Arsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2023

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Arsenal beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 December 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Bukayo Saka (6') and Martin Ødegaard (13'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Matheus Cunha (86').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 30 points from 13 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 12th on 15 points from 13. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 15th with 46.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Ødegaard of Arsenal (9.2), ahead of Bukayo Saka (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 3 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Wolverhampton Wanderers's L-W-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Bukayo SakaArsenal · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Martin ØdegaardArsenal · 2-0
  • 68'Yellow card · William SalibaArsenal
  • 86'Goal · Matheus CunhaWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Hee-chan HwangWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Matheus CunhaWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.

Team news

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  • Jonny OttoWolverhampton Wanderers · suspension (Suspended)

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Takehiro Tomiyasu, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Ødegaard, Declan Rice, Leandro Trossard, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-5-2)

José Sá, Maximilian Kilman, Craig Dawson, Toti, Nélson Semedo, Boubacar Traoré, Tommy Doyle, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Hugo Bueno, Matheus Cunha, Hee-chan Hwang