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All eyes turn for a fascinating top-flight matchup as front-runners Arsenal welcome struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers to the their home ground.

Confirmed Sides

Arsenal have made a trio of alterations from the team that endured a narrow defeat at Aston Villa in their previous outing. The French defender, the Swedish striker and Gabriel Martinelli all come into the starting eleven. Martin Ødegaard and Mikel Merino are named on the substitutes' bench, while the Italian defender is absent. The centre-back is back after sitting out five matches through injury.

Wolves also have made three changes to their lineup following being skelped 4-1 at Molineux by United on Monday evening. The experienced full-back, João Gomes and Hwang Hee-chan start. Ki-Jana Hoever and Arias are on the bench, while Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde is omitted altogether.

Confirmed Lineups

Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Hincapie, Timber, Eze, Zubimendi, Rice, Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli.
Bench: Arrizabalaga, Odegaard, Gabriel Jesus, Norgaard, Trossard, Madueke, Nwaneri, Merino, Lewis-Skelly.

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Johnstone, Mosquera, Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Doherty, Joao Gomes, Andre Trindade, Krejci, Wolfe, Larsen, Hwang.
Bench: Tchatchoua, Mane, Lopez, Hoever, Chirewa, Arokodare, Arias, Santiago Bueno, Jose Sa.

Match Official: Robert Jones
Video Assistant Referee: John Brooks

Preamble

Good evening! And I mean, c’mon …

The standings tells a striking story. Arsenal sit comfortably at the top of the Premier League, while Wolves occupy the bottom of the league.

… however, even though this will be the 42nd time the Premier League leaders have faced the side propping up the division – with 30 victories from 41, with seven tied games – who are responsible for two of the four all-time upsets? Indeed, Wolves, that’s who! Therefore, although Mikel Arteta will undoubtedly be expecting another victory, the Wolves boss must know that underdogs sometimes come off, and you never know. Kick-off is at 8pm GMT. The action is imminent!

^{(The remaining bottom-beats-top victories in the Premier League era are Oldham’s 1-0 win over Manchester United in March 1993, and Spurs – admittedly, a surprising one - defeating Liverpool in November 2008.)}