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Martin Odegaard's sixth and seventh Premier League goals of the season took Arsenal to victory at MolineuxArsenal moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League as Martin Odegaard's second-half double proved enough to beat Wolves at Molineux.
Odegaard turned home Fabio Vieira's low cross from close range 10 minutes after the restart and then drilled in the rebound after Jose Sa had kept out Gabriel Martinelli's low effort 15 minutes from time.
The only negative for the visitors was the exit of Granit Xhaka in the early stages just over a week before the midfielder is due to begin his World Cup campaign with Switzerland.
The result means Arsenal will not only be top on Christmas Day for the first time since 2007 but will do so with a handy advantage over nearest challengers Manchester City.
In contrast, Wolves are now bottom as new manager Julen Lopetegui prepares to take charge.
The former Spain, Real Madrid and Sevilla boss was introduced 15 minutes before kick-off at Molineux and watched the game from the stands.
He saw a microcosm of Wolves' season given the hosts battled hard and produced some opportunities despite spending much of the game on the back foot, but were undone by a lack of goal threat as they failed to score for the eighth time in 15 top-flight games.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number4Player nameCollins
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number24Player nameToti
Squad number64Player nameBueno
Squad number6Player nameTraoré
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Squad number17Player nameGonçalo Guedes
Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
Squad number81Player nameLembikisa
Arsenal
Squad number1Player nameRamsdale- Squad number4Player nameWhite
- Squad number12Player nameSaliba
- Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
- Squad number35Player nameZinchenko
- Squad number8Player nameØdegaard
- Squad number5Player namePartey
Squad number34Player nameXhaka- Squad number7Player nameSaka
- Squad number9Player nameGabriel Jesus
- Squad number11Player nameGabriel Martinelli
- Squad number17Player nameCédric Soares
- Squad number21Player nameFábio Vieira
Squad number24Player nameNelson
Squad number25Player nameMohamed Elneny
Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson SemedoSubstituted forLembikisaat 68'minutes
- 4Collins
- 23Kilman
- 24GomesBooked at 37minsSubstituted forNunesat 80'minutes
- 64BuenoBooked at 90mins
- 6TraoréBooked at 45mins
- 8Neves
- 28João MoutinhoSubstituted forPodenceat 68'minutes
- 37Traoré
- 17Gonçalo Guedes
Substitutes
- 3Aït-Nouri
- 10Podence
- 13Sarkic
- 14Mosquera
- 25Ronan
- 27Nunes
- 59Hodge
- 77Campbell
- 81Lembikisa
Arsenal
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Ramsdale
- 4White
- 12Saliba
- 6GabrielBooked at 60mins
- 35ZinchenkoSubstituted forCédric Soaresat 90+1'minutes
- 8Ødegaard
- 5ParteyBooked at 52mins
- 34XhakaSubstituted forFábio Vieiraat 16'minutesSubstituted forElnenyat 90+1'minutes
- 7SakaSubstituted forNelsonat 90+1'minutes
- 9Gabriel Jesus
- 11Martinelli
Substitutes
- 3Tierney
- 14Nketiah
- 16Holding
- 17Cédric Soares
- 21Fábio Vieira
- 24Nelson
- 25Elneny
- 27Marquinhos
- 30Turner
Live Text
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Arsenal 2.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Arsenal 2.
Hugo Bueno (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hugo Bueno (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Substitution, Arsenal. Cédric Soares replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Fábio Vieira.
Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Bukayo Saka.
Attempt missed. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Gabriel Jesus.
Attempt blocked. Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Aaron Ramsdale.
Attempt saved. Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Adama Traoré.
Attempt missed. Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adama Traoré.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Nathan Collins.
Attempt blocked. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka.
Attempt blocked. Hugo Bueno (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Neves.
Foul by Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal).
Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adama Traoré.
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