English Premier League: Wolverhampton vs. Manchester City Preview, Odds, Prediction

Wolverhampton hosts Manchester City in the opener of Saturday’s English Premier League game program. The two units know one another very well, and there aren’t too many secrets between them. The Wolves are looking solid, relying upon tough defense lately, while Man City has Haaland upfront, who is terrorizing the defenses across England and Europe. The Norwegian is unstoppable for the moment, and over the past few years, we haven’t seen a guy who scores goals that easily.

Preview

Wolverhampton (+850) didn’t lose in the past four games. They had two wins and two draws during that span, keeping its net intact over the last 180 minutes. Though, the Wolves have just one win in the Premiership this season, which was recorded in the previous round against Southampton, 1-0.

The overall record of this crew is one win, three draws, and two defeats in the EPL, with the main problem of the unit being efficiency. In six events, the Wolves have netted three times, and matter the quality of the defense, that is something that prevents them from making positive results.

Counting the game in the EFL Cup against Preston (2-1 win), they have two wins and losses in four events at Molineux. Three of them were under 2.5 goals, which tells enough about how the Wolves play.

Manchester City (-333) came back against Borussia Dortmund, erasing a one-goal deficit and winning 2-1 on Wednesday night in the UEFA Champions League. We saw the Citizens flipping the results on a couple of occasions this season, and they look so confident and relaxed while doing that.

The EPL champions haven’t lost in the last nine games, winning six of them and recording three draws. Also, they’ve netted at least twice in all but one in these nine events. That is because Erling Haaland has already reached 13 goals in the EPL and the UCL. The guy is a natural disaster for the rivals, something never seen before.

What is interesting is that City had three draws in a row on the road, before trashing Seville at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, 0-4. That is with a friendly game against Barcelona, 3-3.

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Chiquinho and Sasa Kalajdzic are both out for the Wolves, but there is hope that Diego Costa might make his debut. The Brazilian veteran striker signed a deal earlier this week.

On the other side, Mendy is suspended, Laporte and Walker are questionable, but Guardiola probably won’t take any chances with either of these two.

Head to Head Games

City has four wins in a row over Wolves, all of them in the previous two EPL seasons. The last year’s campaign saw them winning 1-0 at home, but after that, Wolves’ humiliation at Molineux, 1-5.

Prediction

The hosts will defend, and they will put a strong block in front of the goal, yet that won’t be enough to stop Haaland. We expect City to win here, and cover -1.5 goals spread as well, with the current odds on that sitting at +100. If they break the Wolves’ defense early on, it could be a catastrophe for the home unit.

Pick: Man City -1.5