Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 28 May 2023

Score5-0 to Arsenal
RefereeAndre Marriner
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance60,095
Kick-off: 4.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 18 Arsenal won: 12 Drawn: 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers won: 3 Arsenal scored: 36 Wolverhampton Wanderers scored: 13 . This became Arsenal's biggest win against Wolverhampton Wanderers since a 5-0 victory in League Division One at Highbury on 4 September 1937.

5 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Julen Lopetegui

Goals:

Granit Xhaka 11 G
Granit Xhaka 14 G
Bukayo Saka 27 G
Gabriel Jesus 58 G
Jakub Kiwior 78 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Gabriel
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Partey
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard

Starting lineup:

José Sá Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Max Kilman Defender
Nélson Semedo Defender
Hugo Bueno Defender/Midfielder
Mario Lemina Defender/Midfielder
João Gomes Midfielder
HWANG Hee-chan Midfielder/Forward
Matheus Nunes Midfielder/Forward
Adama Traoré Midfielder/Forward
Raúl Jiménez Forward

Substitutions:

Reiss Nelson for Bukayo Saka 60
Fábio Vieira for Granit Xhaka 75
Emile Smith Rowe for Martin Odegaard 75
Eddie Nketiah for Leandro Trossard 80
Kieran Tierney for Jakub Kiwior 80

Substitutions:

Rayan Aït Nouri for Hugo Bueno 46
Rúben Neves for Matheus Nunes 46
Toti for Max Kilman 68
Boubacar Traoré for HWANG Hee-chan 68
Joe Hodge for João Gomes 85

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Turner
Defender Rob Holding
Defender Reuell Walters
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Midfielder Fábio Vieira
Midfielder Mauro Bandeira
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Forward Eddie Nketiah

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Midfielder Joe Hodge
Midfielder Rúben Neves
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia

Comments:

Final league position 2022-23: 2nd . Arsenal scored 88 goals in this Premier League season; their most in a league season since 1963-64 (90 goals in 42 games). . Gabriel became the first outfield player to start all of the Gunners' games in a Premier League season since Nigel Winterburn in 1996-97. . They did not have a player sent-off in an entire season for the first time since 1989-90.

Comments:

Final league position 2022-23: 13th . This was manager Julen Lopetegui's final game in charge. He left the club 'by mutual consent' on 8 August 2023. Wolves won ten and lost 11 of his 27-game reign. . Wolverhampton Wanderers had now lost their final game in eight of their nine seasons in the Premier League. . Wolves had now conceded five or more goals in two of their last three away games in the Premier League. . They scored 31 goals in this Premier League season. The last team to score fewer and avoid relegation was Huddersfield Town in 2017-18 (28).

5 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Granit Xhaka 11 G
Granit Xhaka 14 G
Bukayo Saka 27 G
Gabriel Jesus 58 G
Jakub Kiwior 78 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Gabriel
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Partey
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard

Substitutions:

Reiss Nelson for Bukayo Saka 60
Fábio Vieira for Granit Xhaka 75
Emile Smith Rowe for Martin Odegaard 75
Eddie Nketiah for Leandro Trossard 80
Kieran Tierney for Jakub Kiwior 80

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Turner
Defender Rob Holding
Defender Reuell Walters
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Midfielder Fábio Vieira
Midfielder Mauro Bandeira
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Comments:

Final league position 2022-23: 2nd . Arsenal scored 88 goals in this Premier League season; their most in a league season since 1963-64 (90 goals in 42 games). . Gabriel became the first outfield player to start all of the Gunners' games in a Premier League season since Nigel Winterburn in 1996-97. . They did not have a player sent-off in an entire season for the first time since 1989-90.

0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Julen Lopetegui

Goals:

Starting lineup:

José Sá Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Max Kilman Defender
Nélson Semedo Defender
Hugo Bueno Defender/Midfielder
Mario Lemina Defender/Midfielder
João Gomes Midfielder
HWANG Hee-chan Midfielder/Forward
Matheus Nunes Midfielder/Forward
Adama Traoré Midfielder/Forward
Raúl Jiménez Forward

Substitutions:

Rayan Aït Nouri for Hugo Bueno 46
Rúben Neves for Matheus Nunes 46
Toti for Max Kilman 68
Boubacar Traoré for HWANG Hee-chan 68
Joe Hodge for João Gomes 85

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Midfielder Joe Hodge
Midfielder Rúben Neves
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia

Comments:

Final league position 2022-23: 13th . This was manager Julen Lopetegui's final game in charge. He left the club 'by mutual consent' on 8 August 2023. Wolves won ten and lost 11 of his 27-game reign. . Wolverhampton Wanderers had now lost their final game in eight of their nine seasons in the Premier League. . Wolves had now conceded five or more goals in two of their last three away games in the Premier League. . They scored 31 goals in this Premier League season. The last team to score fewer and avoid relegation was Huddersfield Town in 2017-18 (28).