Matt Jarvis looking for a history repeat

Matt Jarvis is hoping history repeats itself tomorrow at Villa Park – in more ways than one.

First, the 25-year-old in-form winger is looking to help Mick McCarthy's side maintain their 100 per cent start at a venue where he scored the only goal last season to give Wolves their first victory in 31years.

And Jarvis has his fingers crossed that another starring role in B6 leads to an England call-up, with the squad for the forthcoming qualifiers against Bulgaria and Wales announced tomorrow night.

It was after his winner at Villa in March that Jarvis won his first call-up from Fabio Capello, coming on as substitute in the 1-1 friendly draw against Ghana.

"We got a great result there last season and I was pleased with the goal," said Jarvis, who also scored in the 2-1 defeat at home to Villa the previous September.

"I got the England call-up on the back of that, so hopefully the same happens again.

"The squad is named this weekend and I'd love to be back in."

Having gained four points from the last six on offer at Villa Park, Jarvis says the players are relishing the chance to pit their wits in such illustrious surroundings.

"We've had some good results at Villa Park in the past and we're looking to continue that," he continued. "It's a fantastic place to play and the pitch is always in great condition – that helps us because we want to play good football."

Having been involved in all four goals Wolves have scored in the Premier League this season, Jarvis looks back to his best.

And he admits his own clinical form seems to be being mirrored by the team.

"What we're doing this season is managing to score when we're on top and playing well," he said. "Last season, we had good spells but maybe didn't get the goals.

"My role in the team is to create chances and I'm pleased to have been able to get the assists and a goal myself to help the team to three points on both occasions so far. So I'm pleased with how I'm playing.

"Last season was fantastic and I had some real highs with the England call-up then winning a cap, then us staying up."

Jarvis admits his form dipped after his England recognition.

But he believes he is scaling the heights again now and is coping with the additional pressure of being a 'name' player.

"After coming back from England duty, I still played but maybe not to as high a standard as before," he confessed.

"But I got back into the team and have provided assists and I feel I've pushed on again.

"So it's a relief to have had a good pre-season and to feel fit and ready and having started well.

"It's also good to get an early goal as a real confidence booster.

"To score more myself is one of my aims as well as keeping my numbers of assists high, and getting in as many quality crosses as I can. There's always pressure but I think I put more pressure on myself than anyone else to keep my standards high."

And, just like last season when he was dropped for the Albion home game, Jarvis knows he can ill afford to allow his standards to slip – or the axe will fall again.

"I don't think the gaffer expects anything less – if any of us dip under those standards, we won't play," he said.

"So we have to keep those levels of performance and, at the moment, everyone is right up there.

"If we can keep that going we've got a great chance of doing well."

Jarvis is also looking forward to tomorrow's derby as it's a chance for fans to compare him with Villa's big summer signing, £9.5m man Charles N'Zogbia.

"Tomorrow promises to be a very good game – it's their second Premier League home match in a row, so they'll be looking to do it in front of their home fans. It's a derby, too, so our supporters will be in good numbers and they'll be a great atmosphere," he said.

"N'Zogbia is a fine player and that's why they paid so much money for him. I'm sure he'll do well for them."

N'Zogbia's arrival at Villa offset the loss of Ashley Young and Stewart Downing for upwards of £35m and it's those sort of mind-boggling sums that prompts Jarvis to warn Wolves they can't realistically compete with Villa just yet.

"It's hard to say because they've been in the Premier League for a long time and they've earned the right to say they're an established top-flight side," he added.

"We've done extremely well to have stayed up for two seasons but we need to keep progressing by maintaining Premier League status before we can class ourselves as an established Premier League side.

"But we've had a fantastic start. Everyone had a good pre-season, when we won games, which is always nice preparation to go into the campaign and we've played very well. We've kept the ball and created chances in every game."