Wolves – Manchester City Prediction & Picks (25.08.2018)

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City meet at Molineux Stadium, in a match for the 3rd round of the Premier League. There is only record of 1 recent direct match between these two teams, on 10-24-2017, which ended with the victory of Manchester City by (3-1), in the shoot-off on penalties. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since Manchester City presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Wolverhampton Wanderers:

The home team is currently in the 14th position, with 1 point won. In its opening match at home against Everton, by (2-2). In the 2nd round, they lost out to Leicester City by (2-0). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 21 goals scored and 18 conceded; against 8 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 27 goals scored and 12 conceded. In the last 10 home matches Wolverhampton Wanderers has won 5 draws with 5 draws. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches, so there are defensive processes that need improvement.

Wolverhampton is a club that has conquered the English championship three times throughout its history, being the last title won in the 1958/59 season, in addition to four FA Cup titles and one European League final in the 1971/72 season. Last season, the team finished the Championship with the title, guaranteeing access to the national football elite, nine points ahead of the classified team. In the last five games that Wolverhampton played at home, counting friendlies and games by official competitions, in three of them the team suffered goals. We believe that in this confrontation, Wolverhampton, despite playing at home, will end up having a lot of difficulty to sustain the attack and will end up suffering more than 1.5 goals, as it happened in the first two rounds of the Premier League.

Manchester City:

The away team is currently in the 1 st position, with 6 points won. In his debut he won against Arsenal by (0-2). On matchday two, they won at home in front of Huddersfield Town by (6-1). This is a team that, oddly enough, was better outside than at home, as in the last 30 matches they register 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in away matches; against 9 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 away matches Manchester City has won 9 and lost 1. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 55 of the last 64 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals.

Manchester City is a club that lives an excellent moment in its history. The club already had two English Championship titles, in the thirties and sixties, but as of 2011/12 it won two championships, the last time in the last season, in 2017/18, that is, the club is the current one. English champion. In addition to the five titles of English champion, he has several other titles in Cups. In this season 2018/19 Manchester City started well again, they are already two victories in the first two rounds, an away win against Arsenal by 0x2 and a 6×1 at home over Huddersfield Town, showing that their offensive sector is working well and that has everything to conquer once again the English championship.