Aston Villa and Wolves played out a dour Midlands derby with both clubs keeping up their unbeaten starts to the new season. A point sees Mick McCarthy’s side rise to the top of the Premier League for a few hours at least, with Villa moving into fourth.
Chances were few and far between at Villa Park as both sides seemed content to take a share of the spoils with Alex McLeish coming through his first derby game unscathed as manager of the hosts.
He will be very unhappy that his side failed to hit the target in the first half despite an attack boasting the likes of Darren Bent, Emile Heskey, Charles N’Zogbia and Gabriel Agbonlahor.
Heskey was guilty of wasting a glorious chance to open the scoring heading inches wide from an Agbonlahor cross. Wolves also had chances of their own with Stephen Hunt’s header being tipped wide by Shay Given.
The home side cranked up the pressure in the second half with Agbonlahor testing Wayne Hennessey with a low drive before Richard Dunne thought he had broken the deadlock only for his header to be nodded off the line by Wolves striker Kevin Doyle.
Come the final whistle both sides seemed pleased with a point which consolidated their strong start to the new campaign.
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