City with compulsory task at Wolves!
Wolverhampton welcome Manchester City for a catch-up game on Wednesday night. The home side have been in poor form of late.
Although coach Bruno Lage’s team managed a draw at Chelsea recently, the Blues are not in a good mood either and the equaliser only came in the seventh minute of injury time. Before that, the hosts had lost three in a row.
Visiting coach Pep Guardiola will nevertheless have mixed feelings about the task. His away record against Portuguese coaches is greatly in need of improvement.
The Catalan has lost four of his five most recent matches against teams with a coach from the country of the 2016 European champions!
For the upcoming match between Wolverhampton and Manchester City, the tip is nevertheless for an away win with at least a two-goal difference.
Wolverhampton – Statistics & current form
The Wanderers, as described, have not been very efficient in recent weeks. Especially the offensive had quit the service in the meantime. Before the two goals against Chelsea last weekend, they had gone three times without scoring.
This is not a new problem: only three teams in the Premier League score less than Wolves. Against this backdrop, the odds on an away win to nil in the clash between Wolverhampton and Manchester City also suggest themselves.
The strong visitors’ defence, which has not conceded a goal in its last five Premier League away games, is another factor in their favour.
Jimenez also has a charging problem
With just six goals, the home side’s top scorer is again Raul Jimenez. But the Mexican is also currently in a slump of form. The 31-year-old has not scored since mid-March.
The Wanderers cannot rely on a home bonus on top: The Lage team has only won seven of its 17 home games (7-2-8). The offensive problems are also clearly evident in the home games: 18 goals is the meagre yield.
Predicted Wolverhampton line-up:
Jose Sa – Coady – Boly – Saiss – Ait Nouri – Moutinho – Neves – Dendoncker – Jonny – Jimenez – Neto
Last matches played by Wolverhampton:
Premier League
07/05/2022 – Chelsea FC 2 – 2 Wolverhampton
30/04/2022 – Wolverhampton 0 – 3 Brighton
24/04/2022 – Burnley 1 – 0 Wolverhampton
09/04/2022 – Newcastle United 1 – 0 Wolverhampton
02/04/2022 – Wolverhampton 2 – 1 Aston Villa
Manchester City – Statistics & current form
Manchester overcame their painful exit against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals surprisingly quickly. Against Newcastle last weekend, they scored a 5:0 victory.
The visitors’ offensive proved once again that they are in very good shape at the moment. It was the fourth league game in a row in which Manchester scored at least three goals!
Only once in Manchester’s history did the visitors have a longer streak of this kind, when between October and November 2011 they even delivered six games in a row with at least three goals.
Thanks to the current flood of goals, the reigning champions have now also surpassed the Reds in terms of most goals scored in the British top flight (89).
Will the visitors score at least three times again?
With that in mind, betting on the visitors to score more than two goals again in the match between Wolverhampton and Manchester City is also of interest.
City can also rely on their away strength: Guardiola’s side have lost just one of 17 away games (13-3-1) – the lowest number and best points tally in the league!
Predicted Manchester City line-up:
Ederson – Dias – Laporte – Zinchenko – Cancelo – Rodri – De Bruyne – Gündogan – Grealish – Jesus – Sterling
Last matches played by Manchester City:
Premier League
08/05/2022 – Manchester City 5 – 0 Newcastle United
Champions League Final
05/05/2022 – Real Madrid 3 – 1 Manchester City
Premier League
30/04/2022 – Leeds 0 – 4 Manchester City
Champions League Final
27/04/2022 – Manchester City 4 – 3 Real Madrid
Premier League
23/04/2022 – Manchester City 5 – 1 Watford
Wolverhampton – Manchester City Direct comparison / H2H record
The Citizens narrowly edged out Wolves 1-0 in the first leg. It was the third straight win in this pairing for the visitors.
The decisive goal was scored by Raheem Sterling from the penalty spot. The striker also scored twice in last weekend’s win over the Magpies.
Wolverhampton – Manchester City Tip
Wolves have all but squandered their chance of playing in European competition next season in recent weeks.
Now they have to face the top of the table, who cannot afford a slip-up in the thrilling title race with Liverpool. For this reason, a very motivated and concentrated visiting team can be expected.
For the showdown between Wolverhampton and Manchester City, the prediction therefore includes an away win with at least two goals difference.
The prediction is also underpinned by the visitors’ currently extremely potent attack. They have scored no less than 17 goals in their last four league games.
In addition, the champions travel as the Premier League’s strongest away team, having only conceded one in their very first game of the season at Tottenham last August.
