Wolves fell to another defeat as Aston Villa secured local bragging rights with a narrow 1-0 win in the West Midlands derby.

The visitors gave a good account of themselves at Villa Park and had enough first half chances to take the lead, while Jorgen Strand Larsen had a goal disallowed.

Villa huffed and puffed but finally broke through when Boubacar Kamara fired the ball into the top corner from the edge of the box.

Wolves were unable to find a way back into the game and fell to their 11th defeat in 13 Premier League games.

Analysis

Unai Emery made one change from the Villa side that beat Leeds in their last Premier League match.

Striker Ollie Watkins was benched as Donyell Malen was given a start following his impressive form.

Malen was also one of five players that kept their plac

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