Aston Villa 1-0 Wolves: Boubacar Kamara extends winning run with stunning winner

Boubacar Kamara scored perhaps the smoothest goal you'll see all season in the Premier League, and Aston Villa snuck away with a 1-0 victory over a much-improved, but still winless, Wolves side on Sunday.

WATCH — Aston Villa v Wolves full match replay

Wolves had the ball in the back of the net in the 16th minute but it was ruled out for an offside player interfering with Emiliano Martinez's field of vision. They had one or two more chances between then and the hour mark, but Martinez made four saves and Kamara provided a moment of magic in the 67th. John McGinn played him the ball at the top of the box and in one swift move, Kamara cushioned the ball and struck it sweet as can be, into the top corner.

The victory sends Aston Villa (24 points) up to 4th in the PL table, in the thick of the UEFA Champions League race once again. Wolves (2 points) remain bottom of the table, still nine points away from safety.

What’s next?

• Brighton vs Aston Villa — Wednesday (2:30 pm ET)

• Wolves vs Nottingham Forest — Wednesday (2:30 pm ET)

Aston Villa vs Wolves live updates - by Andy Edwards

Aston Villa vs Wolves final score: 1-0

Goalscorers: Boubacar Kamara (67')

GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Wolves: Kamara fires an arrow into the top corner (67')

NO GOAL! Strand Larsen scores but Arias interferes with GK while offside (16')

Aston Villa starting lineup

Martinez - Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne - Kamara, Tielemans, Rogers - McGinn, Buendia, Malen

Wolves starting lineup

Johnstone - Tchatchoua, Agbadou, Mosquera, T. Gomes, Moller Wolfe - Andre, J. Gomes, Bellegarde - Strand Larsen, Arias

How to watch Aston Villa vs Wolves live, stream link and start time

Kick off time: 9:05am ET SundayVenue: Villa Park — Aston, BirminghamTV Channel: USAStreaming: Watch online via NBC.com

Edwards oversaw a decent fight but another Wolves loss in his first game in charge of the club for whom he played 111 games during his days as a center back. He went 0-0-2 against Villa as Luton Town's manager in 2023-24. A win would be huge considering Wolves are on a horrifying run — 2D-10L in the league with no goals scored in their last seven halves of Premier League football.

Villa's awful start to the Premier League season is a thing of the past. After claiming just one point from their first three matches and three from their first five, Unai Emery's men have won six of seven including wins at Tottenham Hotspur and home to Manchester City. The Europa League has also been pretty good to Villa, who beat Young Boys 2-1 at home on Thursday in a match that was overshadowed by problems with the visiting supporters. Villa open the weekend in fourth place with 21 points, two behind second-place Chelsea and eight back of leaders Arsenal before those Londoners kick off later Sunday.

Aston Villa team news, focus

OUT: Tyrone Mings (hamstring), Andres Garcia (undisclosed)

Wolves team news, focus

OUT: Dan Bentley (ankle), Rodrigo Gomes (groin), Leon Chiwone (knee) | QUESTIONABLE: Matt Doherty (knee)

Aston Villa vs Wolves prediction

This does have a recipe for an upset if you buy into Edwards engineering a good game plan over the past week. Emery limited the minutes of his top dogs on Thursday in the Europa League, though, so this isn't a traditional UEL rebound. Still... Aston Villa 1-1 Wolves.