Overview
Arsenal had impressive victories in the 2024 summer friendly match series. The Gunners excellently defeated formidable opponents such as Manchester United, Bayer Leverkusen or Lyon. Besides, the "Gunners" are having a series of 6 consecutive victories in the Premier League, scoring 16 goals and conceding only 3 times.
Last season, Arsenal did not play badly and finished second in the Premier League with 89 points. They only lost to defending champion Manchester City by a gap of 2 points. Continuing to harbor the ambition to overthrow The Citizens, the "Gunners" have made quality additions this summer.
Arsenal bought goalkeeper David Raya permanently after a season on loan. In addition, they also invested 45 million Euros to recruit rising Italian midfielder Riccardo Calafiori. Therefore, a victory on the opening day is what Arsenal aims to affirm its strength.
On the other side of the front line, Wolves played disappointingly and only ranked 14th in the Premier League last season. In a series of friendly matches last summer, Gary O'Neil's army also performed unconvincingly with 2 wins and 1 draw.
The Molineux home team's strength was also severely affected after the departure of top stars such as Pedro Neto and Max Kilman.
In terms of head-to-head performance, Arsenal is completely superior to Wolves with 6 consecutive wins. The Gunners also scored 14 goals against the "Wolves" during that period. Therefore, 3 points is a task within the reach of Arteta and his students.
Personnel situation
Arsenal is without the services of Fabio Vieira, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Jurrien Timber due to injury. Meanwhile, Kieran Tierney is not in Arteta's plans.
On the other side of the front line, Wolves' injury list includes Matheus Cunha, Daniel Podence, Enso Gonzalez and Leon Chiwome. In particular, Cunha was their best striker last season with 12 goals (equal to Hwang Hee-chan).
After selling Max Kilman and Pedro Neto, Wolves only brought in two unremarkable rookies, Rodrigo Gomes and Pedro Lima, with a total transfer value of more than 20 million Euros.
Expected lineup:
Arsenal : Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Odegaard, Partey, Rice, Saka, Havertz, Martinelli.
Wolves : Sa, Lima, Mosquera, T. Gomes, Semedo, Lemina, J. Gomes, Ait-Nouri, R. Gomes, Larsen, Hwang.
The match between Arsenal vs Wolves takes place at 9:00 p.m. on August 17 (Vietnam time).
