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Toti's early header struck the underside of the crossbar after beating Emiliano MartinezToti scored his first Wolves goal as Julen Lopetegui's side beat European hopefuls Aston Villa at Molineux to banish any lingering fears of Premier League relegation.
The hard-fought victory lifts Lopetegui's team to 40 points, 10 clear of 18th-placed Nottingham Forest, who have four games left to play.
Portuguese centre-back Toti gave Wolves the lead inside 10 minutes, sending a towering header beyond Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez via the underside of the crossbar.
The visitors dominated possession and went close to equalising in the first half through Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins, before Ashley Young steered a low, curling shot past Jose Sa's right-hand post early in the second half.
Tyrone Mings blazed Douglas Luiz's delivery over the crossbar as Villa applied heavy pressure late on, but the hosts held firm to claim a fourth consecutive home league victory and a fourth successive clean sheet in front of their own fans.
Villa stay eighth but have now played three games more than seventh-placed Brighton, who are one point ahead and host struggling Everton on Monday.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number15Player nameDawson
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number24Player nameToti
Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number5Player nameLemina
Squad number7Player namePedro Neto
Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
Squad number29Player nameDiego Costa
Squad number4Player nameCollins
Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameE Martínez
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number15Player nameÁlex Moreno
Squad number9Player nameTraoré
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number3Player nameDiego Carlos
Squad number22Player nameDurán
Squad number27Player nameDigne
Squad number31Player nameBailey
Squad number44Player nameKamara
Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson SemedoBooked at 90mins
- 15Dawson
- 23Kilman
- 24GomesBooked at 82mins
- 27NunesSubstituted forJoão Moutinhoat 90+1'minutes
- 8Neves
- 5Lemina
- 7NetoSubstituted forTraoréat 84'minutes
- 12Matheus CunhaSubstituted forHwang Hee-chanat 68'minutes
- 29Diego CostaBooked at 39minsSubstituted forCollinsat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Aït-Nouri
- 4Collins
- 10Podence
- 11Hwang Hee-chan
- 21Sarabia
- 25Bentley
- 28João Moutinho
- 35João Gomes
- 37Traoré
Aston Villa
Formation 4-4-2
- 1E Martínez
- 18YoungSubstituted forSantos Silvaat 65'minutes
- 4Konsa
- 5MingsBooked at 39mins
- 15MorenoSubstituted forDigneat 85'minutes
- 9TraoréSubstituted forBaileyat 45'minutes
- 7McGinn
- 6Douglas LuizBooked at 75minsSubstituted forKamaraat 85'minutes
- 41J Ramsey
- 10BuendíaSubstituted forDuránat 81'minutes
- 11WatkinsBooked at 63mins
Substitutes
- 3Santos Silva
- 16Chambers
- 22Durán
- 23Coutinho
- 25Olsen
- 27Digne
- 31Bailey
- 32Dendoncker
- 44Kamara
Referee:Stuart Attwell
Attendance:31,641
Live Text
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Aston Villa 0.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Aston Villa 0.
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. José Sá tries a through ball, but Adama Traoré is caught offside.
Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Moutinho replaces Matheus Nunes.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Lucas Digne.
Foul by Diego Carlos (Aston Villa).
Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Mario Lemina.
Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Boubacar Kamara replaces Douglas Luiz.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Álex Moreno.
Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traoré replaces Pedro Neto.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nathan Collins replaces Diego Costa.
Toti (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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