The Gunners continue to drift in the middle of the standings without any particular chances of clinging to a place even in the top six. At the moment, Mikel Arteta’s team occupies only 11th place in the tournament and is already nine points behind the fourth position, although it was the place in the Champions League Zone that was the main task for the London club for the season. The Spanish specialist still remains at the helm of Arsenal, although rumors about his replacement after the failure in the first part of the current championship have already appeared. However, at the end of December the Gunners suddenly came to life and gave a good segment of seven matches in a row, during which the Londoners managed to achieve five wins and two draws. It was thanks to this spurt that Arsenal rose from the basement of the tournament. However, the team stopped there. In the last two rounds Arsenal have lost both away games to the strong middle peasants of the championship. First, the Gunners lost 1:2 to Wolverhampton and then 0:1 to Aston Villa. At home, Arsenal are not playing much better now than away. At the Emirates the Gunners have played nine matches in the current championship, in which they have achieved only four victories, lost the same number of times and ended one match in a draw. Due to injuries defender Kieran Tierney and midfielder Thomas Party will not be able to take part in this match.
The Wolves are not playing much better in the Premier League than their future rival. In the last round of the championship Wolverhampton managed to defend a draw at home in the confrontation with Leicester (0:0). This is the third match of Nuno Santo’s team in four previous rounds, which they could not lose. Also during this period they completed the world outcome of the match with Chelsea (0:0) and beat Arsenal (2:1), losing only to Crystal Palace (0:1). We must say that the defeat from the “glaziers” was just at a party, where the team looks uncertain. On the road Wolverhamton have not won in six straight games, losing four of them. In addition to Palace, the Wolves also lost in the matches against Liverpool (0:4), Burnley (1:2) and Manchester United (0:1). In general, the team of Nuno Espirito Santo has only 16th in the division in terms of playing on the fields of opponents. In 11 away games Wolverhampton have achieved only three wins and scored nine goals. In the standings the “wolves” take 14th place before the upcoming meeting. They are two points behind their future rival and are already 12 points behind the European competition zone. Injured at Wolves are defenders Willie Boli and Fernando Marsal, midfielder Daniel Podense, striker Raul Jimenez. More football prediction can be obtained from the link provided.
