{"id":5912,"date":"2025-08-28T14:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/?p=5912"},"modified":"2025-09-05T06:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:49:48","slug":"premier-league-wolves-vs-manchester-city-aug-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/premier-league-wolves-vs-manchester-city-aug-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League: Wolves vs. Manchester City: Cityzens After Opening Day Win (Aug 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester City head down to Wolves in their opening game of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Manchester club will be hoping to get off to winning ways in their hunt for another league title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Wolves, they will be hoping to pull off an upset, to set themselves on course to avoid a relegation scrap this campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Odds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Match Result<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Odds<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wolves<\/td><td>11\/2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Manchester City<\/td><td>1\/2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Draw<\/td><td>11\/3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wolves Winless in Last Three vs. Man City<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><br><\/td><td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Wolves<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Man City<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Draw<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Games<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Goals<\/td><td>70<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>49<\/td><td><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolves have failed to beat Manchester City in their last three attempts, with the Midlands side last win coming in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cityzens have scored a total of eight goals in their last three games against Wolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pairs last matchup ended in 1-0 win to Manchester City thanks to a Kevin De Bruyne goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re here for more than just odds check out <a href=\"https:\/\/bonuses.com\/crypto-casinos\/bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonuses.com<\/a> to get busy before the season starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wolves vs. Manchester City Key Stats<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Manchester City have won four out of the last five fixtures against Wolves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Wolves last win over City, a 2-1 win, both goals were assisted by players no longer at the club.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manchester City have scored 12 goals in their last five games against Wolves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wolves Team News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wolves-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Wolves\" class=\"wp-image-5915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wolves-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wolves-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wolves-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wolves-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wolves-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jorgen Strand Larsen is in line to start his first game as a permanent Wolves player, having spent last season on loan at the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attackers Jhon Arias and Fer Lopez could also make their debuts for the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A run out in the new kit \ud83d\udcf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NsZicZPVTn\">pic.twitter.com\/NsZicZPVTn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wolves (@Wolves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wolves\/status\/1947266021099786330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Possible Lineup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jose Sa (GK), Matt Doherty, Emmanuel Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Ki-Jana Hoever, Rodrigo Gomes, Andre, Joao Gomes, Fer Lopez, Jhon Arias, Jorgen Strand Larsen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Manchester City Team News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Manchester-City-9-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Manchester City\" class=\"wp-image-5916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Manchester-City-9-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Manchester-City-9-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Manchester-City-9-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Manchester-City-9-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Manchester-City-9-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Manchester-City-9-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>New signing Rayan Ait Nouri could make his league debut for the club; against the team he was signed from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erling Haaland, who suffered an injury late last season, is fully fit, whilst Jack Grealish will not be involved as he continues to look for a new club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Birthday to our number nine, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErlingHaaland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ErlingHaaland<\/a>! \ud83e\udd73\ud83e\ude75 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sAvISHyfnS\">pic.twitter.com\/sAvISHyfnS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1947210039363592325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Possible Lineup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ederson (GK), Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Rayan Ait Nouri, Bernardo Silva, Tijjani Reijnders, Savinho, Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wolves vs. Manchester City Picks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After bring Vitor Periera, Wolves improved significantly in the second half of the season. Unfortunately for them, Manchester City were also on the same path and whilst they have lost Kevin De Bruyne, have strengthened elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the likes of Erling Haaland being fully fit and Omar Marmoush looking to continue his goalscoring form, it\u2019s only right to pick them for the win in this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other match ups include both teams to score, with Manchester City\u2019s defensive record last season, Erling Haaland to register at least two shots on target and Josko Gvardiol to score at any time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City head down to Wolves in their opening game of the Premier League season. The Manchester club will be hoping to get off to winning ways in their hunt for another league title. 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