Wolves are back in action tomorrow as another of the Premiership leaders come to Molineux in the form of Arsenal. Wolves trying to keep the good run of results going, as they've tied Liverpool and Portsmouth after the Manchester United victory. Arsenal are trying to stay at the top of the League, as well as set a club record by going undefeated for the 24th straight match to start this season. They have already broken the Premier League record of 22 (Manchester United). For Wolves, Paul Ince will miss the match due to suspension, Newton and Blake are out through injury, and Rae and Silas are match-time decisions. Frederik Ljungberg, Sylvain Wiltord, Jermaine Aliadiere, and Kanu are all out. The clubs have met twice this season, with Arsenal getting a 3-0 League victory, and a 5-1 Carling Cup win, both in London. From the BBC: Wolves (From)- Jones, Irwin, Butler, Craddock, Naylor, Silas, Rae, Cameron, Kennedy, Miller, Cort, Oakes, Gudjonsson, Iversen, Ganea, Clyde. Arsenal (From)- Lehmann, Stack, Toure, Lauren, Campbell, Keown, Cygan, Cole, Clichy, Vieira, Gilberto Silva, Parlour, Edu, Pires, Reyes, Henry, Bergkamp, Bentley. Referee- Phil Dowd The game will be shown on Fox Sports World, on tape delay, starting at noon, Eastern time tomorrow.
Interesting match right now, Wolves have actually had more chances than Arsenal. At this point, it is 1-1. Bergkamp scored for the Gunners and Ganea for Wolves.
HT: Wolves 1-1 Arsenal End-to-end action, but Wolves are really giving it everything, today. Ganea has been the Man of the Match thus far equalizing in the 25th minute. Bergkamp scored in the 9th minute for the Gunners. Is this the day Arsenal loses for the first time????
Well, it looked promising at halftime, but Arsenal's quality has showed in the second half. Still a valiant effort by Wolves, though. Update: Spurs 3-3 Portsmouth Villa 2-0 Leeds 'Boro 0-1 Blackburn Newcastle 3-1 Leicester Man City host Birmingham on Sunday
Update: Spurs 4-3 Portsmouth Everton 3-4 Man U. (it was 3-0 Man U.) As it stands at the moment, all the teams around Wolves are losing except for Blackburn who are winning at the Riverside.
FT: Wolves 1-3 Arsenal It was a valiant effort in the (especially in the first half) by Wolves, but Arsenal stepped it up a gear and showed why they are unbeaten.
The positive is that most everyone at the bottom lost as well, with Man City in action tomorrow, so Wolves are 19th, on goal difference, 3 points out of safety, and 3 points up on last placed Leeds. Next 3 matches are: At Leeds, home to Fulham, at Leicester. I'd say 6 out of 9 points is a realistic target, and anything less than 4 is a dissapointment.