Manchester Metropolis are again in Premier League motion on Sunday afternoon as they journey to bottom-of-the-table Wolves.
Gary O’Neil’s excessive level within the Molineux dugout arrived on this fixture final season as the previous midfielder masterminded a 2-1 victory over a Rodri-less Metropolis. The Wolves boss might do with one other memorable victory this weekend given his facet’s woeful begin to the brand new season.
Sunday’s hosts have endured a nightmare schedule by means of the primary two months of 2024/25, however to stay winless is undoubtedly an enormous disappointment. Their fixtures do loosen up earlier than Christmas, however O’Neil may not be given the possibility to supervise a resurgence.
Metropolis are nonetheless figuring issues out within the absence of their midfield lynchpin, they usually had been lucky to flee with all three factors towards Fulham two weeks in the past. Pep Guardiola’s facet are trailing Liverpool on the summit, however the Cityzens but to style defeat this time period.
Right here is 90min’s information to Man Metropolis’s conflict with Wolves this weekend.
Wolves vs Man Metropolis H2H Document (Final 5 Video games)
Present type (all competitions)
Wolves | Man Metropolis |
|---|---|
Brentford 5-3 Wolves – 05/10/24 | Man Metropolis 3-2 Fulham – 05/10/24 |
Wolves 1-2 Liverpool – 28/09/24 | Slovan Bratislava 0-4 Man Metropolis – 01/10/24 |
Aston Villa 3-1 Wolves – 21/09/24 | Newcastle 1-1 Man Metropolis – 28/09/24 |
Brighton 3-2 Wolves – 18/09/24 | Man Metropolis 2-1 Watford – 24/09/24 |
Wolves 1-2 Newcastle – 15/09/24 | Man Metropolis 2-2 Arsenal – 22/09/24 |
Nation | TV channel/reside stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Sky Go, NOW, SKY GO Additional, Sky Sports activities Essential Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Extremely HD |
United States | fuboTV, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports activities App, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, USA Community, Telemundo |
Canada | fuboTV, Fubo Sports activities Community 2 Canada |
Wolves definitely have not been helped by accidents at first of the 2024/25 marketing campaign, they usually suffered one other setback in the course of the worldwide break with Hwang Hee-chan selecting up an ankle damage that would sideline him for a few weeks.
O’Neil might name upon teenage defender Bastien Meupiyou, however the hosts are nonetheless with out Yerson Mosquera, Sasa Kalajdzic, Enso Gonzalez and Boubacar Traore.
With Hwang out, we must always see Matheus Cunha work in tandem with towering summer season arrival Jorgen Strand Larsen up prime.
Wolves predicted lineup vs Man Metropolis (3-5-2): Johnstone; Bueno, Dawson, Toti; Semedo, Lemina, Andre, Gomes, Ait Nouri; Cunha, Larsen.
Guardiola had held out hope that each Nathan Ake and Kevin De Bruyne would return from their respective accidents after the October break, but it surely appears as if the pair will miss Sunday’s recreation.
Rodri is a long-term absentee after tearing his ACL final month, whereas Oscar Bobb is unlikely to play once more in 2024 after breaking his leg in pre-season.
Rico Lewis may very well be most popular to Kyle Walker at right-back, whereas Ilkay Gundogan will possible companion Mateo Kovacic on the base of Metropolis’s midfield. Jack Grealish will share minutes with Jeremy Doku down the left.
Man Metropolis predicted lineup vs Wolves (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Kovacic, Gundogan; Savinho, Foden, Grealish; Haaland.
Wolves will not be bottom-of-the-table dangerous and you have to anticipate some type of fightback to reach quickly, however there’s not going to be a grand resurgence this weekend.
Whereas Rodri’s absence aided Wolves’ victory on this fixture final season, Metropolis are higher positioned to mitigate the Spaniard’s long-term damage due to Ilkay Gundogan’s return and they’re going to discover their optimum groove in some unspecified time in the future.
Erling Haaland has just a few wrongs to proper up towards Craig Dawson, and you’ll anticipate the decided Nordic machine to get pleasure from himself on Sunday afternoon. He scored a hatful the final time these two sides faces off.
