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Wolves v Man City
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Kick Off: Sunday 20th October at 14:00
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Competition: Premier League
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Watch Live: Sky Sports Main Event
Manchester City make the trip to winless Wolves on Sunday where Pep Guardiola’s men will be expected to secure another three points.
Gary O’Neil is under increasing pressure as his Wolves side have only managed to secure one point from their opening seven league games and another defeat this weekend will only intensify the spotlight on the former Bournemouth boss.
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There is a good chance that both goalkeepers will have to pick the ball out of the back of their net on Sunday as, despite their contrasting form, neither of these sides boast a good clean sheets record this season.
Both teams have scored in 86% of Wolves’ seven Premier League games this season, which includes each of their three games at Molineux, and Man City have also seen both teams score in 86% of their league games this season.
👕 Wolves v Man City Predicted XI
🔍 Wolves v Man City Players to Watch
🟡 Joao Gomes
We’re expecting Wolves to be doing plenty of ball-chasing on Sunday against a side that have mastered keeping hold of the ball. We’ll be backing Joao Gomes to be shown another yellow card this weekend as the Wolves’ midfielder has already picked up three this season.
The Brazilian has made 24 tackles this season, more than any other Wolves player, 15 of which he won, and if his team are to get any foothold in midfield then Gomes is going to have to put in a fair few tackles.
🔵 Erling Haaland
Manchester City’s Norwegian goal machine has made another impressive start to the season, scoring 10 goals in his seven starts in the Premier League and of those goals, five have arrived first in matches.
Haaland has an xG of 6.5, averages 1.43 goals per 90 minutes and heads into the Wolves game on the back of seven goals in his last nine games for club and country, so you can see why we are backing him to score the first goal on Sunday.
🔵 Josko Gvardiol
Unsurprisingly, Erling Haaland has had the most shots on target of any Manchester City player this season, 22. However, what might come as a shock to you is that the player with the second-highest shots on target per 90 for the Citizens isn’t Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic or Jeremy Doku, it’s defender Josko Gvardiol with five shots on target.
The Croatian defender has a shot on target ratio of 55.6% this season. He will, as per usual, be expected to get forward plenty against Wolves, and we’re backing him to hit the target again on Sunday.
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💻 Wolves v Man City Form and Tactics
We’re expecting Pep Guardiola’s side to control Sunday’s game as they top the Premier League table for possession with 63.6%, while their hosts Wolves sit in the bottom half of the table with an average of 47.4% of the possession.
Pep started the campaign with a three-man defence but has gone with a flat back-four in City’s last four league games, picking up two wins and two draws. During that time, Man City’s possession percentage hasn’t dropped below 54% and their xG last time out at home to Fulham was 1.6 and the xGA reached 2.6.
Gary O’Neil has played a 4-2-3-1 in his last three league games, each of which ended in defeat. Wolves enjoyed 56% of the possession in their last game away at Brentford, the only time O’Neil’s team have ended a league game this season with more of the ball than their opponent.
Wolves’ xG was 1.0 last time out against Brentford, their third-best of the campaign, while their xGA reached 4.2, easily the club’s highest of the season so far.
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🏁 Wolves v Man City Ref Watch
- Referee: Chris Kavanagh
- Kavanagh averages 5.80 yellow cards per game in the Premier League in 2024/25
- He has awarded a red card in three of his five Premier League games this season, an average of 0.60
- Across these five games, Kavanagh has blown the whistle for an average of 23.60 fouls per game
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