Overview
Manchester City are in good form at the end of the season. The Citizens just defeated Nottingham Forest 2-0 to reach the FA Cup final, while extending their unbeaten streak in all competitions to 8 (6 wins, 2 draws).
With high spirits, coach Pep Guardiola's team will aim for the next victory against Wolves. They need to consolidate their position in the top 5 to secure a place in the Champions League next season.
Erling Haaland's injury was expected to make Man City in trouble, but in reality they still responded well. In 6 matches that the Norwegian striker was absent, the blue half of Manchester scored 13 goals, an average of 2 goals/match.
Notably, it is not only attackers like Marmoush, De Bruyne or Bernardo Silva take turns scoring. Defensive players like Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Nunes and Lewis of Man City have also often shined.
Meanwhile, Wolves' form is not bad at all. They have won all 6 of their most recent matches in the Premier League against Southampton, West Ham, Ipswich, Tottenham, Man United and Leicester.
Coach Vitor Pereira's team scored 13 goals, only conceded 4 and kept 3 clean sheets. With what they are showing, fans of the Molineux team have the right to believe that Wolves are capable of creating a surprise against Man City.
However, history is leaning towards Man City. In the last 9 meetings with Wolves, the Manchester representative won 8 times and scored 27 goals. It is likely that Guardiola's team will once again enjoy the joy.
Personnel situation
Like the FA Cup match at Wembley, Man City will once again be without the services of Haaland, John Stones, Nathan Ake and Rodri due to injury.
On the other side of the front line, with a long list of injuries facing him at the moment, coach Pereira may continue to use the players who defeated Leicester last week.
Expected lineup:
Man City: Ederson, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Kovacic, Silva, McAtee, De Bruyne, Doku, Marmoush.
Wolves: Sa, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti, Semedo, J. Gomes, Andre, Ait-Nouri, Munetsi, Cunha, Strand Larsen.
The match between Man City and Wolves takes place at 2:00 am on March 3 (Vietnam time).
