Wolves manager Rob Edwards(Image: Brett Patzke - Wolves via Getty Images)

Rob Edwards has called on his Wolves players to show passion against Aston Villa, saying his side's performance "needs to look like it matters."

The Premier League’s bottom club need two more points to surpass Derby County’s record-low total of just 11 points, set during the 2007/08 campaign.

Their opponents on Friday night, Villa, are also in need of a victory after winning only one of their last five matches.

Dropping points at home to Everton, Brentford and Leeds in recent weeks has seen their cushion inside the top five shrink to six points.

“Villa are obviously a brilliant team, with an amazing manager, and they’ve got a real clear way of playing,” Edwards said. “We know big elements of what the game is going to look like and what we’re going to need to do to make sure that we’re competitive in the game.

“But we’ll also respect that it’s a midlands derby as well, and there needs to be a lot of passion on show. To not be too robotic, it needs to look like it matters...