Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd May 2025

Wolverhampton go up against Manchester City on Friday for a Premier League meeting at Etihad Stadium.

Ranked as number 4 in the Premier League standings, The Citizens, have so far collected 61 points this season, while Wolverhampton collected 41 points. This puts them up as number 13 after 34 rounds.

Manchester City took down Wolverhampton in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Friday.

When it comes to goal-scoring Manchester City could be more prolific, scoring 18 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.8 goals per game in which, they conceded eight times. This is an average of 0.8 a game, achieving a clean sheet in five games.

Wolves scored 17 goals, conceded nine and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Manchester City had a good reading on Wolverhampton in their last two meetings, which they won by 5-1 and 2-1, respectively.

Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Prediction

Manchester City Form

In their last three outings, Manchester City won 0-2 against Everton, beat Aston Villa by 2-1 and hammered Nottingham Forest 0-2. Manchester City claimed four wins in their last six Premier League matches at the Etihad Stadium. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded seven and scored 15 goals.

Wolverhampton Form

Wolverhampton are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Tottenham got left behind in a 4-2 win, before Manchester United got hammered in a 0-1 victory. Leicester was the most recent victim in a 3-0 win for Wolverhampton. Wolverhampton recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the Premier League, in which they banged in eight goals, whilst conceding seven. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Manchester City and Wolverhampton.

Manchester City recorded 28 points following nine wins from their last 11 games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 26 goals, but also conceded eight. Wolverhampton claimed zero wins and one points in their last 11 games against teams from the top six. They scored eight times in these matches, but also conceded 27 goals. Manchester City have a record of 18 wins, seven draws and nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Wolverhampton are looking at 12 wins, five draws and 17 defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Squads

Manchester City Squad

Guardiola will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Wolverhampton from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Ederson (0/22), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/13), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/6), Christian McFarlane (0/0), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/2), John Stones (2/11), Josko Gvardiol (5/33), Manuel Akanji (0/22), Nathan Ake (0/10), Rico Lewis (1/26), Ruben Dias (0/23), Vitor Reis (0/0), Bernardo Silva (3/29), Claudio Echeverri (0/0), Ilkay Gundogan (0/30), Jack Grealish (1/19), James McAtee (3/13), Jeremy Doku (3/25), Kevin De Bruyne (3/24), Mateo Kovacic (6/28), Matheus Nunes (1/23), Nico Gonzalez (0/8), Nico O'Reilly (2/7), Oscar Bobb (0/0), Phil Foden (7/25), Rodri (0/2), Savinho (1/27), Erling Haaland (21/28), Omar Marmoush (6/12).

Wolverhampton Squad

Below is the full team squad of Wolverhampton. The manager Pereira will pick his starting XI against Manchester City from these players:

Daniel Bentley (0/1), Jose Sa (0/26), Sam Johnstone (0/7), Tom King (0/0), Bastien Meupiyou (0/0), Craig Dawson (0/15), Emmanuel Agbadou (0/12), Matt Doherty (2/27), Nasser Djiga (0/4), Nelson Semedo (0/30), Pedro Lima (0/3), Rayan Ait Nouri (4/33), Santiago Bueno (0/27), Toti Gomes (0/27), Yerson Mosquera (0/5), Andre (0/29), Boubacar Traore (0/0), Joao Gomes (3/32), Marshall Munetsi (1/10), Thomas Doyle (0/24), Carlos Forbs (0/10), Enso Gonzalez (0/0), Goncalo Guedes (2/25), Hee-Chan Hwang (2/19), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (2/31), Joergen Strand Larsen (13/32), Leon Chiwome (0/0), Matheus Cunha (15/29), Pablo Sarabia (3/20), Rodrigo Gomes (2/21), Sasa Kalajdzic (0/0).

Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Team News

Manchester City seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Friday.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb are missing from the squad, Manchester City will field against Wolverhamptonon Friday.

Wolverhampton have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match this coming Friday against Manchester City. Matheus Cunha and Matheus Cunha can't be called upon by Wolverhampton, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Names like Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traore, Enso Gonzalez and Sasa Kalajdzic most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Manchester City.

Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Lineups

Manchester City vs Wolverhampton H2H

The Citizens had a good reading on Wolves in their last two meetings, which they won by 5-1 and 2-1, respectively. The Sky Blues will be hoping to add another win to their fine tally against Wolverhampton. They are enjoying a good 8-0-2 advantage against their forthcoming visitors. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 4/11.

Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Results

It seems highly likely we are in for a seriously entertaining match between Manchester City and Wolverhampton. The previous ten matches have been joyous affairs as over 2.5 goals came out no less than nine times. Best priced odds on over 2.5 goals are 8/15 at the bookmakers.

Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Joergen Strand Larsen so far with 13 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target six times in his last six games, and no doubt Wolverhampton want him to continue this productive spell against Manchester Cityon Friday.

Manchester City claimed all three points seven times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Wolverhampton won six of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing three in this series of matches. Goals are usually flowing for Manchester City on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Wolverhampton in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals happened five times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Manchester City managed an average of 2.9 goals, with Wolverhampton averaging one goal. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Manchester City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of two goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Wolverhampton played across all tournaments. They scored 1.7 times on average in the process.