Arsenal travel to the Molineux hoping to rectify their title hopes against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Mikel Arteta’s side will be eager to regain their spot at the top of the table as we enter the season's final stages.
Location: Molineux
Date: 20/04/24
Kick-off: 7.30 PM
The Premier League title race has certainly been fascinating from a neutral perspective and once again the visitors find themselves in the title picture. Arsenal are currently second heading into matchday 33, only a point behind current champions Manchester City. Arsenal will be hoping to take a step further than their position of last season, where they were beaten to the title by Manchester City.
The away side recently suffered a huge setback against Aston Villa, which has cost them the top spot. In the same weekend also that Liverpool dropped points against Crystal Palace, which allowed Manchester City to capitalise. The Gunners are still competing on the European front, currently in a stalemate against Bayern Munich heading into the second leg at the Allianz.
Arsenal along with Liverpool will be eager to take any advantage awarded to them, with Manchester City not involved in league action because of their FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea. If Arsenal were to win against Wolves, they would move a point ahead of Manchester City in the league, although a defeat could see them slip to third place and inevitably, they could end up five points behind the current champions.
Arsenal have played 32 games so far this season and have accumulated 71 points thus far – averaging 2.21 points per game. The Gunners currently boast the second-best attack in the league, only a goal-less scored than Manchester City. The real strength behind their league position has been their defence.
Mikel Arteta’s side have conceded only 26 goals this season – averaging 0.78 goals per game conceded per game. The team, in general, are amongst the leaders in clean sheets despite playing two first-choice goalkeepers in Aaron Ramsdale and David Raya.
The hosts, Wolverhampton Wanderers, will be playing Premier League football once again next season. Since his late arrival before the season started, Gary O’Neil has been excellent in guiding his team to a projected mid-table finish.
Wolves though could be harbouring aspirations for a late push for a UEFA Europa Conference League place if they can achieve a solid set of results from now until the end of the season.
The home side are currently 11th after 32 games; however, a win would elevate Gary O’Neil’s side ahead of Chelsea who are ninth. It is worth noting that Chelsea has games in hand over the teams around them. Wolves have recorded a modest points per game average of 1.34 per game, although if they were to construct a late challenge for Europe, they would need to improve their goal difference.
Defensively, they have been below average conceding 51 goals in 32 games – conceding on average 1.59 goals per game. In the most recent league meeting between the two sides, title-chasing Arsenal edged out a closely fought win at the Emirates.
Arsenal raced into a two-goal lead through Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard. Wolves did score a goal late through Matheus Cunha; however, it wasn’t enough for the visitors that day.
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