Saturday 20 September 1980 at Villa Park (Att 26,881)

Aston Villa (1) 2 (Hughes 3og, Geddis 84): Rimmer, Swain, Gibson, Evans, McNaught, Mortimer, Bremner, Geddis, Withe, Cowans, Morley; Sub Donavan.
Wolves (0) 1 (Eves 69): Bradshaw, Palmer, Brazier, Atkinson, Hughes, Berry, Villazan, Carr, Bell (Clarke 68), Richards, Eves.

Referee: Mr P Reeves (Leicester).
Order of Goals: a,W,a.
Position: 16th.