Tomorrow morning, the 20th round of the Premier League play between Wolves and Arsenal will take place at the Emirates Stadium, which is a key six-point battle for both teams on the rankings, on the European side.
Recent & head-to-head records of the two teams
My Wolves are currently 7th with 40 points and Arsenal are 6th with 42 points, and if my Wolves can win tonight, the ranking will be able to overtake the Gunners and West Ham United and move up to 5th.
Both Wolves and Arsenal are currently two consecutive league wins, but my Wolves just lost 1-0 to Arsenal in Molinu in the league two weeks ago. After returning to the Premier League, the two sides have met 7 times in the league, and the Wolves have a slight advantage of 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Pre-match remarks
Manager Laje: "We talked about Arsenal's performance, they did very well two weeks ago, the diamond-shaped pressing of the midfielder and the striker will cause us trouble, but it will also expose their space, which we can use to create opportunities. It was a great game, I think we played better against Arsenal than against Leicester City, but unfortunately we lost that game. Tonight's game is an important game for us, and it's also for Arsenal, maybe the pressure is on the Arsenal side, not us. ”
Health for all employees
Compared to the last time they played against Arsenal, Moutinho, Neto and others were absent due to injury, this game Laje said that Wolves are all healthy, and the competitiveness in the team makes him very happy: "Competition is like surviving in a jungle, everyone wants to win, everyone wants to play. Every week we rank the players and squads to see who is at the top and who is at the bottom during the week. Every time we make up a different team, sometimes 4v4, sometimes 5v5, and we'll see who wins more times. I remember this week it should be Moutinho or Marsal in first place, Moutinho is 35 years old but he always wants to win, if I say he doesn't have to play against the competition today, he will say no, he wants to win. The fierce competition between the players will make them improve, which is a good thing for me. ”
Neto, who finally returned to the field after 10 months in the last game, said excitedly: "Returning to the stadium gives me goosebumps, and after a very difficult 10 months, I finally came back." It's nice to be able to come back at home, it would be better if I could score a goal, but I'm even happier to be back on the field and it's unbelievable to hear everyone on the pitch singing my name. I feel really good, confident and everything I've done since my injury has been worth it. My mindset doesn't change, and when I play, I'm sure I'll do what I used to do with confidence. Honestly these 10 months are really difficult, and sometimes we think these things aren't going to happen to us, but when these accidents do happen, it's important to be down-to-earth and patient. When I was recovering well from my original injury, I had a new setback, which was a big blow to footballers, a very rare injury, but at the time I just thought, I have another challenge and I have to go through that. Now my mentality is to come first and fight for more game time, training and competition are not the same, but I am full of confidence in myself, as time goes on, I will get back to my best and I will be better than before. ”
Jimenez returns to the Emirates Stadium
In November 2020, it was at the Emirates Stadium against Arsenal that Jimenez collided with David Luiz and suffered a skull fracture. Arsenal boss Arteta recalled the scene before the game, saying: "Thanks to the medical team, they may have prevented something worse from happening. It was great to see Jimenez recover quickly, get back on the pitch and score goals. The situation seemed really, very bad, but the good thing was that the end result was reassuring. ”