Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 2 February 2021

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Tuesday 2 February 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 2 February 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Nicolas Pépé opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Rúben Neves (45+5', penalty) and João Moutinho (49'). Arsenal scored through Nicolas Pépé (32').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 14th on 23 points from 21 and Arsenal 10th on 31 points from 21. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Arsenal 8th with 61.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro Neto of Wolverhampton Wanderers (7.8), ahead of Willian José (7.7).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

13'Yellow card · João MoutinhoWolverhampton Wanderers
28'Yellow card · M. KilmanWolverhampton Wanderers
32'Goal · Nicolas PépéArsenal · 0-1
41'Yellow card · Thomas ParteyArsenal
45+3'Red card · David LuizArsenal
45+5'Penalty goal · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
47'Yellow card · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers
49'Goal · João MoutinhoWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
62'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
72'Red card · Bernd LenoArsenal

Head-to-head

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

Arsenal 1-2 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 29 Nov 2020
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 ArsenalPremier League · 4 Jul 2020
Arsenal 1-1 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 2 Nov 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 ArsenalPremier League · 24 Apr 2019
Arsenal 1-1 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 11 Nov 2018
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 ArsenalPremier League · 11 Apr 2012

Team news

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Kieran TierneyArsenal · injury (Knee Injury)
Pablo MaríArsenal · injury (Calf Injury)
Jonny OttoWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knee Injury)
Romain SaïssWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knock)
Mathew RyanArsenal · injury (Groin Injury)
Rayan Aït-NouriWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Groin Injury)
MarçalWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Groin Injury)
Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Bruised Knee)
Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Fractured Skull)
Shkodran MustafiArsenal · injury (Quarantine)

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rui Patrício, Nélson Semedo, Conor Coady, Willy Boly, Maximilian Kilman, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Adama Traoré, Daniel Podence, Pedro Neto, Willian José

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernd Leno, Héctor Bellerín, Rob Holding, David Luiz, Cédric Soares, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe, Nicolas Pépé, Alexandre Lacazette