33 min: Good defending from Alex Moreno, who does well to get back and rob Semedo of possession with an excellent tackle when it looked like the Wolves wing-back had beaten him for pace down the left. Moments previously, Pau Torres had got on the end of a Luiz dink into the Wolves box and skimmed a header into the arms of Jose Sa from close range.

31 min: Somebody on the Villa bench seems to have flicked a switch, as the home side have finally sparked into life. They win their first corner of the game and it’s taken by Leon Bailey. He plays it short, receives the return pass and whips the ball into the box. Wolves clear.

30 min: Youri Tielemans picks up a needless booking for clipping the heels of Rayan Ait-Nouri.

27 min: Tielemans plays Watkins in behind the Wolves backline with a wonderfully weighted pass through the middle. The Villa striker takes a superflous touch that takes him wide of the target and narrows his angle. He clips the ball wide instead of over Jose Sa and into the back of the net. Better from Villa but you’d have expected Watkins to score there.

25 min: Alex Moreno is played in behind his marker with a pass down the left by Morgan Rogers and he tries to send a cross into the Wolves penalty area. His delivery is dreadful and the ball drifts well wide.

23 min: The atmosphere at Villa Park is very subdued and it’s no great surprise as Wolves remain in the ascendency. It’s quite an effort from Gary O’Neil’s side, considering they are missing their entire first choice front three. One suspects any one of the absentees would have scored the chance missed a few minutes ago by Rayan Ait-Nouri.

21 min: Wolves free-kick. Doyle plays it diagonally from deep, trying to pick out Lemina, who loses his balance and is unable to prevent the ball from going out for a throw-in.

18 min: Wolves continue to turn the screw, looking like the home team. Semedo gets the better of Morgan Rogers out on the right wing and tries to pick out Ait-Nouri. Aston Villa clear the cross, break upfield and Sarabia is booked for impeding Rogers’ progress by dragging out of the tail of his shirt at the halfway line. He almost ripped it off the Villa midfielder’s back!

15 min: Pablo Sarabia gets on the ball from Wolves out by the right touchline and plays it back inside to Santiago Bueno. His cross is unwittingly flicked on towards the far post by a Villa defender and drops perfectly for Rayan Ait-Nouri.

With all the time in the world to pick his spot and score from six or seven yards out, the Wolves wing-back shoots straight at Martinez. That’s a shocking miss and it’s small wonder he has his head in his hands.

13 min: Wolves are taking the game to Villa in these early stages and have started strongly.

12 min: Lemina tries a speculative shot from distance that doesn’t trouble Martinez in the slightest. There was no power behind the Gabon international’s effort.

9 min: VIlla have the ball in the Wolves net but it doesn’t count. Douglas Luiz played an offside Watkins in behind with a weighted pass and the striker’s shot is saved by Jose Sa. Luiz “scores” on the follow up but his effort is ruled out for the offside in the build-up.

8 min: Mario Lemina gets around Morgan Rogers down b y the byline and pulls the ball back into the Villa penalty area. Goal-kick – he was unable to prevent the ball from going out of play.

6 min: Villa free-kick, wide on the right. Douglas Luiz and Leon Bailey stand over it as the Wolves defence line up along the edge of their penalty area. Leon Bailey sends the ball into the mixer, but it’s cleared.

5 min: Wolves corner. A headed clearance from Ollie Watkins drops kindly for Tommy Doyle on the edge of the Villa penalty area. He tries his luck against the unsighted Martinez but sends his effort well wide.

4 min: Tommy Doyle plays the ball wide to Semedo with a flick of his right foot. The Newcastle wing-back cuts inside and has a shot blocked.

2 min: With his proud parents and four younger brothers looking on from the stands, Leon Chiwome loiters in the Villa box, trying to get on the end of a cross from the right. It’s too close to Emi Martinez, who plucks the ball from the sky.

2 min: Nelson Semedo gets on the ball, canters up the right touchline and is forced backwards by Alex Moreno.

Aston Villa v Wolves is go …

Not long now: Led by Paul Tierney and his team of match officials, both sets of players make their way out on to the pitch at Villa Park, their arrival heralded by a pyrotechnics display. It’s a perfect Spring evening for a game of football as we approach the closing stages of a day full of goals, gaffes and controversy in the Premier League.

Spurs beat Luton Town: Tottenham’s late come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Luton courtesy of an own goal from Issa Kaboure and Heung-min Son’s winner means Ange Postecoglou’s side have leapfrogged Aston Villa into fourth place in the Premier League table.

Both sides have played the same number of games, have the same number of points and the same goal difference. Ahead of Villa’s game against Wolves, Tottenham are in fourth place on goals scored, having bagged one more than Villa. It’s tight!

Those teams: Unai Emery makes two changes to the side that drew at West Ham last time out. Diego Carlos is in for Clement Lenglet in the heart of their defence, while Moussa Diaby comes into the side in place of Jhon Duran.

Wolves make one change to the team that was knockled out of the FA Cup by Coventry City. Leon Chiwome, 18, will play up front on his Premier League debut, coming in for Nathan Fraser, who is not in the matchday squad. He scored the winner for England U-18s against the Netherlands in midweek.

Tonight’s match officials

Aston Villa v Wolves line-ups

Early team news

Premier League: Aston Villa v Wolves