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By Jonathan Stevenson


From philmcnulty on Twitter: "Loud blast of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" at Molineux. Zep's vocalist Robert Plant is, of course, a devoted Wolverhampton Wanderers fan."

1242: The teams emerge at Molineux, and we all know what that means, don't we? We are teetering on the very brink of action.

From west-ham4europe on 606: "If Portsmouth win today, West Ham are in real trouble. At home to Arsenal tomorrow, not looking good."

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill: "We're in good form, we've been playing well and we're going to come here and go for it."

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy: "It's a Premier League game, we want to get some points from it, doesn't bother me who we're playing. We've not been lacking in confidence, that's why we got the result at Everton."

1234: Molineux, one of the grand old stadia of English football, is where we begin as Wolves and Aston Villa put bragging rights on the line. It's the 99th meeting of two great clubs and, 121 years ago, this was the first league fixture these two ever played as 2,500 fans watched a 1-1 draw at Dudley Road.

From JamieCutteridge on Twitter: "After beating Chelsea last week you just know Villa are going to slip up this week. 1-1 I reckon."

1230: Stevo's predos:
Wolves 1-2 Aston Villa
Birmingham 1-1 Sunderland
Burnley 2-2 Wigan
Hull 1-1 Portsmouth
Tottenham 2-1 Stoke
Chelsea 3-1 Blackburn
Lawro's predictions

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty at Molineux: "Big Midlands derby and an opportunity for both Wolves and Villa to enhance their credentials at Molineux. Mick McCarthy's team can show they mean business in the Premier League against a Villa side that is expected to achieve big things this season. Villa, meanwhile have the chance to build on an outstanding home victory against Chelsea. The game will be played out on a greasy surface - which should add another layer of excitement to what is certain to be a high-tempo game."

1224: Wolves manager Mick McCarthy makes two changes from the side which drew at Everton last time out, Segundo Castillo coming in for Greg Halford in midfield. Fresh from their victory over Chelsea last Saturday, Aston Villa name an unchanged starting line-up.

1221: Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to The Mixer? Good. Now you're acquainted, get stuck in. I love receiving a good text on 81111, and is there a better feeling on earth than being Twittered? If there is, I'm not aware of it. Last but most definitely not least, the debate is under way on 606. You know you love it.

1217: Wolves v Aston Villa line-ups:
Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Zubar, Craddock, Berra, Elokobi, Edwards, Henry, Castillo, Kightly, Ebanks-Blake, Doyle.
Subs: Hahnemann, Stearman, Keogh, Halford, Jarvis, Iwelumo, Milijas.
Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Collins, Dunne, Warnock, Milner, Petrov, Sidwell, Ashley Young, Carew, Agbonlahor.
Subs: Guzan, Luke Young, Delph, Heskey, Reo-Coker, Gardner, Clark.
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).

It's raining
1214: I look out of the window, see a thoroughly miserable day and ask myself this: is only football capable of lifting us out of this autumnal gloom? The potentially spicy Wolves v Aston Villa tie kicks us off at 1245 BST, we've got four of your standard three o'clock starts and then Chelsea-Rovers later. Oh, and a full Football League programme too. Boot-filling time.

1210: It's a safe bet that you, like me, already have half an eye on tomorrow's Premier League fixture list. Chelsea won't though - they can go top of the table if they beat Blackburn today. But that's not until 1730 BST - before then, a 4-0 home win for Tottenham over Stoke would - perhaps temporarily - sent them to the summit. Suddenly it's the league everyone wants to win.

ะพ 12:10 AM

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