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The Gunners host Wolverhampton Wanderers in the first match of the 2024/25 Premier League season this afternoon. Today’s referee is Jarred Gillett and the kick-off is at 15:00.
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Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli, Havertz.
Substitutes: Ramsdale, Timber, Calafiori, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Nelson, Trossard, Jesus, Nketiah.
Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Doherty, Mosquera, Toti, Ait-Nori, Bellegarde, Lemina, J Gomes, R Gomes, Hwang, Larsen.
Substitutes: Bentley, Bueno, Dawson, Doyle, Sariba, Guedes, Chiquinho, Podense, Cunha.
Referee: Jarred Gillett.
Assistant Referee: Darren Cann.
Assistant Referee: Nick Greenhalgh.
Fourth Official: Gavin Ward.
Video Assistant Referee: Paul Tierney.
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Natalie Aspinall.
Pre-match views from the forum:
SA Gunner: “Trossard—-Havertz—–Saka
———–Ødegaard
——–Rice——–TP5
Zin—-Gabriel—-Saliba—White
————–Raya
Get the advantage and then control things and choose moments to attack. Get Martinelli on later to run onto a few through balls.
3-0 Arsenal”
MikelHadADream: “LB, DM and LW are the talking points here.
Think we’ll see Zinchenko, #5 and Martinelli.
I really really hope we don’t see any Havertz at CM nonsense either.”
Tom Mix: “I think we’ll hit the deck running. 4-0 win, top of the table from the first game and never give up the position.
I imagine Arteta will start Zinchenko and we’ll see Cauliflower in the second half, he’s going to be weaned into the left-back starting position over the first few games. For this one, he probably starts Jesus to see if his improvement over the pre-season translates into proper games.
Havertz to start at midfield before being moved up front in the second half. Trossard will come in for Martinelli in the second half (I think it should be the other way round, Martinelli in when they are chasing the game). Partey on in the second half, must try to keep him fit but also match fit. Nwaneri to get a cameo. Ben White to get a yellow for argy-bargy in the box – he is a marked man.
COYG!!!”
