Wolves vs Manchester City: Match Preview & Betting Tips

Manchester City get their 20/21 Premier League campaign underway with a trip to Wolves, and they could be in for an unwanted surprise.

Wolves will play host to Manchester City, who will be the final team to open the new Premier League season, on Monday night.

Pep Guardiola’s men will start the new season with the intention of providing competition to champions Liverpool in the title race.

They will also be hoping for revenge against their upcoming opponents for doing a double over them in the league in 2019-20.

Wolves, meanwhile, will be hoping to hit the 2000-mark and become only the fourth team in the top four tiers of English football to do so after recording their 1,999th league win in their previous match.

Wolves vs Man City Form:

While the visitors are yet to kick a ball this season, the hosts have already gotten into action, and an inspiring one at that. Nuno Espirito Santo’s men beat Sheffield United 2-0 in their 20/21 Premier League opener.

Pep Guardiola’s side, meanwhile, have an admirable curtain-raiser record. They have not tasted defeat in the opening days of each of their last 11 English top-flight campaigns. The team also ended their last season in an emphatic fashion, securing five successive league victories while scoring 21 goals and keeping four clean sheets during that run.

Wolves vs Man City Head to Head:

The Wanderers do not have much to fear about the Sky Blues is history is anything to go by, with each of the two sides having a 50-50 record in 90 previous clashes.

The most recent match between the two teams ended in Wolves’ favor, with them coming from behind to seal a 3-2 win.

Wolves vs Man City Team News:

Nuno will have to set up his team without Diogo Jota, who completed his move to Liverpool last week. The Portuguese coach will also be without Jonny, who is out with a long-term injury.

Guardiola will also be missing a key player in Sergio Aguero, who is still recovering from his knee injury. Aymeric Laporte and Riyad Mahrez are also doubtful to start, with both having just recovered from the COVID-19 scare.

Predicted Line-ups:

Wolves (3-4-3): Rui Patricio; Boly, Coady, Saiss; Traore, Moutinho, Neves, Marcal; Podence, Jimenez, Neto;

Man City (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Garcia, Ake, Mendy; De Bruyne, Rodri, Foden; Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling;

Wolves vs Man City Betting Tips:

[All odds correct at the time of publishing, all odds as reported by the Telegraph]

Man City are odds on 1/2 favorites to win the game. A surprising defeat for them, meanwhile, is priced at 11/2. The odds for the match to end in a stalemate is 10/3.

Despite both the Citizens as well as the Wanderers boasting a wealth of attacking talents, bookmakers are not expecting a glut of goals in the match. The Odds for under 2.5 goals are 6/5.

Nathan Ake, who joined the club from Bournemouth this summer, is expected to make his debut for Man City on Monday night. The odds for him to score at any time in the match are 9/1.