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Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 2nd May, 20:00 BST, Etihad Stadium, Manchester

We’ve English Premier League action to look forward to on Friday night, as Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City side host Antal Nemeth’s Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been published below, with head-to-head history and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. The best odds are included as well.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

In alignment, our prediction and the odds from the bookmakers suggest that this Premier League tie is going to be entertaining, with at least 3 goals to scored in the game. As both sides are unconvincing in the WDW market given their latest form, we're going with the statistics and past head-to-head (H2H) records below, both of which point strongly towards over 2.5 goals being the best bet here.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Man City are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 58% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.33.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man City
58%
1/3
2%
-
Draw
21%
17/4-
Wolves
21%
15/2
13%
-
Man City 2-1
10%
8/1
5%
-
Draw 1-1
10%
10/1-
Man City 2-0
9%
7/1-
Man City 1-0
8%
8/1
5%
-
Man City 3-1
7%
11/1-
Man City 3-0
6%
9/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
20/1-
Wolves 2-1
6%
25/1
13%
-
Wolves 1-0
5%
25/1
13%
-
Draw 0-0
4%
16/1-
Man City 3-2
4%
25/1-
Man City 4-1
3%
18/1-
Man City 4-0
3%
16/1-
Wolves 2-0
3%
40/1-
Wolves 3-2
2%
50/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
8/15-
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
6/4-
Home 1st Goal
55%
1/4-
Away 1st Goal
43%
3/1-
No 1st Goal
3%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
60%
4/5-
BTTS - No
40%
19/20-
BTTS - Home Win
31%
7/4
5%
-
BTTS - Draw
17%
11/2-
BTTS - Away Win
12%
12/1
8%
-
Home/draw
79%
1/12
2%
-
Away/draw
42%
9/4
8%
-
Home/away
79%
1/6-
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
13/10
3%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
8/13
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
3/1
8%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
1/4
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
16/1-
Home DNB
73%
1/9
1%
-
Away DNB
35%
11/2
8%
-
Man City win to nil
28%
5/4
5%
-
Wolves win to nil
9%
14/1-
Man City / Man City
44%
20/21
3%
-
Man City / Wolves
2%
50/1
24%
-
Man City / Draw
5%
18/1-
Draw / Man City
20%
10/3-
Draw / Wolves
5%
18/1
12%
-
Draw / Draw
10%
15/2
6%
-
Wolves / Man City
5%
18/1-
Wolves / Wolves
6%
14/1-
Wolves / Draw
4%
20/1-
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 34 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below in the table, having won 17, drawn 5 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Man City have outscored their opponents by 66 goals to 51 goals.

Home League Performance

Man City have played 17 games at home winning 11, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 39 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 22 goals at home.

Wolves are in 13th position in the Premier League on 41 points having played 34 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 32 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 25 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Wolves have conceded 46 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man City
Wolves
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Liverpool3425724882 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
2
Arsenal34181333467 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
5-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
3
Newcastle34195102162 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-0A
4
Man City Home3418792361 
-
-
l
 
1-2F
May 2
5
Chelsea3417981960 
w
 
3-1A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
2-6A
l
 
3-1A
6
Nottm Forest3318691460 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-3A
d
 
1-1A
7
A Villa341699557 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-1F
8
Fulham3414911451 
w
 
3-2A
May 25
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-4A
9
Brighton3413129151 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1F
May 10
d
 
2-2A
10
Bournemouth341311101250 
May 18
l
 
2-1A
l
 
2-4A
w
 
0-1F
11
Brentford3313713646 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
May 25
l
 
5-3A
12
C Palace34111211-445 
w
 
5-2A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2A
May 18
13
Wolves Away3412517-1041 
May 2
w
 
1-2A
-
-
14
Man Utd3410915-839 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
15
Everton3481412-738 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-0A
16
Spurs3411419637 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-2F
d
 
2-2F
17
West Ham349916-1936 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
18
Ipswich344921-4121 
w
 
4-1A
w
 
0-6F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2A
19
Leicester344624-4918 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
20
Southampton342527-5511 
w
 
