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Pau Torres' last goal came in April when he scored for Villarreal in a 2-1 loss against SevillaWolves and Aston Villa settled for a share of the points after two goals in the space of two second-half minutes at Molineux.
Hwang Hee-chan opened the scoring early in the second half when he latched on to Pedro Neto's cross, poking in at the near post with Wolves' first shot on target in the game. Celebrations were short-lived however as Aston Villa hit back inside two minutes with defender Pau Torres netting his first goal for the club.
A lack of goalmouth action was the overriding feature of a disjointed first half that featured more yellow cards than shots on target as referee Rob Jones had his hands full in trying to keep a lid on a feisty West Midlands derby.
Aston Villa's Matty Cash registered the only effort on goal when he met John McGinn's cross in the opening 10 minutes, but it was straight at goalkeeper Jose Sa.
The second-half goals helped the game come to life and Wolves had a golden chance to snatch victory in the final 10 minutes when Sasa Kalajdzic squared for Neto, however, the Portuguese lacked composure as he blazed over from eight yards out.
Wolves had to hang on in stoppage time after they were reduced to 10 men shortly after the fourth official raised the board to signal for 12 additional minutes when Mario Lemina was shown a second yellow card for pulling back Nicolo Zaniolo.
The draw moves Wolves up to 14th and four points clear of the relegation zone heading into the international break, while Villa stay fifth.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number15Player nameDawson
Squad number24Player nameToti Gomes
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes
Squad number5Player nameLemina
Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
Squad number7Player namePedro Neto
Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
Squad number2Player nameDoherty
Squad number6Player nameTraoré
Squad number9Player nameFábio Silva
Squad number18Player nameKalajdzic
Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameE Martínez
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number3Player nameDiego Carlos
Squad number14Player nameP Torres
Squad number12Player nameDigne
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number44Player nameKamara
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number19Player nameDiaby
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number8Player nameTielemans
Squad number22Player nameZaniolo
Squad number31Player nameBailey
Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Sá
- 23Kilman
- 15DawsonBooked at 28mins
- 24Gomes
- 22Nélson SemedoBooked at 67mins
- 8João GomesSubstituted forTraoréat 69'minutes
- 5LeminaBooked at 90mins
- 3Aït-NouriSubstituted forDohertyat 45'minutes
- 7Neto
- 12Matheus CunhaSubstituted forKalajdzicat 76'minutes
- 11Hwang Hee-chanSubstituted forFábio Silvaat 86'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Doherty
- 4Bueno
- 6Traoré
- 9Fábio Silva
- 18Kalajdzic
- 19Otto
- 20Doyle
- 21Sarabia
- 25Bentley
Aston Villa
Formation 4-4-2
- 1E Martínez
- 4Konsa
- 3Diego Carlos
- 14P Torres
- 12Digne
- 2CashSubstituted forBaileyat 82'minutes
- 44KamaraBooked at 6minsSubstituted forTielemansat 82'minutes
- 6Douglas Luiz
- 7McGinnBooked at 29mins
- 19DiabySubstituted forZanioloat 62'minutes
- 11Watkins
Substitutes
- 8Tielemans
- 9Traoré
- 16Chambers
- 17Lenglet
- 22Zaniolo
- 24Durán
- 25Olsen
- 31Bailey
- 32Dendoncker
Live Text
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Aston Villa 1.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Aston Villa 1.
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Sasa Kalajdzic.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
Attempt saved. Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
Attempt missed. Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matt Doherty.
Attempt blocked. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by John McGinn.
Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Fábio Silva (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ezri Konsa following a set piece situation.
Second yellow card to Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for a bad foul.
Foul by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa).
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