Man City vs Wolves Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Manchester City are in something of a crisis at the moment as the rock-bottom but improving Wolverhampton Wanderers now travel to the Etihad Stadium this weekend.
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Man City team news: Guehi to debut
Experienced and versatile Portugal international Matheus Nunes has apparently returned to training on Friday with the former Wolves man having to be assessed following his illness.
Nico Gonzalez is also expected to be unavailable due to injury. However, Guardiola has confirmed that Marc Guehi will make his debut at the Etihad this week.
Predicted XI (4-1-4-1): Donnarumma; Lewis, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly; Rodri; Silva, Foden, Cherki, Semenyo; Haaland
Unavailable: Dias (Injured), Gvardiol (Injured), Stones (Injured), Kovacic (Injured), Marmoush (International duty), Bobb (Injured), Savinho (Injured)
Questionable: Gonzalez (Injured)
Wolves team news: Strand Larsen to be in the squad
Toti has returned to training this week but the Portugal international defender remains unavailable for this one alongside Haiti international attacking midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
Rob Edwards has confirmed that a bid has arrived for Jorgen Strand Larsen but the Leeds United-linked striker is going to be in the squad for Wolves at the Etihad this week.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Sa; S. Bueno, Mosquera, Krejci; Doherty, J. Gomes, Andre, H. Bueno; Mane, Arias; Arokodare
Unavailable: Toti (Fitness), Bellegarde (Injured)
Questionable:
Man City vs Wolves prediction
Pep Guardiola appears to be coming to the end of his reign at Manchester City. The home team suffered a 2-0 loss to Manchester United in the derby at Old Trafford in a game in which the scoreline flattered the Cityzens ahead of a very embarrasing 3-1 loss to Bodo/Glimt in the Arctic Circle in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League.
They now face a Wolverhampton Wanderers side that are now unbeaten in their last five matches across all competitions under the management of Rob Edwards. The visitors most recently shared a goalless draw with Newcastle United at Molineux last weekend. Wolves do remain 14 points adrift of safety, though, ahead of this weekend.
Wolves are definitely improving and they have given themselves a bit of a chance as they travel to the Etihad but City, even in their poor form, will be favoured to bounce back in a likely competitive encounter.
Man City vs Wolves tip: Man City to win & under 3.5 goals
