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Image: Confirmed Arsenal team to take on Wolves tonight

Arsenal are at the Molineux as they look to beat Wolves in their Premier League clash tonight.

The Gunners will be weary of the threat posed by their opponents, despite the fact that they are winless in their last eight PL matches.

Nuno Esprito Santo’s side beat us at the Emirates during our torrid run of results not too long ago, but their fortunes have turned around drastically since, as has ours, but only one was for the worse.

Wolves form may well have been hit by the loss of Raul Jimenez, who has been sidelined since a clash of heads with David Luiz, and his return is yet to pencilled in.

We already knew that we would be without both Kieran Tierney and Mat Ryan, but Bukayo Saka’s return will hopefully see us return to winning ways after our draw with Manchester United at the weekend.

What do you expect the scoreline to be having seen the line-up?

Patrick

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  2. Good to see Saka back and Auba as well. Great lineup. COYG let’s go for a 2-0 win like we did last time out at the molineux.

  4. On current form, this is actually our best 11. Let me see how they will perform against Wolves today.

    Anything than a win I will be disappointed.

    I believe we will win.

  5. Wolves 1–3 to Arsenal,I think odegaad should start ahead of smith Rowe tonight,lets see how first half goes then if it doesn’t go well,come second half we do the damage.

  6. Love the look of the line up
    All player picked are in form and the bench looks top quality if needed .
    COYG

  10. Willian Jose’s hold-up play and height would likely make our CBs’ lives difficult tonight. I hope Holding or Luiz could handle him, otherwise he could be Ollie Watkins 2.0 and bring the other Wolves into play

    Traore would also likely pin Soares down in our half. I hope Pepe could help him out

  11. I do not know why this line up is filling me with so much excitement.

    I hope we destroy Wolves. But they are a tough team to beat, so any type of win would be great.

  12. They beat us at Emirates. They showed us we were pushovers. No way will they let that happen to them at their own place.

  15. Cautiously optimistic about the game.

    Only concern is that Wolves are due a win, statistically speaking. Still a good team

    COYG

  16. An excellent selection by MA…. imagine if Tierney was available as well!!!
    Looking forward to seeing a positive performance tonight and going above the spuds, I believe?!

  17. Kstix. Tierney is the only good missing link in this selection.
    Cedric has been good lately. Bellerin has just been okay.
    I pray Tierney comes back quicker and stronger. Then Bellerin is replaced with Cedric on the right.

  25. Id rather have Bellerin LB and Cedric RB in all honesty.

    Bellerin might as well not attack and not cross on the left and leave Cedric on his best side.

      1. Credit where it’s due
        And I was not criticising Pépé
        I was saying that Everything is going through right side and Pépé seems spectator..

  37. ESR isn’t getting into the game too much…maybe give him a bit of a rest and Odegaard on early in the 2nd half

    1. We only have ourselves to blame luiz is an absolute disgrace so unprofessional to do that and has probably cost us 3pts. We should have been out of site by now I bloody fuming with players like luiz

      1. Why are you so bias man?.Its like you have something personal against some the players. How is this a red card?

    3. The referee should’ve watched the replay carefully. Willian Jose planned to go down and Luiz was innocent

      1. 100% clipped his back foot. Accidental of course but definitely made contact

        Notice zero contest from Luiz to the ref….why do you think he didn’t protest?

        1. He clearly didn’t touch him form where I’m watching .
          Jon moss in the VAR so it does not surprise me .
          Absolute joke and 3 points robbed form us ,disgusting decision

      2. Honestly. English referees suck. Like they have no integrity. How was that a penalty? What about when Saka fell in the box early on? Of what use is the VAR?

  45. Dont know if that was a correct call.. looked like that guy tripped on his feet.
    That was not a foul by Luiz but.. need to regroup in the second half.
    COYG!

  47. Today’s the day it begins to unravel for us. Badly.
    At least we’re still better than at most five teams in the prem.

    1. Can’t say am surprised. He gave away the exact type of penalty vs Chelsea last season. He NEVER learns!. He is incapable of changing..he just can’t help himself bringing down players through on goal.

    1. My point exactly..d guy trip him self and ruiz was made d scape goat…poor officiating from the ref really

  54. VAR doing what it always does. We can understand the referees decision but the VAR ref has no excuse at all.

    1. My point exactly..d guy trip him self and ruiz was made d scape goat…poor officiating from the ref really

    1. Should never have been in our penalty area anyway cant blame arteta for that but I do blame him for picking that centre half pairing

  56. Arsenal will always be arsenal. Missing sitters, creating plenty chances but no conversion, giving away careless pens.

  57. And how the hell referee allowed the game above 2 mins??
    When Leno took Goal Kick there were 4-5 seconds remaining.. How the hell referee allowed above 2 mins

  59. Ffs that is not a red card, Luiz clearly tripped then hit the wolves player. Pen yes red card hell no.

  62. Hope this is Luiz”s last game in an Arsenal shirt. We were playing so well until we started the sideways Bob show and gave Wolves too much of the ball.

  63. am sure VAR hasnt decided, thats not red. i hope the red is ovuertune, great game, lack of concentration right at the end affected us, we are still in it though, hopefully the red is overturn

    1. Apparently had he kicked the player he would have only got a yellow card but because it was accidental it has to be red. What a total load of rubbish and for me who ever makes up this shit needs kicking out of the game

    1. There wasn’t mate ,shocking call from the corrupt officials once again ,I’ve watched it 20 times I see no contact what so ever ,ref at least should have gone over to check but he can’t unless VAR tell him but because it’s Jon moss hes said refs call stands .
      Absolutely disgusting

  67. Text book example of switching off. It’s a harsh business and while red card is harsh, Luiz only has himself to blame for being in that position. Bloody hell.

