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All eyes turn for a fascinating top-flight matchup as front-runners the Gunners welcome bottom-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers to the Emirates Stadium.

Confirmed Sides

Arsenal have introduced a trio of alterations following the team that suffered a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa in their previous outing. William Saliba, Viktor Gyökeres and the Brazilian winger are all included in the lineup. Martin Ødegaard and Mikel Merino are named on the substitutes' bench, while Riccardo Calafiori is not involved. The centre-back returns after sitting out a run of games through injury.

Wolves also make three adjustments to their starting XI following being soundly beaten 4-1 at Molineux by Manchester United on Monday evening. Matt Doherty, João Gomes and the South Korean forward come in. Hoever and Jhon Arias drop to the bench, while Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde is not in the squad altogether.

Starting Elevens

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.
Substitutes: Tchatchoua, Mane, Lopez, Hoever, Chirewa, Arokodare, Arias, Santiago Bueno, Jose Sa.

Match Official: Robert Jones
VAR Official: John Brooks

The Setup

Good evening! Because, look at this …

The table paints a stark contrast. The hosts sit proudly at the pinnacle of the table, while their opponents prop up the division.

… however, even though this will be the 42nd time the top side have played the side propping up the division – with 30 out of 41, with seven tied games – who are responsible for two of the four all-time upsets? Why, Wolves, of course! Therefore, although Mikel Arteta will surely be expecting another victory, the Wolves boss must know that underdogs occasionally succeed, and anything is possible. Kick-off is at 8pm GMT. It’s on!

^{(The other two last-over-first victories in the Premier League era are Oldham’s 1-0 win over Manchester United in March 1993, and Tottenham Hotspur – yeah, a surprising one - beating Liverpool in November 2008.)}