Manchester City hosts Wolverhampton Wanderers in round 16 of the English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, December 11th at Etihad Stadium (Manchester)
Josep Guardiola's team tops the Premier League standings with 35 points after 15 games. Manchester City gained 11 victories and two draws and suffered two defeats. The Citizens looked great in the last rounds of the championship. The current titleholders have won five games in a row, beating Manchester United (0-2), Everton (3-0), West Ham (2-1), Aston Villa (1-2), and Watford (1-3). This streak allowed Manchester City to take the lead in the championship race. Beyond that, the Citizens performed well in the group stage of the Champions League, where they guaranteed promotion to the playoffs from the 1st place one round before the finish. In the final match of Group A on December 7, the demotivated Citizens lost away to RB Leipzig (2-1), and it was their first defeat in eight official matches.
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Bruno Lage's team is in 8th place in the standings with 21 points. Wolverhampton has six victories, three draws, and six losses after 15 rounds. After a November pause in the Premier League, the Wolves are experiencing a decline in results. In three rounds in a row, they didn’t gain a single victory and even couldn’t upset the opponents' goalkeepers. The matches against Norwich and Burnley ended with an identical score of 0-0, and the home game with Liverpool on December 4 turned into the first defeat in four matches (0-1). The Wanderers were very close to a draw, but the Reds converted their scoring chance in the 94th minute.
In the previous Premier League draw, Manchester City and Wolverhampton played two head-to-head matches. In both cases, the Citizens celebrated victory. On September 20 last year, they scored three points away (1-3), and on March 2, they hammered the Wolves at home (4-1). Wolverhampton is relying on defense in the current season, which is reflected in the results in the championship. In 15 rounds, Lage's footballers conceded only 13 goals and avoided defeats with a difference of more than two goals. Most likely, in the match at Etihad Stadium, the main goal of the Wolves will be a disciplined game near their penalty area. City steadily gains victories in the championship, but it has not won with a large score in the last six rounds (except for the home game against Everton). The tough calendar forces the Citizens to act more pragmatically and play for the result. After a visit to Germany, where Guardiola's coaching staff has involved almost all of the regular players, the Citizens are unlikely to demonstrate super-productive football.
Prediction for the match: Wolverhampton to win with +2.0 handicap
