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title: "Wolves: Mark Lawrenson tips Black Country club to prosper over Aston Villa"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Nathan Linley"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-03-05T16:10:05Z"
modified: "2021-03-05T16:10:05Z"
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# Wolves: Mark Lawrenson tips Black Country club to prosper over Aston Villa

**Wolves are set to take on Aston Villa on Saturday evening in what is a crunch clash for Nuno Espirito Santo’s side.**

### Lawrenson reacts

The Black Country club are currently 12th in the Premier League table with just two wins from their last five outings and will look to react after their [4-1](https://www.fotmob.com/livescores/3411634/matchfacts/manchester-city-vs-wolverhampton-wanderers) defeat to Manchester City last time out.

Villa are [three places above](https://www.fotmob.com/teams/8602/table/wolverhampton-wanderers) them in the standings but have two games in hand – as well as three more wins to their name this season.

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Speaking to [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56243403), Lawrenson believes that their performance at the Etihad will galvanise them into gaining three points against their Midland rivals.

He said: “Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were well beaten in the end by Manchester City in midweek but they were still hard to break down. They didn’t get much of a chance to attack against City but, apart from that game, they have had a bit more bite recently too.”

Lawrenson went on to predict that Wolves would beat Dean Smith’s side 1-0 in a closely-fought contest.

### Transfer Tavern Verdict

Wolves definitely illustrated glimpses of promises last time out as they went toe-to-toe with the league leaders, which shows why the scoreline was harsh on the visitors.

They can temporarily move into the top 10 with a win as they will have played more than the teams around them, and there is no reason why they can’t do just that.

*In other news, **[Tim Spiers speaks out on future of “outstanding” Wolves gem.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-transfer-rumours/wolves-tim-spiers-speaks-out-on-max-kilman-rumours/)***