Both Wolves and Arsenal go into today’s game full of confidence after morale-boosting results last weekend. While Wenger’s men were tearing their north London rivals Spurs apart at the Emirates, Wolves showed their true grit and determination against Staffordshire foes Stoke City, coming from two goals down to salvage a share of the spoils. Unfortunately for Wolves, Arsenal are serious title challengers this season and won’t be making a habit of dropping points on the road like they did against West Ham.
Arsenal will be without the injured Gael Clichy and Nicklas Bendtner but Denilson and Theo Walcott are expected to be in the squad. Wolves have been stunned by the news that Iwelumo has injured his foot again but Ebanks-Blake and Milijas look to feature for McCarthy’s men.
Wolves haven’t beaten the Gunners in the league for 30 years and their home displays have only produced one win. Arsenal are the form team in the Premier League, scoring goals for fun, from all areas of the pitch, and will climb into second place ahead of United, who play Chelsea tomorrow, with victory at Molineux. Wolves could slip into the bottom three if they do go down at home. Unsurprisingly, nobody in the Panel gives Wolves a hope in hell.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal; Kick Off 5:30pm 07 Nov 2009
Prediction Panel
Our panel contains both Squarefootball writers and readers, the writers are marked: (sqf).
Dave Blackburn : 0 - 2
Chris Cox : 1 - 2
Graham Enwright : 1 - 2
Sue Gardener : 1 - 4
Chris Goodwin : 0 - 3
Paul Grech (sqf) : TBC
Colin Illingworth (sqf) : 1 - 4
Hugh Larkin (sqf) : 0 - 2
Peter Lee : 0 - 3
Don McMahon : 0 - 2
Antony Melvin (sqf) : 0 - 5
Paul O'Meara (sqf) : 1 - 3
Dave Nash : 0 - 2
Stephen Orford (sqf) : TBC
Tony Ratton : 1 - 3
Peter Rendle : 0 - 4
Dan Taylor : 1 - 2
Nick Tomkins : TBC
Bill Urban (sqf) : TBC
Andy Wakeman : 1 - 3
Isaac Williams : TBC
Mark Williams : TBC
Panel Verdict
The Panel believes it is going to be an easy away victory for the Gunners.
Home: 0; Draw: 0; Away: 16; TBC: 4.
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