Manchester City have performed better than Wolverhampton Wanderers so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wolverhampton Wanderers have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Manchester City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Etihad Stadium as Manchester City, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League, have scored 27 goals to get 32 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 10-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Manchester City fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Etihad Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Manchester City has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat. Manchester haven’t lost a league-game in 18 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Tottenham Hotspur, 101 days ago.
The Manchester supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host West Ham United in Premier League and win 2-1. In the game before, an away victory in the Champions League match versus Borussia M'gladbach with a 2-0 scoreline.
The Manchester manager J. Guardiola i Sala has got the team scoring with 27 from 13 home games in the league. Manchester are not conceding a lot of goals here at Etihad Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 13 matches.
Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Newcastle United (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Leeds United.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Wolves's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Wolverhampton Wanderers managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wolves manager N. Simões Espírito Santo as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Aston Villa.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Wolves as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. Wolverhampton Wanderers have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Wolverhampton Wanderers - Manchester 1-3. Manchester-Wolverhampton Wanderers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Manchester City five wins, Wolverhampton Wanderers two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  İ. Gündoğan 11 goals |  R. Sterling 9 goals |  P. Foden 6 goals |
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| Manchester City | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 52 | 27 | 10 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 27 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 92% |
| 73% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 62% | 65% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 46% | 42% |
| 31% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 23% | 19% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 38% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 58% | 69% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 23% | 27% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 46% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 15.1 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.5 | 12.2 |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 37% | 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 25% |
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wolverhampton Wanderers have scored away.
- Manchester City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (15) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most points (32) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+36) in Premier League
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Manchester City is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 36 | 62 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 50 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 45 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 44 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Everton | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 39 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 39 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 43 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 27 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | Southampton | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 27 | -12 | 30 |
| 15 | Burnley | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 28 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 26 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -17 | 26 |
| 18 | Fulham | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 23 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 55 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -35 | 17 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 25 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 23 | -26 | 11 |
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