Wolves 2 (Kightly 31, 75)

Burnley 0

A Michael Kightly double saw Wolves home in a game against Burnley that the Molineux men dominated throughout.

The win, and Birmingham's failure to beat Nottingham Forest, meant that Mick McCarthy's men opened up a six point gap at the top of the table.

Carlos Edwards returned to the side in place of Michael Gray as the only change to the side that had beaten Cardiff a week earlier.

Burnley kicked-off attacking the North Bank end but the first threat came from Wolves with less than two minutes gone when a timely tackle from Stephen Jordan denied Dave Jones who had run onto Kightly's through pass.

Clarke Carlisle's attempted clearance of an Edwards centre ballooned up in the air but Brian Jensen managed to claim the ball before Sylvan Ebanks-Blake could prosper.

Wanderers were well on top and Karl Henry drove narrowly over from just inside the box after a Jones corner had been half cleared.

With ten minutes gone Stephen Ward's long throw found its way through to Ebanks-Blake on the far side of the box. The striker rammed a low cross through the Burnley six-yard box with no home player able to get a touch.

Steven Caldwell then cleared Ebanks-Blake's threaded pass to Chris Iwelumo with the two Jones' corners that followed causing problems for the visiting defence before the referee gave a foul for a push on the keeper.

Edwards won the ball on the left and raced clear but his low cross was turned behind for an unproductive corner. Then Jordan went into the book for a late challenge on Edwards.

The lead that Wolves deserved finally arrived with 31 minutes gone. Kightly found Ebanks-Blake whose shot was blocked. But the ball bounced into the path of Kightly who struck the post with his first shot but made no mistake with the rebound (pictured). Jensen went into the book for dissent before the game restarted.

Ebanks-Blake drove across the face of goal after a build up involving Kightly and Iwelumo who then drove wide of near post in Wolves' next attack after the visiting defence had failed to clear its lines.

Richard Stearman went on a 50-yard run into the Burnley half before finding Edwards who drove over the bar then, in stoppage time, Jensen saved an Iwelumo header after a well constructed Wolves move.

Half-Time: Wolves 1 Burnley 0

Carlisle was shown the yellow card shortly after the resumption after he had clattered into Ebanks-Blake.

Wolves continued to force The Clarets back and Kightly wasn't far away with a shot wide of the far post after he had worked a shooting angle for himself.

A rare Burnley attack saw Carl Ikeme clutching onto a Chris Eagles shot at the second attempt but Wolves were soon back on the front foot with Ebanks-Blake volleying into the arms of Jensen.

Ward, who was having a fine game in defence, ended Wade Elliott's dangerous run into the Wolves box with a perfectly executed tackle.

The bookings list grew with Robbie Blake - for dissent, and Joey Gudjonsson - for a foul on Stearman, being cautioned either side of a reprimand for Caldwell for a dangerous aerial challenge on Ebanks-Blake.

A towering header from Ebanks-Blake flashed narrowly wide after a cross from Ward and Jensen made a fine reflex save to push over Stearman's header from Jones' corner.

Jones was yellow carded for a holding offence on Chris McCann before he was just off target with a shot on the turn after Ebanks-Blake had nodded down Kightly's cross.

Former Molineux midfielder Gudjonsson had a low shot booted clear by Ward before Kightly struck again with 75 minutes gone. The winger began the move by sending Ebanks-Blake away on the right and he was perfectly positioned to sweep home the precise centre that followed from his team-mate.

Four minutes later Carlisle was dismissed after being shown a second yellow - again for a foul on Ebanks-Blake.

Wolves were rarely troubled in the closing minutes and they almost increased their lead when Andy Keogh's shot bounced off fellow substitute Dave Edwards and went behind after a deep centre from Jones.

Wolves: Ikeme, Foley, Ward, Henry (capt), Stearman, Mancienne, Kightly, Jones, Ebanks-Blake (Vokes 87), Iwelumo (Keogh 78), C. Edwards (D. Edwards 82).

Unused subs: Hennessey, Collins.

Booking: Jones (69 - holding).

Burnley: Jensen, Alexander, Carlisle, Caldwell (capt), Gudjonsson (MacDonald 76), Elliott, McCann, Blake (Paterson 68), Jordan, Thompson (Rodriguez 63), Eagles.

Unused subs: Penny, Duff.

Referee: D. Deadman.

Bookings: Jordan (27 - foul), Jensen (32 - dissent), Carlisle (47 - foul), Blake (56 - dissent), Gudjonsson (60 - foul), Carlisle (80 - foul), MacDonald (89 - kicking the ball away at free-kick).

Sending-Off: Carlisle (79 - two bookable offences).

Attendance: 23,711.

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Golden Goal Time: 30 minutes 29 seconds.