Arsenal v Wolves

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Arsenal will once again attempt to overhaul Premier League title favourites Manchester City into top spot in this upcoming top flight campaign having finished runners-up in the last two seasons on the trot, while Wolves will be looking to push on under manager Gary O'Neil as the west midlands club comfortably avoided the relegation zone last season by a significant 20-point margin and the visitors will be eyeing off a possible top half finish this term.

Arsenal finished last season's Premier League campaign in impressive fashion as The Gunners won their last six games on the trot which included a 2-0 win away from home at Molineux against Wolves along with claiming home wins at their Emirates Stadium against Chelsea, Bournemouth and Everton respectively.

However, a stumble earlier in the season from early December through to the end of the year proved to be costly for Mikel Arteta's side as the north London club slipped to three defeats within a five-game period, losing to Aston Villa, West Ham and Fulham.

Greater consistency and an increased ruthless streak is therefore required this term if Arsenal are to seriously challenge Manchester City and having suffered just one defeat in their last 18 league matches in the top tier along with keeping 11 clean sheets in the process, Arsenal should at least begin with a comfortable victory on Saturday afternoon.

Despite finishing the season in disappointing fashion by collecting just one win from their final 10 league matches of last season's Premier League campaign, Wolves successfully avoided being dragged down into the relegation battle below them and indeed, the west midlands club finished in 14th place in the table and no fewer than 20 points above the bottom three clubs.

Gary O'Neil's stock continues to rise slowly but steadily having previously steered south coast club Bournemouth to safety a couple of seasons ago and the solid work continued at Wolves last season as the second half of last term included picking up wins against Chelsea, Tottenham, Sheffield United, Fulham and Luton Town, the former two victories both being captured away from home in the nation's capital in 4-2 and 2-1 victories respectively.

However, Wolves finished last season in a downward trend especially away from home where the west midlands visitors failed to win any of their last six outings on the road, slipping to losses at the hands of Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool - three of these four defeats also saw Wolves fail to hit the back of the net as well.

Arsenal v Wolves Verdict

Arsenal have not only won the last six meetings on the trot against Wolves, four of these six victories were also to nil and another win with a shut-out for Arsenal looks to be on the cards here.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.66

Other side bets worth considering:

Arsenal win & BTTS No @ 1.83

Correct Score: Arsenal 2-0 @ 7.00