Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Aston Villa: Head-to-head record and past meetings ahead of Premier League clash

Wolverhampton Wanderers shocked Aston Villa to pick up just their second win of the Premier League season on Friday.

Joao Gomes opened the scoring after an hour before Rodrigo Gomes sealed the victory with a stoppage-time strike, handing the Old Gold a 2-0 win against their Black Country rivals.

Here, Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and past meetings between Villa and Wolves ahead of Friday night's contest.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 140

Wolves wins: 46

Draws: 35

Aston Villa wins: 59

Wolves and Aston Villa have faced each other a total of 140 times across all competitions, with the Lions leading the head-to-head record having posted 59 wins to the Old Gold's 46, while there have also been 35 draws between these two teams.

The first four meetings between these two sides took place in the FA Cup third round between December 1886 and January 1887 when they played out three score draws before Villa won a third successive replay by a 2-0 scoreline on home soil.

Between 1888 and 1984, Wolves and Aston Villa regularly butted heads in the old Division One, with the Lions claiming 41 wins compared to the Old Gold's 33 across 86 league encounters.

Wolves won 13 games out of 20 over an 11-year period in the 1950s and 1960s, but Villa responded by winning 11 and drawing six of their next 19 league matches that followed over a 21-year period.

In the Premier League era (since 1992-93), Aston Villa and Wolves have faced each other 22 times in the top flight, with the two teams drawn level with eight wins apiece, while the spoils have been shared on six occasions.

Villa initially got the better of Wolves, losing just one of their first eight Premier League meetings (W4 D3), but the Old Gold accumulated seven points across four encounters when they locked horns in the Championship between October 2016 and March 2018.

Since then, Wolves have won seven, drawn three and lost four of their last 13 Premier League meetings with Villa, most recently beating Aston Villa 2-0 at the Molineux in February 2026.