Wolves hungry for rare win on Aston Villa turf

Only twice in the past five decades have they taken all three points back up the M6 with them – in 2011 when Matt Jarvis scored the game's only goal and in 1980 when John Barnwell's team won 3-1.

On 13 other occasions victory has been beyond them – but Walter Zenga will be confident of adding to that meagre two-win tally. On the road, his team have saved their best form for the big stage so far this season.

They convincingly won 3-1 away at Blues with a deeply impressive second-half comeback.

And at St James' Park they outplayed Rafa Benitez's Newcastle on their own turf, winning 2-0 with a team performance that will hard to top in the coming months.

While Villa have struggled to adapt to Championship life after 28 consecutive years in the top flight, winning just one of 11 games and suffering a humiliating EFL Cup exit at Luton, they are bound to be buoyed after Steve Bruce was appointed as their new boss this week.

One man hoping to be involved at Villa Park is defender Dominic Iorfa.

The 21-year-old has never played at the stadium before and is relishing what he called a 'massive game'.

"I've never been to Villa – it's a big club, a derby game as well," he said "I remember playing against them in a friendly (a 2-2 draw at Molineux at the start of last season) and the atmosphere was electric.

"I'm looking forward to it, it should be a good game and a good atmosphere too.

"It's good playing big games, we had some big games last year against teams like Hull and some of the teams that went up last year but Villa is a massive game.

"Obviously they should be in the Premier League in terms of the stature of the club, so I'm looking forward to it and I know our fans are as well.

"It's a big game and hopefully one we can go and win. "

Iorfa may find himself up against his England Under-21 colleague Jack Grealish tomorrow.

The pair both played at the Banks's Stadium on Tuesday as England beat Bosnia–Herzegovina 5-0.

Iorfa added: "He's a good player and a good friend of mine here.

"I look forward to playing against him obviously, but hopefully we can stop him and win the game."

The international break came at a good time for Zenga's squad.

In particular, it enabled the sorely-missed Jon Dadi Bodvarsson to recover from the groin injury that saw him miss Wolves' last two games, the 2-1 defeats to Wigan Athletic and Norwich City.

Bodvarsson got an hour on the field for Iceland last weekend and it's expected he'll be available tomorrow, while Nouha Dicko is also pushing to start after his two-goal 80-minute display against Crewe in the Checkatrade Trophy last week.

Elsewhere, Zenga may choose to change his defensive line after mistakes led to poor goals being conceded against the Latics and the Canaries. Richard Stearman and Silvio are both options to be brought in.

In midfield, Jack Price and Conor Coady may be recalled if Zenga freshens things up, particularly after David Edwards and Romain Saiss both played for their countries last week. If Moroccan international midfielder Saiss plays he'll be walking a disciplinary tightrope after being booked in his first four Wolves appearances.