📏 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-2 Premier League triumph against Nottingham Forest.

In that match, Manchester City managed 67% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Manchester City, the scorers were Joško Gvardiol (32') and Erling Haaland (71'). For their opponents, Nottingham Forest got 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Manchester City have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 16 during that period and have conceded a total of 5. Such a pattern won’t necessarily follow through here, however.

Heading into this fixture, Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 28 league matches at home. Incredible, really.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Wolves will come into the meeting following a 2-1 Premier League win with the downing of Luton Town in their most recent outing.

In that game, Wolverhampton Wanderers managed 58% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Wolverhampton Wanderers, the goals were scored by Hee-chan Hwang (39') and Toti Gomes (50'). For their opponents, Luton Town got 9 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Carlton Morris (80') scored for Luton Town.

The stats tell the story, and Wolves have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in total. Defensively, Wolverhampton Wanderers have not been doing too well.

Their previous form shows that Wolverhampton Wanderers:

• have not registered a win against Manchester City in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 02/03/2021 tells us that Manchester City have won 5 of them & Wolves 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.

In all, 21 goals were scored between them in this period, with 17 for The Citizens and 4 coming from Wolves. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league contest between these sides was Premier League match day 7 on 30/09/2023 when it finished Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Manchester City.

That day, Wolverhampton Wanderers managed 32% possession and 3 shots on goal with 1 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Hee-chan Hwang (66').

For their opponents, Manchester City had 23 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Rúben Dias (13' Own goal) and Julián Álvarez (58') scored.

The match was refereed by Craig Pawson.

📋 Team News: Manchester City

The Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash thanks to a completely healthy group available for selection.

It looks as if The Citizens will probably employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game and select Ederson Moraes, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, Josko Gvardiol, Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.

📋 Team News: Wolves

Thanks to a mainly available squad, there is just the sole fitness problem for the Wolves boss Gary O'Neil to be concerned about. Pedro Neto (Hamstring injury) won’t be in action.

There’s a good chance that Wolves seem likely to play in a 3-5-2 system, settling for Jose Sa, Nelson Semedo, Max Kilman, Toti Gomes, Hugo Bueno, Joao Gomes, Mario Lemina, Boubacar Traore, Rayan Ait Nouri, Hee-Chan Hwang and Matheus Cunha.

💭 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Manchester City can and should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the same time, Wolverhampton Wanderers could well struggle to make a breakthrough but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet, too.

We reckon that it will be a fairly comfortable 3-1 margin for Manchester City at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 16:04 04/05/2024