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Wolves vs Manchester City Preview, Prediction, Team News and Confirmed Lineups Ahead Of Super Sunday
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Bottom of the table Wolves host Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday, and we’ve got the latest in of team news and confirmed lineups, as well as a score prediction included in our preview.
Gary O’Neil and his struggling Wolves side welcome title-chasing reigning champions Manchester City to Molineux on Sunday, where they’ll be hoping for a miracle to record their first league win of the campaign.
Wolves head into Gameweek 8 occupying 20th place in the Premier League table, level on points with 19th place Southampton, having earned just one point from their opening seven league fixtures this term.
They come into the tie off the back of five successive losses across all competitions, which includes four league defeats and one Carabao Cup defeat, most recently losing 5-3 to Brentford in the English capital.
City, meanwhile, headed into the international window up in second place, just a point behind league leaders Liverpool and level on points with title-rivals Arsenal.
Last time out, Pep Guardiola‘s side narrowly edged past Fulham 3-2, avoiding a shock result at home despite initially going behind, which maintained their unbeaten start to the season across all competitions.
The UK’s best football betting sites heavily favour the 10-time English champions to come out on top this weekend at around 1/3, while league top scorer Erling Haaland is priced at 8/13 to score at anytime.
Wolves Team News
The hosts are without a quartet of first-team players through injury, with Sasa Kalajdzic, Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traore and Enso Gonzalez nursing their respective issues.
Wolves will also be without important attacker Hwang Hee-chan after the South Korean picked up an injury while away on international duty during a World Cup qualifying match against Jordan last week.
Manchester City Team News
The Cityzens have several injury concerns ahead of their trip to the Midlands, with both Rodri and Oscar Bobb confirmed to be unavailable. Rodri is set to miss the remainder of the campaign after suffering a knee injury last month, while Bobb is still recovering from a leg fracture suffered in August.
Kevin De Bruyne and Nathan Ake were the other two concerns. De Bruyne missed his side’s last five games prior to the international window due to a groin issue, while Ake has missed the last seven with a muscle problem.
But with Ake pictured in training on Thursday afternoon, he has been deemed fit enough for the bench.
De Bruyne, however, has not made this afternoon’s match day squad.
Nathan Ake is back in training for Manchester City after not playing since getting injured during the September international break 🔵
However, there was no sign of Kevin de Bruyne at today's session ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/2woUYs1NOK
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) October 17, 2024
Wolves vs Manchester City Confirmed Lineups
Wolves Confirmed Lineup:
Jose Sa; Gomes, Dawson, Bueno; Ait-Nouri, Lemina, Andre, Joao Gomes, Semedo; Larsen, Cunha
Manchester City Confirmed Lineup:
Ederson; Gvardiol, Dias, Stones, Lewis; Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, Gundogan; Doku, Savinho, Haaland
Wolves vs Manchester City Prediction
Like the majority of football fans ahead of this weekend’s Premier League action, we are predicting Manchester City to beat Wolves, and we expect them to do so in very comfortable fashion.
In fairness to Wolves, they did hand City one of their three league defeats when they faced off at Molineux last term, however O’Neil’s side have struggled massively so far this season, so we can’t see a repeat this time around.
No English top-flight side has conceded more than Wolves this season (21), while none have scored more than Manchester City (17). It’s a recipe for goals, but unfortunately for the hosts, not in their favour.
The likes of Haaland, Jeremy Doku, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva all have the potential to cause the Old Gold some serious problems, as well as Jack Grealish and Phil Foden from the bench.
We therefore expect a victory heavily in favour of Guardiola’s men.
Prediction: Wolves 0-3 Manchester City