Wolverhampton Wanderers welcome Arsenal to Molineux in a rearranged Premier League clash, as both teams fight for places in Europe next season.
After Watford’s draw with Southampton, Wolves can move back into seventh with victory whereas Arsenal will go fourth with at least a point.
Team news
Embed from Getty ImagesWolves have a full squad available with Nuno Espirito Santos expected to rotate his squad again.
Arsenal have no fresh injury concerns as Aaron Ramsey (thigh) and Dennis Suarez (muscle) remain sidelined.
Granit Xhaka however could feature if passes a late assessment on his hip injury.
Hector Bellerin, Rob Holding (both knee) and Danny Welbeck (ankle) remain long-term absentees.
Stat Attack
- Wolves are winless in their last 20 meetings with Arsenal across all competitions (D4, L16).
- At home, Wolves have taken just a single point from their last eight meetings with the Gunners with their last home win coming in October 1978 when won 1-0.
- Wolves’ Conor Coady has three own goals to his name this season, more than any other Premier League player.
- Four shots here will see Raul Jimenez become the first Wolves player to produce 100 shots in a single Premier League season,
- Arsenal’s Lucas Torreira has converted 28.6% of his 21 shots into efforts on target compared to Wolves’ Ruben Neves who has only put 17.9% of his 67 shots onto goal.
Prediction
Wolves were unlucky to get a win at the weekend whereas Arsenal were just simply undone by poor defending against Crystal Palace.
I am therefore expecting another tight game between two attacking teams but Wolves’ poor form against Arsenal is a huge concern, so am going for a late away winner.
Prediction: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Arsenal
Jake predicts: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Arsenal
Result: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Arsenal