Arsenal vs Wolverhampton Predictions

• Arsenal have conceded only twice in seven home league matches
• Wolves have lost six of their seven away games to nil
• The Gunners have won five of their last six meetings with Wolves to nil

Gunners can coast to routine success

Wolves already look like a lost cause at the bottom of the Premier League table and the last thing that they need having been starved of confidence is a trip to the leaders Arsenal.

Wolves have taken only two points from 15 matches, having suffered 13 defeats, and the manner of their performance in Monday’s 4-1 loss at home to Manchester United suggests that Arsenal’s attacking talents could take them to the cleaners.

There was a sense of promise in the opening half but that is because United were wasteful and the Red Devils should have put more gloss on the scoreline after forcing 27 shots, ten of which hit the target.

Wolves have lost all four matches since Rob Edwards arrived from Middlesbrough as manager and they failed to score against Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.

That doesn’t bode well against an Arsenal defence, while weakened by injuries, that has conceded only nine times in 15 top-flight matches and it should be one-way traffic at the Emirates.

Shot-shy Wolves set for more misery

Mikel Arteta’s side have conceded only two goals in seven home league games and it is hard to see Wolves’ toothless attack get much joy with Jorgen Strand Larsen out of form and severely short on support.

The visitors have scored only once in seven away games – which came in a 1-1 draw at Tottenham – and they will be sweating on the fitness of Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, who limped off but was the one shining light in defeat to Manchester United on Monday.

Even so, Arsenal are watertight defensively and the Gunners have won five of their last six Premier League rivalries with winless Wolves to nil.

Arteta’s men are not always one to let the shackles off when in the ascendancy of matches, as highlighted by 2-0 home wins over Brentford and West Ham, but this should be very routine given the sheer number of chances they are likely to be presented with.

Arsenal were 3-0 winners away at Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday and a repeat scenario could be the way to go for correct-score punters, with Wolves’ scoring chances looking slim at the very best.