📊 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City are hoping to win again following a 0-2 FA Cup victory against Nottingham Forest.

In that game, Manchester City had 67% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For Manchester City, the goalscorers were Rico Lewis (2') and Joško Gvardiol (51'). Nottingham Forest had 8 shots at goal with 1 on target.

Their most recent results really do illustrate the point that much respect should be given to the Manchester City backline. Manchester City have been stingy, with the total number of goals that have gone in at their end during their previous six outings standing at 3.

A look at their previous results shows us that Manchester City:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Wolverhampton Wanderers in their last 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Wolves will come into the meeting after a 3-0 Premier League win against Leicester City in their last outing.

In that match, Wolverhampton Wanderers managed 56% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Wolverhampton Wanderers, the goals were scored by Matheus Cunha (33'), Jorgen Strand Larsen (56') and Rodrigo Gomes (85'). At the other end, Leicester City had 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

A sequence of dependable performances from the Wolverhampton Wanderers defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their last 6 fixtures overall. Over that same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 13. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

Looking at their past form shows that Wolverhampton Wanderers:

• haven't beaten Manchester City when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. Not good.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 11/05/2022 shows that Manchester City have won 5 of these and Wolves 1, with the number of drawn games being 0.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 24 in all at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 8 on 20/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester City.

That day, Wolverhampton Wanderers managed 22% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jorgen Strand Larsen (7').

At the other end, Manchester City had 22 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Joško Gvardiol (33') and John Stones (95') scored.

The referee was Chris Kavanagh.

ℹ️ Team News: Manchester City

Ederson (Hip problems), John Stones (Hamstring injury), Erling Haaland (Ankle injury), Nathan Aké (Foot surgery) and Rodri (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Manchester City gaffer Pep Guardiola.

In our view, The Citizens may well use the 4-2-3-1 system for this game with Ederson Moraes, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Mateo Kovacic, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Omar Marmoush and Jeremy Doku.

📋 Team News: Wolves

It’s our belief that Wolves could decide to elect for a 4-4-2 formation, choosing Jose Sa, Matt Doherty, Emmanuel Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Andre, Rayan Ait Nouri, Marshall Munetsi, Matheus Cunha and J. Bellegarde.

🔮 Prediction

Manchester City can and should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

In contrast, Wolverhampton Wanderers will not find it easy to make a breakthrough although we do think it’s probable that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet.

We’re therefore anticipating a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory for Manchester City after 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 18:05 02/05/2025