WOLVERHAMPTON, England (Reuters) – Struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers stunned high-flying rivals Aston Villa 2-0 on Saturday to end a run of four straight defeats and move out of the Premier League relegation zone.
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde scored the opener in the 12th minute, lighting up Molineux with an angled shot rifled in at the near post after Pablo Sarabia played the ball through, and Matheus Cunha made it 2-0 deep into second-half stoppage time.
The three points, against a side who sealed a Champions League last 16 spot in midweek, lifted Wolves out of the bottom three on a day when relegation-threatened rivals Ipswich Town and Leicester City both lost.
Villa, who made four substitutions at the break and had a goal disallowed in the second half, stayed eighth in the standings — missing an opportunity to close the gap to fourth-placed Manchester City from four points to one.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
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