  68. We pushed up with seconds to go and left ourselves exposed for a counter. Stupid team mistakes as usual..

  69. From watching the first half and feeling really good to ending the half like that! I not sure why Arteta is not using Mari or Gabriel and trying to forge the long term partnership between them and holding??? How much longer will Luiz be an arsenal player? IMO I think we should be developing the players that will be here for the long term. It seems crazy to me that he’s on the pitch.
    I’m sure he’s a great influence on and off the pitch but the other players need to be playing together so they know each other’s game.

  72. For everyone complaining…..zero complaint from Luiz, clear sign of guilt

    Ian Wright no argument either

    Accidental yes but a foul

    Also Luiz out of position to create the situation

    1. Are you sure you’re a Gooner or just support some Gunners/ ex-Gunners? Luiz protested and Willian Jose touched Luiz, not the other way around

      1. lol so because he is an arsenal fan he must always be biased for arsenal? thats just crazy, it is good that he is telling how he saw it even if it is not what most on here expect from him -> to be biased and support blindly

    2. Not that it was just accidental, the attacker actually the one to hit Davids knee..a foul maybe but definitely not a red card.
      DID VAR ACTUALLY CHECK??? THAT WAS QUICK

  73. Wow…arteta almost hitting gold gradually… Converts saka from LW to RW boom star is born…boy will scores loads of goals …

    Now converts pepe from RW to LW.. Boom a beast is reborn…boy will score loads of goals too..

    Now laca hold up play and ESR quick transition and partey grit and xhaka passes….damn….we might be in for a storied season guys..

    I was thinking prolly a conversion might help willian too cuz that guy is a baller on his day…

    Arteta over to u…..As for defence we in beast mode one of the best in Europe currently….. Can feel Our glory days getting closer

    1. Totally missed the Luis drama…and I was just praising our defence…
      Seems arteta needs a little extra tweak there….no more error prone defenders…Luiz shud b back up for now just like mustafi was…mari,holding, gab ,chambers for now..

      We don’t need errors costing us again like early season please…

      We might still win the game, if we don’t switch off totally… Aston villa did last yr with 10 men emphatically

  74. Ladies and Gentlemen David Luiz the supposed leader of Arteta’s arsenal..How many penalties and red cards has this guy caused….How many points has he cost us..
    A very good Double agent… I for one can’t wait to see the back of him..

  75. Partey on a yellow and now down to 10 men is a big concern, can’t make challenges at an all out level now

  76. Wolves were without a goal for how long…Not won a game this year..And this will be their first victory..

  77. So who’s going to go off to make way for Gabriel? I’d take Lacazette, he’s hardly been in the game.

    1. Lacazette’s hold-up skill is too important for the team, so I’d take Partey since he’s got a yellow card

    1. We cant keep shooting ourselves in the foot and then blaming VAR..it’s so unbecoming…
      June can’t come sooner…Let the fraud Luiz get the hell out of my club..

  79. As some of us have already said, only got ourselves to blame. Brain fart moments could cost us the points again? Let’s wait and see..

    1. That shud have been the change,

      Three man defence, pepe and saka can play wing backs…. Join defence and attack…laca hold up to get ESR ,pepe and saka into the game…

      Let’s see how it goes, still proud of the boys though

  81. Look, let’s keep the positivity. Arsenal have shown enough regardless of what happens today to show that they can be serious contenders next year. Tierney back, Cedric replacing Bellein a real striker and another midfielder who can cross over between attack and defence will be hard to stop.

    1. I dont know about anyone else but I’m getting sick and tired of fans saying next season I’m concerned about this bloody season

      1. Get real Perry, this game is shot.I don’t think Mr. Sleepy, Aubameyang can save this on his own. Arsenal can still go on a good run,but so many things have to go right. And just as I’m writing this!!!

    1. MA must take some of the blame for playing our most volatile CB when others are fit.

      Furious,there goes any hope of top 6. Will likely end 8th

  86. These things happen. Luiz should just let them score. We could regroup and come back at them second half. It’s going to be much harder second half. But I think we can still hurt them on counter. I would sacrifice Bellerin move Saka to left Move Cedric to right.

  87. So disappointed… until that last minute we had such a great half.. and now we’ve ended Wolves’ poor run…

  88. That’s it 2-1 down already game over thanks a lot Luiz you useless piece of crap please do not extend his contract show him the exit door!!

    1. He should have let Willian Jose to Score
      It wouldn’t have mattered at all because we would pin down wolves in 2nd half
      These things happen but it was horrible decision making by Luiz

  90. Bellerin a huge liability again, has done nothing for the umpteenth game this season.

    Basically Walcott…jogs forward then passes back.

  91. Wolves is likely to turn up the heat now. I say we sit back and put all our energy in a swift and precise counter.

  92. Really deflated. I would say we were really unlucky not to be 3 goal up in the first half. What a game of football. How things can change.

  94. Well, it seems Arteta has another failing, he has obviously never seen the “Princess Bride”, because if he had he would know the two basics truths in life. You never start a land war in Asia, and you never play David Luiz in a “back four”.

    1. Losing to Wolves after dominating for 47 minutes is inconceivable (I do not think that word means what I think it means)

  96. The officials are unfair and Arsenal should complain about this tomorrow! I can’t watch such low quality officiation anymore

  97. If a team is ever out of form….we are ALWAYS the best team to play.

    How many times over the years have we fallen to a desperately out of form team

    1. Thinking the same thing PJ. It is written in the wind. We are the team that makes things happen for others. Out of form players over perform and young players who make their debut often score. Thinking Rooney for Everton,way back when.

  100. Luis talks too much off the pitch. Sometimes I think he wants to be the coach. Common sense I guess isn’t so common with him.

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