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The curtain comes down on an incredible campaign when we host Wolverhampton Wanderers at Emirates Stadium on Sunday, and while second place is secured, there are a couple of statistical achievements we could still claim as we aim to finish with a flourish.
A 26th victory of the campaign will see us equal our highest-ever tally in the Premier League, also achieved in 2001/02 and 2003/04, while three points would see us hit 84 which would be the third-highest total in our history.
The omens are good seeing as we’ve won all of our last 13 final-day home matches stretching back to 1993, while Wolves head into this encounter on the back of a three-match losing streak on their travels.
Lopetegui turns things around
The arrival of Julen Lopetegui transformed Wolves’ season, who sat rock bottom of the table on Christmas Day before the Spaniard took charge of his first game the following day.
A poor start to the season saw Bruno Lage relieved of his duties in October, having only won once in the opening eight league games. After Steve Davis filled in as caretaker, the former Sevilla boss oversaw a win against Everton on Boxing Day and would record three-point hauls in four of his first seven games to pull them out of the drop zone.
Four victories from their last eight saw them comfortably secure safety, despite being the lowest-scoring side in the league with 31 goals and winning just twice on their travels, with the last coming against Southampton in February.