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All eyes turn for a fascinating top-flight contest as front-runners Arsenal entertain bottom-placed Wolves to the their home ground.

Team News

Arsenal have opted for three changes following the team that suffered a 2-1 loss at Villa Park last weekend. The French defender, Viktor Gyökeres and Gabriel Martinelli are all included in the starting eleven. The captain and the Spanish midfielder are named on the bench, while Riccardo Calafiori is absent. Saliba returns after missing five matches through injury.

Wolves also make three adjustments to their starting XI following being skelped 4-1 at home by Manchester United last time out. Matt Doherty, the Brazilian midfielder and the South Korean forward start. Ki-Jana Hoever and Arias drop to the bench, while Bellegarde is not in the squad altogether.

The Teams in Full

Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Hincapie, Timber, Eze, Zubimendi, Rice, Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli.
Substitutes: 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.
Subs: Tchatchoua, Mane, Lopez, Hoever, Chirewa, Arokodare, Arias, Santiago Bueno, Jose Sa.

Referee: Robert Jones
VAR Official: John Brooks

Preamble

Good evening! Because, look at this …

The table tells a striking story. Arsenal sit proudly at the top of the table, while their opponents anchor the division.

… however, even though this will be the 42nd occasion the top side have played the side at the foot of the entire table – with 30 victories from 41, with seven draws – who are behind two of the four historical shocks? Indeed, Wolves, of course! So while Mikel Arteta will surely be anticipating another victory, Rob Edwards must know that long shots sometimes succeed, and anything is possible. The start is at 8pm GMT. It’s on!

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