age27 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

11 Ward

Stephen Ward

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/08/1985

Age26 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

7 Kightly21

Michael Kightly

England

B.date24/01/1986

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

8 Henry74

Karl Henry

England

B.date26/11/1982

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

15 Frimpong58

Emmanuel Frimpong

Ghana

B.date10/01/1992

Age20 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

4 Edwards3182

David Edwards

Wales

B.date03/02/1986

Age25 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

17 Jarvis

Matthew Jarvis

England

B.date22/05/1986

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Fletcher

Steven Fletcher

Scotland

B.date26/03/1987

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Wayne Hennessey		24	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Christophe Berra		26	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Roger Johnson		28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Kevin Foley	90	27	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Stephen Ward		26	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Michael Kightly	21	25	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Karl Henry	74	29	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Emmanuel Frimpong	58	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Edwards	3182	25	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Matthew Jarvis		25	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Steven Fletcher		24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Aston Villa

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age35 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

6 Collins

James Collins

Wales

B.date23/08/1983

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

21 Clark

Ciaran Clark

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/09/1989

Age22 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

5 Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age32 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

2 Hutton

Alan Hutton

Scotland

B.date30/11/1984

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

38 Gardner87

Gary Gardner

England

B.date29/06/1992

Age19 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

19 Petrov

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

12 Albrighton

Marc Albrighton

England

B.date18/11/1989

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

20 Keane855190

Robbie Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/07/1980

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

11 Agbonlahor46

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age25 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

9 Bent11

Darren Bent

England

B.date06/02/1984

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		35	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	James Collins		28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Ciaran Clark		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Richard Dunne		32	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Alan Hutton		27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	M	Gary Gardner	87	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Stilian Petrov		32	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Marc Albrighton		22	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Robbie Keane	855190	31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gabriel Agbonlahor	46	25	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darren Bent	11	27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
5	D	Richard Stearman	82	24	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nenad Milijas	58	28	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	90	25	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Stephen Warnock	46	30	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Barry Bannan	87	22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Andreas Weimann	90	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steven Fletcher

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

OUT

Roger Johnson

Richard Stearman

OUT

Emmanuel Frimpong

Stephen Hunt

OUT

David Edwards

Adam Hammill

OUT

Michael Kightly

Nenad Milijas

OUT

Wayne Hennessey

Dorus de Vries

OUT

Kevin Foley

Matt Doherty

OUT

Stephen Ward

Kevin Doyle

OUT

Karl Henry

George Elokobi

OUT

Matthew Jarvis

Eggert Jónsson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Gardner

Stephen Ireland

OUT

Robbie Keane

Stephen Warnock

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

267

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McCarthy vs Aston Villa

1 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 2012

McCarthy vs McLeish

2 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Alex McLeish

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

McLeish vs Wolverhampton

4 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 2012

McLeish vs McCarthy

4 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 2012

Referee

Michael Oliver

6 victories	7 draws	17 losses	Wolverhampton30 matches	General total	Aston Villa43 matches	15 victories	8 draws	20 losses
0 victory	1 draw	3 losses	Wolverhampton4 matches	Season total	Aston Villa5 matches	1 victory	3 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on January 31, 2026					Latest figure on April 25, 2026

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Key figures

Wolverhampton keeps its 19 matches with at least one goal conceded in Premier League running (since 10/09/2011). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 24/04/2010-04/12/2010 time period (19 matches).

It's the first time David Edwards scores 1 goal vs Aston Villa in his professional career

The last time Aston Villa has ended with the score 3-2 away from home, It was on the 07/12/2008 (vs )

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolverhampton 3-1 Wigan06/11/2011

VWolverhampton 2-1 Sunderland04/12/2011

LWolverhampton 1-2 Stoke City17/12/2011

DWolverhampton 2-2 Norwich City20/12/2011

LWolverhampton 1-2 Chelsea02/01/2012

LWolverhampton 0-1 Birmingham City18/01/2012

Overall

VWolverhampton 3-1 Wigan06/11/2011

VWolverhampton 2-1 Sunderland04/12/2011

LWolverhampton 1-2 Stoke City17/12/2011

DWolverhampton 2-2 Norwich City20/12/2011

LWolverhampton 1-2 Chelsea02/01/2012

LWolverhampton 0-1 Birmingham City18/01/2012

Current form

Overall

VAston Villa 3-2 Norwich City05/11/2011

LAston Villa 0-1 Manchester United03/12/2011

LAston Villa 0-2 Liverpool18/12/2011

LAston Villa 1-2 Arsenal21/12/2011

LAston Villa 0-2 Swansea02/01/2012

DAston Villa 1-1 Everton14/01/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	2	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	9	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	0	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

159	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	63
14	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
4	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	9
2	Draws (Home / Away)	6
11	Losses (Competition total)	7
5	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
37	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.1
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.1
1.76	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.3

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steven Fletcher	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Darren Bent
Steven Fletcher	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Stephen Hunt	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Darren Bent
Stephen Hunt	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jamie O'Hara	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Barry Bannan
Jamie O'Hara	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Steven Fletcher	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Darren Bent

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

23 v

17 d

18 l

98 gf

83 ga

Away

61 matches

14 v

14 d

33 l

80 gf

131 ga

Total

119 matches

37 v

31 d

51 l

178 gf

214 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

33 v

14 d

14 l

131 gf

80 ga

Away

58 matches

18 v

17 d

23 l

83 gf

98 ga

Total

119 matches

51 v

31 d

37 l

214 gf

178 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 17, 1958
Home	4 - 0	September 17, 1958

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 25, 1905
Away	4 - 0	March 14, 2004

Latest head to head

August 27, 2011 - Premier League 2011/2012

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

March 19, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Aston Villa

0 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

September 26, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Wolverhampton

1 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 20, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

October 24, 2009 - Premier League 2009/2010

Wolverhampton

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Jimmy Murray	7 goals	1957 - 1963
Ted Farmer	5 goals	1960 - 1961
Terry Wharton	3 goals	1963 - 1963
Raymond Crawford	3 goals	1963 - 1963
Mel Eves	2 goals	1978 - 1980
Peter Broadbent	2 goals	1957 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Gary Shaw	5 goals	1979 - 1982
Peter Withe	4 goals	1981 - 1984
Juan Pablo Angel	4 goals	2003 - 2004
Gerald Hitchens	3 goals	1958 - 1960
Alan Baker	2 goals	1964 - 1965
John Deehan	2 goals	1977 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Geoff Palmer	13 matches	1975 - 1984
Peter Broadbent	12 matches	1957 - 1964
Willie Carr	11 matches	1975 - 1982
Jimmy Murray	10 matches	1957 - 1963
Paul Bradshaw	10 matches	1978 - 1983
Kenny Hibbitt	9 matches	1975 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Dennis Mortimer	12 matches	1977 - 1984
Gordon Cowans	11 matches	1977 - 1989
Jimmy Rimmer	10 matches	1977 - 1982
Allan Evans	10 matches	1978 - 1983
Alan Deakin	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Charlie Aitken	8 matches	1961 - 1975