Manchester City v Wolverhampton: Line-ups, stats and preview
Manchester City take on Wolverhampton this coming Saturday in the Premier League.
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Manchester City v Wolverhampton match preview
Manchester City need to recover after a bad week which saw them lose to rivals Manchester United and Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League.
Two drab, lifeless displays will have worried Pep Guardiola and City head into the weekend trailing Arsenal by seven points.
Whilst not insurmountable, yet, dropping points at home to Wolves is fairly unthinkable for City’s drifting title ambitions.
Though they’ve lost just one of their last 10 Premier League games (W6 D3), City are winless in their last four (D3 L1). They last went longer without a win between October/November 2009 (7 consecutive draws under Mark Hughes).
Wolves on the other hand are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games (W1 D3), earning twice as many points (6) in this run as they had in their previous 22 matches (W0 D3 L19).
Can Rob Edwards summon a famous win on the road?
Team news for Manchester City v Wolverhampton
City could hand a debut to Marc Guehi after his move from Crystal Palace this week, and Bernardo Silva is back from suspension.
Former Wolves man Matheus Nunes couuld return from illness while midfielder Nico Gonzalez is also expected to be available. Striker Erling Haaland has not scored from open play in his last eight matches.
Wolves are without midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Toti Gomes with hamstring injuries, while sought-after forward Jorgen Strand Larsen should return in attack.
Predicted line-ups for Manchester City v Wolverhampton
Manchester City: Donnarumma; Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly; Gonzalez, Bernardo; Semenyo, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Wolves: Sa; Mosquera, S. Bueno, Krejci; Tchatchoua, Andre, Mane, J. Gomes, H. Bueno; Hwang, Strand Larsen
The stats for Manchester City v Wolverhampton
- Manchester City have won 10 of their last 11 Premier League games against Wolves, with the exception being a 2-1 loss at Molineux in September 2023.
- Man City are unbeaten in their last 30 Premier League games against sides starting the day bottom of the table (W24 D6), since losing three in a row in November/December 2008 (vs Bolton, Spurs, West Brom). At home, they’ve won their last nine against bottom placed sides by an aggregate score of 36-0.
- No side has failed to score in more different Premier League games than Wolves this season (11). However, Rob Edwards’ side have kept a clean sheet in two of their last three league games, having conceded at least once in each of their previous 23.
- Man City striker Erling Haaland has scored more Premier League goals against Wolves than any other player (10). He’s netted exactly one goal, two goals, three goals and four goals in games against them, one of only three players to do so against an opponent after Robbie Fowler (vs Bolton) and Harry Kane (vs Leicester).
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City’s poor form has to come to an end at some point and the signing of Guehi should add some life to their back four, while Haaland loves a goal against Wolves.
How to watch Manchester City v Wolverhampton
The match is not available to broadcast or stream in the UK as it is a 3pm kick-off on a Saturday.
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