Aston Villa line-up: Given, Herd, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Delph Y(Albrighton, 85'), Petrov (c), N'Zogbia (Bannan, 74'), Agbonlahor, Heskey, Bent
Wolves line-up: Hennessey, Johnson (c), Ward, Stearman Y, Berra, Hunt (Elokobi, 67'), Jarvis (Foley, 67'), Henry Y, O'Hara Y, Doyle, Fletcher (Vokes, 90')
Three games played and both Villa and Wolves remain unbeaten. 0-0 was probably just about the right result at Villa Park today as neither team could find that killer instinct. Wolves now have seven points from three while Villa have five.
The first half was a very tight affair. Villa had more possession but Wolves were creating more chances, although Given was never really brought into work. The best chance of the half actually fell to Villa but Heskey's sliding shot just went past Hennessey's right hand post. The man of the match was Chris Herd, playing only his second senior game. He was good throughout but nearly suffered a nasty injury when he collided with the post during a corner.
The second half saw Villa mount pressure onto Wolves. The away side didn't come to life for the first fifteen minutes of the second half but they managed to hold off the Villa attacks. N'Zogbia wasted two or three good opportunities but Hennessey managed to parry a number of crosses where no-one was there to follow it up. When Wolves did fight back, they still didn't call Given into action. They had a penalty claim when Herd jumped into a Wolves striker but referee Martin Atkinson waved play on. After a headed clearance from Johnson after a Dunne header and a great Hennessey save from a Herd header, the two Midlands side had to settle for a hard earned point.
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