Wolves 3 Derby 0
Ebanks-Blake and Keogh contrived to squander a golden opportunity to increase the home side’s lead on the half-hour mark.
Powell’s slip allowed Ebanks-Blake to advance goalwards with Martin Albrechtsen in tow.
A reverse pass set-up Keogh on the edge of the box but he rolled his shot agonisingly wide.
Ebanks-Blake struck a post with a right-footed shot from 12 yards after Michael Kightly’s surging run and cut-back from the byline in the 39th minute. But the second goal that Wolves had been threatening was soon to arrive.
The next attack resulted in Edwards turning and firing an angled shot across Bywater from the edge of the six-yard box after Albrechtsen’s attempted headed clearance had fallen into his path.
Ebanks-Blake continued to give Derby problems in the second half and forced Bywater into a smothering save with a low shot after 51 minutes before grabbing his second goal of the game - and his 14th of the season - after an hour.
Keogh’s shot from the right-hand side of the area was saved by Bywater’s feet but the ball ricocheted back to the Wolves striker, who simply rolled it across the six-yard box for Ebanks-Blake to tap into an empty net.
Derby posed little threat to a well organised Wolves defence. Michael Mancienne’s sliding block to deflect Ruben Zadkovich’s 12-yard shot wide was the closest the visitors came to a goal.
