{"id":319130,"date":"2011-03-18T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/aston-villa-wolves-preview-houlliers-men-unbeaten-in-last-17-games-against-their-midland-rivals\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T07:50:00","slug":"aston-villa-wolves-preview-houlliers-men-unbeaten-in-last-17-games-against-their-midland-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/aston-villa-wolves-preview-houlliers-men-unbeaten-in-last-17-games-against-their-midland-rivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa &#8211; Wolves Preview: Houllier&#8217;s men unbeaten in last 17 games against their Midland rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ian Murphy<\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"58.3906903766\">\n<div readability=\"15.9696969697\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL ,Liverpool vs Aston Villa, Gerard Houllier (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c7cb0be0118484_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL ,Liverpool vs Aston Villa, Gerard Houllier (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"8.86511802173\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag\/football.aspx?portal=OGQCV6S9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/96f76d66kitbagsmall.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Shop for the latest footy kit<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody readability=\"4.5\">\n<tr readability=\"13.5\">\n<td width=\"90%\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong><em><br \/>Aston Villa: <\/em><\/strong><em>Friedel; Walker, Cuellar, Baker, Delph; Downing, Petrov, Makoun, Albrighton; A Young; Bent.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b4743654109187.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While they are flying going forward, <strong>Aston Villa<\/strong> have serious injury problems in defence. Gerard Houllier&#8217;s team have only kept one clean sheet in their last 19 Premier League matches &#8211; something which will give Wolves fans travelling the short distance to Villa Park plenty of hope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ashley Young, subject to plenty of controversy about his Villa future at the moment, has won five penalties this season &#8211; that&#8217;s more than any other player in the Premier League.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Remarkably, Villa have dropped 21 points from winning positions in this campaign, more than any other Premier League team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And only Blackburn Rovers have recovered fewer points from losing positions than Aston Villa &#8211; who have added just two points to their Premier League tally of 33 from a game in which they have fallen behind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>They say 13 is unlucky for some and that is certainly the case for Villa &#8211; who have conceded 13 headed goals this season &#8211; another unwanted Premier League record.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Concentration has clearly been a problem for Villa in recent weeks as they have conceded nine goals in the second half of their last nine games &#8211; with just four first half goals shipped in the same period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wolves<\/strong> fans travelling to Villa Park on Saturday are likely to do so with low expectations. History is certainly in the  home team&#8217;s favour &#8211; Villa are unbeaten in their last 17 matches in all  competitions against Wolves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mick McCarthy&#8217;s men have struggled on the road this season &#8211; winning just one of their last 17 Premier League away matches, a surprising 1-0 victory at Anfield in December.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Like Saturday&#8217;s opponents, Wolves struggle defensively &#8211; with McCarthy\u2019s side having kept just one clean sheet in their last 15 league away matches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>England hopeful Matt Jarvis has been crucial for Wolves this season, his impressive left wing-play often leading to goals. And Wolves&#8217; committment to getting the ball wide is shown in the stats &#8211; the Molineux men have made more crosses than any other side in the Premier League this season (686).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/894a37d1110747hp2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>September 26, 2010: Wolves 1-2 Aston Villa<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Emile Heskey rewarded Gerard Houllier&#8217;s decision to hand him his first Premier League start in over six months when the England striker scored a late header to hand the Frenchman his first league win as Aston Villa manager.<\/p>\n<div><span><em>Follow the Premier League <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on Goal.com:<\/em><\/span><br \/><span><em>Commentaries, Stats, Player Ratings and much more,<\/em><\/span><br \/><span><em>Visit Goal.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/live-scores\/fixtures?tab=all\">Live Scores<\/a>!<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c7cb0be0118484_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/18\/2399151\/aston-villa-wolves-preview-houlliers-men-unbeaten-in-last-17\" title=\"Aston Villa - Wolves Preview: Houllier's men unbeaten in last 17 games against their Midland rivals\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa &#8211; Wolves Preview: Houllier&#8217;s men unbeaten in last 17 games against their Midland rivals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ian Murphy EPL ,Liverpool vs Aston Villa, Gerard Houllier (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit Aston Villa: Friedel; Walker, Cuellar, Baker, Delph; Downing, Petrov, Makoun, Albrighton; A Young; Bent. While they are flying going forward, Aston Villa have serious injury problems in defence. Gerard Houllier&#8217;s team have only kept one clean sheet in their last 19 Premier League matches &#8211; something which will give Wolves fans travelling the short distance to Villa Park plenty of hope. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aston Villa - Wolves Preview: Houllier&#039;s men unbeaten in last 17 games against their Midland rivals - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/aston-villa-wolves-preview-houlliers-men-unbeaten-in-last-17-games-against-their-midland-rivals\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Aston Villa - Wolves Preview: Houllier&#039;s men unbeaten in last 17 games against their Midland rivals - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ian Murphy EPL ,Liverpool vs Aston Villa, Gerard Houllier (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit Aston Villa: Friedel; Walker, Cuellar, Baker, Delph; Downing, Petrov, Makoun, Albrighton; A Young; Bent. 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