Arsenal v Wolverhampton: the last five seasons for each side, and current injuries
Here we see wins dropping in recent seasons and defeats rising to the 17 to 19 games a season, with the number of points gained at a consistently lower level since 2019/20.
In fact in their first two seasons back in the Premier League after promotion in 2018 Wolverhampton have been slipping as the financial fair play and associated rules have come in. Overall it suggests that unless those incoming players turn out to be real bargains, the club is likely to end up once more in the bottom 30% in the league with no way out in terms of purchases.
But of course, we might be wrong (it has been known!)
What’s worse, however, as we noted in the previous preview article on this game, the club had a terrible end to last season being the least effective team across the last ten games of the season. So overall achieving 7th, their highest position since returning to the Premier League, could be quite a challenge.
Premier League injuries has Matheus Carneiro da Cunha, Enso Gonzalez Medina, Leon Chiwone and Nelson Semedo as “not available” for this game with Daniel Podence “currently being assessed” and with only a 25% chance of playing.
Mario Lemina and Jorgen Strand Larsen are reported by the site as having a chance of playing but are currently being assessed.
On the injury front, Arsenal have Takehiro Tomiyasu ruled out with a knee injury, Jurrien Timber with a foot injury and is currently being assessed but with only a 25% of playing, and Kiernan Tierney ruled out with a thigh injury.
The possible return date for Tomiyasu is now given as 5 September but Jurrien Timber could be ready for this game. Tierney has “no return date” next to his name.
| Season | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 56 | 48 | 56 | 8th |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 39 | 61 | 8th |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 48 | 69 | 5th |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 43 | 84 | 2nd |
| 2023–24 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 91 | 29 | 89 | 2nd |
We’ve mentioned this so often it hardly needs repeating, but just in case you’ve been away all summer, the pattern shows winning increase, defeats decreasing, goals reaching a record level, goals against reaching a new low and points increasing. Of course, as we have noted this can’t go on forever, but maybe it can for one more season…
As for Wolverhampton Wanderers, we see the opposite effect…
| Season | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 40 | 59 | 7th |
| 2020–21 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 52 | 45 | 13th |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 43 | 51 | 10th |
| 2022–23 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 58 | 41 | 13th |
| 2023–24 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 65 | 46 | 14th |
Here we see wins dropping in recent seasons and defeats rising to the 17 to 19 games a season, with the number of points gained at a consistently lower level since 2019/20.
In fact in their first two seasons back in the Premier League after promotion in 2018 Wolverhampton have been slipping as the financial fair play and associated rules have come in. Overall it suggests that unless those incoming players turn out to be real bargains, the club is likely to end up once more in the bottom 30% in the league with no way out in terms of purchases.
But of course, we might be wrong (it has been known!)
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