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Hello and welcome to coverage from the Premier League of Wolves vs Aston Villa.

The two sides will start the match with very different objectives, one desperately trying to pick up points to avoid the inevitable, while the other attempts to keep the league’s big beasts behind them in the race for Champions League football next season.

Wolves welcome Villa to Molineux – the first of three home games in the space of a week. Liverpool are visitors on Tuesday, and again in the FA Cup next Friday.

And manager Rob Edwards says it is time for his players to lift themselves for the fight. Edwards said: “We’re here to fight and show how good we are. The players have always got something to fight for, these next three games in particular, and they shouldn’t be difficult to get up for at all.

“We understand the scale of the task and we know we’re not going to be favourite in any of the games, but we’ve got to make sure that we bring our best.”

In contrast, Villa boss Unai Emery sounded downbeat, claiming it is going to be “very, very difficult” for Aston Villa to maintain their top-three position in the table after picking up only five points from four league games.

Emery said: “I know it’s going to be very, very difficult to keep our position. Why? Because we have three teams behind us: United, Chelsea and Liverpool. Our position for them is their objective, their priority and their challenge, and they have the power to get us.

“Of course, our challenge is to try to keep the advantage we have now, and try to play looking forward, and tomorrow, three points, no more. We are going to fight, day by day, next week, next month, very exciting moments. Everything can happen, but exciting moments.”

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