Everything you need to know ahead of the Premier League clash at Molineux on Wednesday night
Arsenal will be looking to get their bid for the top four back on track on Wednesday night when they take on Wolves at Molineux.
Unai Emery’s side saw their hopes of Champions League football take a big hit on Sunday when they slipped to a shock 3-2 home defeat by Crystal Palace.
That saw them miss out on the chance to move above Tottenham into third and they now head to Wolves sitting fifth following Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Burnley on Monday night.
Victory at Molineux will see them leapfrog the Blues once again, however, going into the final three games of the season.
Aaron Ramsey will be sidelined once again by the hamstring injury he suffered against Napoli in the Europa League.
The Wales international was absent against Crystal Palace on Sunday and the Gunners missed his presence in midfield badly.
Arsenal have yet to put an official timeline on Ramsey’s recovery, with the latest update simply stating that the midfielder was continuing to be assessed.
Denis Suarez is also out due to a groin problem, while Granit Xhaka faces a late fitness test on the hip injury that saw him rested at the weekend.
Centre-back Sokratis will return for Wednesday’s game having now served his two-match ban, but long-term absentees Danny Welbeck, Rob Holding and Hector Bellerin remain sidelined.
Arsenal do not have anyone banned for the game. Sokratis is available again having now completed his two-match ban.
Unai Emery made seven changes at the weekend against Crystal Palace – and his makeshift side slipped to a costly defeat at the Emirates.
The Arsenal boss is expected to make a number of changes once again at Wolves, however, with several big hitters returning to the line-up.
In defence, Sokratis, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Nacho Monreal will all come back in, with Shkodran Mustafi, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Carl Jenkinson all set to make way.
Lucas Torreira will return to the midfield, as will Granit Xhaka – providing the Switzerland international recovers from the hip problem that saw him rested at the weekend.
Mesut Ozil, who scored against Palace on Sunday, is expected to keep his place behind the front two of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette.
Wolves go into Wednesday night’s game in good shape, with no injury concerns for boss Nuno Espirito Santo.
Kick-off is 7.45pm BST (2.45pm ET) on Wednesday April 24, and will not be televised in the United Kingdom. It will be shown on NBC Sports Gold in the United States and will be streamed on NBCSports.com.