Aston Villa v Wolves - Matt Maher preview
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00:00Good afternoon from Bodemoor Heath where Unai Emery has held his press conference ahead of tomorrow's derby with Wolves at Villa Park.
00:10Villa looking to make it four wins from the first five Premier League games if they get a victory tomorrow which would equal their best start to a Premier League season since 1998.
00:23Good news on the injury front regarding Oli Watkins, there were a few concerns for him after he was shown ice in his ankle after coming off the pitch against Young Boys on Tuesday night.
00:35Watkins is 100% fit says Emery and he's good to go. Not so good news for Jadon Filigin, the winger who's yet to really get going after returning to Villa in the summer.
00:47He's taken a kick the last seconds of the game against Everton last week in the same place that he took a kick just prior to the international break which forced him to miss the Leicester game.
00:58So he wasn't around on Tuesday in Switzerland and he's not available for tomorrow either.
01:03It's not a serious problem but I suppose just a bit of a frustrating one more for the player who obviously wants to get going after his return to Villa Park this summer but it's just not really happened for him so far.
01:19Obviously Wolves arriving at Villa in a very different form to the hosts, they've only got one point from the first four games but Unai Emery saying that the first thing he has for any team in the Premier League is respect and he's pointed out that Wolves last season won at Chelsea, won at Tottenham, had a very good record against the big six and I think you've got to put Villa up in that category now as one of the best teams in the league.
01:48And he also pointed out that the game at Villa Park last season was a tough one as well for his team. Obviously that was a day that Wolves just didn't have any strikers but Villa took their time really to break them down and so Emery, Villa you would say are favourites but I think Unai Emery doesn't think it's going to be an easy game for them and I think there's a few of us who think the same as well.