Arsenal secured three points on the opening weekend of the 2024-25 Premier League season. Check out the best facts, stats and Opta data from Saturday’s game at the Emirates Stadium with our Arsenal vs Wolves stats page.
Arsenal are hoping to finally get past Manchester City this season and win the Premier League title, and they got off to a fine start with a 2-0 home win over Wolves on Saturday.
Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka came away with a goal and an assist each, with the England international crossing for his German teammate to head in the opener at the Emirates Stadium in the 25th minute.
Mikel Arteta’s men had to wait until the 74th minute for Saka to seal it with a wonderful strike after Wolves were left flat-footed by a quickly taken free-kick.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Arsenal vs Wolves stats from their Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Arsenal vs Wolves: Post-Match Facts
- Arsenal have won more points (52), more games (17/19 – D1 L1) and scored more goals (56) than any other side in the Premier League in 2024.
- Wolves have lost their opening game in four consecutive league campaigns for the first time in the club’s history. They’ve also lost six of their last seven Premier League matches overall (W1).
- Kai Havertz has both scored and assisted in five different Premier League games in 2024, the most by an Arsenal player in a single calendar year since Robin van Persie in 2011 (6 times).
- Arsenal have scored in each of their last 34 meetings with Wolves in all competitions, since a 1-0 home loss in February 1979. It’s both the Gunners’ longest scoring streak against an opponent, and Wolves’ longest run without a clean sheet against a side in their respective histories.
- Havertz’s opener for Arsenal was his 33rd Premier League goal with only Ilkay Gündogan (44) netting more among German players in the competition (Mesut Özil also 33). Indeed, Havertz has been involved in 17 goals across his last 15 Premier League appearances for Arsenal (10 goals, 7 assists).
- Through Bukayo Saka and Havertz, Arsenal had two players both score and assist in the opening game of a Premier League season for the first time. Indeed, prior to today, the last Arsenal player to score and assist on MD1 was Cesc Fàbregas vs Everton in 2009-10.
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