Arsenal vs Wolves predicted XIs: Team news and probable line-ups
Arsenal have finished second in the Premier League for the last two seasons, but they hope to go one better in the new campaign.
Predicted XIs:
Arsenal (4-3-3): Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli.
Wolves (3-4-2-1): Sa; Lima, Mosquera, T Gomes; Semedo, Lemina, J Gomes, Ait-Nouri; R Gomes, Larsen; Hwang.
Mikel Arteta’s men open up their 2024/25 season with a visit from Wolves, who they completed the league double over last season.
Wolves finished in a comfortable 14th place in 2023/24 but they will be aiming to break into the top half over the next nine months.
Arsenal vs Wolves kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday, August 17th and will be played at the Emirates Stadium in London.
Arsenal vs Wolves Team News
Kieran Tierney, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Fabio Vieira and Jurrien Timber look set to miss out, but Riccardo Calafiori looks set to make his debut for the Gunners at left-back.
The Gunners have made few changes over the summer and Mikel Arteta is likely to stick with his first-choice side that pushed Manchester City all the way last season.
Wolves will be without the injured Matheus Cunha, Daniel Podence, Enso Gonzalez and Leon Chiwome, while Hugo Bueno has left on loan and Max Kilman and Pedro Neto have been sold to West Ham and Chelsea, respectively.
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Wolves an easy target for Gunners
Wolves won three of their five pre-season friendlies but lost both league matches to the Gunners last season and it is hard to see them coming away with anything from the Emirates.
Gary O’Neil’s side were beaten 1-0 by Rayo Vallecano on Sunday and Arsenal represent a huge step up in class to the mediocre Spanish outfit.
Arsenal have made few changes in the off-season so a settled side should be able to make a comfortable start to the new campaign, but for Wolves, it may mean they are playing catch-up sooner rather than later.
The Gunners have won the last six meetings against Wolves and it is hard to see anything other than a home victory at the Emirates on Saturday afternoon.
