Wolves vs Arsenal Prediction and Betting Tips: Tricky encounter expected for Saturday's visitors to Molineux
A second defeat to a Midlands-based club would surely kill Arsenal's hopes of challenging for this season's title, however, a win over Wolves at Molineux will propel them back into the forefront of the picture with Man City away on FA Cup semi-final duty this weekend.
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It's been quite the four days from a Gunners perspective: first unpinning their dreams of a first PL title in 20 years after a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa last Sunday, followed by a crushing European quarter-final exit at the hands of Bayern Munich on Wednesday night.
On the other hand, any more success is a bonus for Wolves at this point considering Gary O'Neil's excellent job in stabilising a club on the decline. The Wanderers sit strong in 11th place and could creep into the league's top 10 between now and the end of the season should they end well.
Wolves vs Arsenal Tips
Despite being well in their stride at the time, Arsenal were given a late scare by Matheus Cunha's 86th-minute goal and emerged as marginal 2-1 victors at the Emirates in the season's earlier encounter.
Right now it feels as though The Gunners are on the cusp of a meltdown and in a lot of ways Gary O'Neil's Wolves side are one of the more awkward teams to navigate past during a tricky period such as this.
The away side's energy levels must be rapidly declining having played 46 games this season and being made to operate under such an exhausting environment that Mikel Arteta has cultivated.
Defeats to Villa and Bayern can happen to just about any team, but rather it was the nature of those losses that carry cause for concern. If Arsenal aren't at the races from the first minute and if they let their concentration or their levels slip without putting the game to bed then the hosts are perfectly capable of taking something away from this fixture.
Having already scalped City, Spurs and Chelsea at Molineux under O'Neil's guidance, Wolves could be a real coupon buster for punters up and down the country on Saturday.
This ground has been a difficult assignment for the big clubs to complete over the years and the new management have kept that trend alive with some shock results against some strong sides that share a lot of the same qualities as Arsenal.
Recent results for both of these teams does suggest that this should be a one-sided affair, but as the Premier League continuously proves, anybody can beat anybody on their day, especially during the business end of the season.
The Gunners will be matched for enthusiasm, vigour and work rate for much of the game, so if they can keep things competitive and weather an early storm from Arsenal, we could see the visitors' structural foundations untangle further under the lights in the West Midlands.
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