With only their second away win of the campaign Wolves claimed their first victory over Aston Villa with a 1-0 win at Villa Park. These three points boost Wolves survival hopes in the top flight but drag Villa back into the relegation mix.
The visitors deserved their success having had two first-half efforts disallowed before they finally took the lead when Matt Jarvis drove home just before the break.
Ashley Young had the host's best chance when he rattled the cross bar late on but overall Wolves were worthy winners and move to within a point of their local rivals.
Referee: Phil Dowd
Venue: Villa Park Attendance: 38,965
Villa scorers: Wolves scorers: Jarvis 38
ASTON VILLA 01 Friedel 24 Cuellar 32 Baker (Delph 33) 36 Walker 06 Downing 07 Young (yellow card) 12 Albrighton (Agbonlahor 61) 17 Makoun 20 Reo-Coker (Pires 60) 31 Herd 39 Bent
Substitutes 33 Marshall, 08 Pires, 13 Bradley, 16 Delph, 19 Petrov, 11 Agbonlahor, 18 Heskey
WOLVES 13 Hennessey 03 Elokobi (yellow card) 05 Stearman (yellow card) 16 Berra 32 Foley (yellow card) 08 Henry 17 Jarvis (Ward 80) 19 Hammill (Ebanks-Blake 64) 20 Milijas 24 O'Hara 29 Doyle
Substitutes 01 Hahnemann, 06 Craddock, 11 Ward, 07 Kightly, 14 Jones, 09 Ebanks-Blake, 10 Fletcher