1-0F
May 10
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
Win / draw / win form
3
Man City have won 3 consecutive league games
4
Wolves have won 4 consecutive away league games
6
Man City have not lost in 6 consecutive league games
Man City 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
51
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man City2 - 1A Villa
Man City5 - 2C Palace
Man City2 - 0Leicester
Man City2 - 2Brighton
Man City0 - 2Liverpool
Man City4 - 0Newcastle
Man City3 - 1Chelsea
Man City4 - 1West Ham
Man City1 - 1Everton
Man City1 - 2Man Utd
Man City3 - 0Nottm Forest
Man City0 - 4Spurs
Man City1 - 0Southampton
Man City3 - 2Fulham
Man City2 - 2Arsenal
Man City2 - 1Brentford
Man City4 - 1Ipswich
Man City3 - 1West Ham
Man City5 - 1Wolves
Man City5 - 1Luton
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMan City2 - 1A Villa
AMan City2 - 0Everton
HMan City5 - 2C Palace
AMan City0 - 0Man Utd
HMan City2 - 0Leicester
HMan City2 - 2Brighton
AMan City0 - 1Nottm Forest
AMan City1 - 0Spurs
HMan City0 - 2Liverpool
HMan City4 - 0Newcastle
AMan City1 - 5Arsenal
HMan City3 - 1Chelsea
AMan City6 - 0Ipswich
AMan City2 - 2Brentford
HMan City4 - 1West Ham
AMan City2 - 0Leicester
HMan City1 - 1Everton
AMan City1 - 2A Villa
HMan City1 - 2Man Utd
AMan City2 - 2C Palace
Wolves 13TH
20 league games
Away
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man Utd0 - 1Wolves
Ipswich1 - 2Wolves
Southampton1 - 2Wolves
Bournemouth0 - 1Wolves
Liverpool2 - 1Wolves
Chelsea3 - 1Wolves
Newcastle3 - 0Wolves
Spurs2 - 2Wolves
Leicester0 - 3Wolves
West Ham2 - 1Wolves
Everton4 - 0Wolves
Fulham1 - 4Wolves
Brighton2 - 2Wolves
Brentford5 - 3Wolves
A Villa3 - 1Wolves
Nottm Forest1 - 1Wolves
Arsenal2 - 0Wolves
Liverpool2 - 0Wolves
Man City5 - 1Wolves
Nottm Forest2 - 2Wolves
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWolves3 - 0Leicester
AWolves1 - 0Man Utd
HWolves4 - 2Spurs
AWolves2 - 1Ipswich
HWolves1 - 0West Ham
AWolves2 - 1Southampton
HWolves1 - 1Everton
HWolves1 - 2Fulham
AWolves1 - 0Bournemouth
AWolves1 - 2Liverpool
HWolves2 - 0A Villa
HWolves0 - 1Arsenal
AWolves1 - 3Chelsea
AWolves0 - 3Newcastle
HWolves0 - 3Nottm Forest
AWolves2 - 2Spurs
HWolves2 - 0Man Utd
AWolves3 - 0Leicester
HWolves1 - 2Ipswich
AWolves1 - 2West Ham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Man City have beaten Wolves in 4 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Man City since 1996
Man City
Wolves
Goals: Scored
28
14
Games: Scored
10 / 14
9 / 14
Clean sheets
5 / 14
4 / 14
MCI
9
D
1
WOL
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man City
Man City5 - 1
Man City3 - 0
Man City1 - 0
Man City4 - 1
0 - 2Wolves
Man City3 - 0
Man City3 - 1
Man City4 - 3
Man City1 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
Man City1 - 0
0 - 1Wolves
0 - 1Wolves
0 - 1Wolves
League games at Wolves since 1996
Wolves
Man City
Goals: Scored
21
28
Games: Scored
11 / 15
13 / 15
Clean sheets
2 / 15
4 / 15
MCI
7
D
2
WOL
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wolves
1 - 2Man City
Wolves2 - 1
0 - 3Man City
1 - 5Man City
1 - 3Man City
Wolves3 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Man City
Wolves2 - 1
0 - 3Man City
Wolves1 - 0
0 - 2Man City
Wolves4 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Wolves3 - 0
Goal Statistics

Manchester City's forwards have been superb of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 3 consecutive English Premier League outings. A PG of 2.1 suggests that run should continue on Friday night.

Man City 4th Wolves 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
13%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
15%
There is a 61% probability that Man City will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Wolves will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Man City have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
+7
Wolves’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.6
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2024/2025 season
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Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Wolves
2.1
1.2
Attack rating
8%
better
MCI
WOL
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Games scored28
29
Failed to score6
5
Scored first19
14
Goals scored65
51
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.5
Avg. shots per game12
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
18
Avg. XG for1.8
1.2
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
21%
better
MCI
WOL
view stats
Games conceded24
26
Clean sheets10
8
Conceded first14
20
Goals conceded43
61
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against17%
21%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.6
KickOff rating
+21%

Man City v Wolves Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Man City Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
322187
J GvardiolE HaalandS SávioB Silva
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Gvardiol DEF335
2
-
I Gündogan MID305
1
-
B Silva MID2934
7
-
M Kovacic MID2861
7
-
E Haaland FWD28213
2
-
S Sávio FWD2718
5
-
R Lewis DEF2612
4
1
J Doku FWD2536
1
-
P Foden FWD2572
2
-
K Bruyne MID2437
2
-
R Dias DEF23
5
-
M Nunes MID2315
4
-
Ederson GLK224
2
-
M Akanji DEF22
4
-
J Grealish FWD1911
4
-
S Ortega GLK13
1
-
J McAtee MID133
1
-
O Marmoush FWD126
-
J Stones DEF112
2
-
N Aké  DEF10
-
N González  MID8
3
-
A. Khusanov DEF6
1
-
Rodri MID2
-
O Bobb FWD2
-
V. de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis DEF1
-
Wolves Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3315711
R NouriM CunhaR NouriJ Gomes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Nouri DEF3347
8
1
J Gomes MID3231
10
1
J Larsen FWD32132
4
-
J Bellegarde MID3126
3
-
N Semedo DEF304
8
-
André MID29
8
-
M Cunha FWD29156
4
-
Toti DEF271
7
-
M Doherty DEF2721
7
-
S Sciutto DEF27
2
-
J Sá GLK26
3
-
G Guedes FWD2524
2
-
T Doyle MID241
1
-
R Gomes MID212
-
P Sarabia FWD2032
4
-
H Hee-Chan FWD1921
-
C Dawson DEF15
2
-
E Agbadou DEF12
2
-
M Munetsi MID1011
-
C. Borges FWD101
3
-
S Johnstone GLK7
-
Y Mosquera DEF5
3
-
N Djiga DEF4
-
P. Cardoso de Lima DEF3
-
D Bentley GLK1
-
B Traore MID1
-