Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2012

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Aston Villa: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers lost to Aston Villa 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 January 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Michael Kightly (21') and D. Edwards (31'). Aston Villa scored through Darren Bent (11', penalty), Robbie Keane (51') and Robbie Keane (85').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Aston Villa received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 16th on 18 points from 21 and Aston Villa 13th on 24 points from 21. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 20th with 25 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 38.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 3 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read D-L-D-D-D and Aston Villa's D-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Penalty goal · Darren BentAston Villa · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Michael KightlyWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 31'Goal · D. EdwardsWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 51'Goal · Robbie KeaneAston Villa · 2-2
  • 74'Red card · Karl HenryWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 85'Goal · Robbie KeaneAston Villa · 2-3
  • 86'Yellow card · Michael KightlyWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, draws 3, Aston Villa 3.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wayne Hennessey, Roger Johnson, Kevin Foley, Dave Edwards, Michael Kightly, Karl Henry, Emmanuel Frimpong, Matt Jarvis, Steven Fletcher, Stephen Ward, Christophe Berra

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, Alan Hutton, Richard Dunne, James Collins, Ciaran Clark, Marc Albrighton, Stiliyan Petrov, Gary Gardner, Darren Bent, Gabriel Agbonlahor, R. Keane