Aston Villa vs Wolverhampton Predictions

• Aston Villa have won four of their five matches this season but have conceded in all but one game.
• Wolves have taken just one point from four Premier League games.
• Gary O’Neil’s side have scored eight goals in their last five matches.

Villans make flying start to the season

Aston Villa made their long-awaited return to the Champions League in emphatic fashion in midweek as they saw off Young Boys 3-0 in Switzerland, and they are expected to transfer that form back to the Premier League against Wolves on Saturday.

That European win continued the Villans’ excellent start to the season, with the only blemish on an otherwise perfect record being a 2-0 loss to title-chasing Arsenal last month.

Wolves struggle to find their feet

Wolves, by contrast, find themselves in the Premier League relegation zone after picking up just one point from four games so far, with their only positive result being a 2-0 League Cup win over Championship outfit Burnley.

They have been beaten by Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle, and Brighton this term and have shipped 14 goals in six competitive matches, although Gary O’Neil’s side have scored in each of their last five outings.

Watkins to fire Villa to victory

Aston Villa’s midweek triumph was their first clean sheet of the season, and while they are expected to win on Saturday I do think Unai Emery’s side will concede, making a third 2-1 win of the season appealing in the correct score market.

Ollie Watkins stands out in the anytime goalscorer market, too, after he opened his account for the season with a brace against Everton last weekend. He has generated 3.4 expected goals in five competitive games this season and has had at least two shots in each of his last four games, so he can punish this defensively fragile Wolves side.