Wolves welcome Arsenal to Molineux in a midweek Premier League clash.
Victory will send Wolves up to 13th, whereas Arsenal could leap up to sixth for at least 24 hours.
Team News
Romain Saiss is a doubt for Wolves with a knock which forced him to miss Saturday’s defeat at Crystal Palace.
Rayan Ait Nouri, Fernando Marcal (both groin), Raul Jimenez (head) and Jonny (knee) remain absent.
Arsenal could be without Alexandre Lacazette after he was substituted during Saturday’s draw against Manchester United with a head injury.
Kieran Tierney, Pablo Mari and Dani Ceballos back after the trio missed recent matches with calf injuries, whilst Bukayo Saka (hip) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (personal) could also return if deemed fit enough.
Stat Attack
- Wolves have lost just one of their last five meetings against Arsenal (W2, D2, L1).
- Arsenal have lost just one of their last six trips to Molineux (W5, L1).
- Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette has scored four goals in his last three away league appearances.
- Three of Arsenal’s four league draws this season finished goalless, with just one of those such draws coming away from the Emirates Stadium – 0-0 at Leeds in November.
- None of Wolves’ 21 league goals this season have come from a free-kick.
Prediction
Wolves delivered a rather defensive performance at Palace with not many attacks until later in the second half, which is quite untypical of their quality especially given how they let Palace run amok on the flanks without many challenges.
Arsenal meanwhile are unbeaten in their last seven matches but did find themselves doing a lot of defending like Wolves on Saturday but did offer more up front in their game, although rash shooting cost them because they could of nicked a win if had been more clinical.
This though feels like Arsenal’s to lose because I can see them going to Molineux and imposing themselves on this game given Wolves’ recent defensive habits and lack of quality threat up front, although this could well be a closely fought contest.
Prediction: Wolves 0-2 Arsenal
Result: Wolves 2-1 Arsenal