Team News
Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Hwang Hee-chan will miss out due to an ankle injury sustained while playing for South Korea.
Additionally, Enso Gonzalez, Sasa Kalajdzic, Yerson Mosquera, and Boubacar Traore remain sidelined.
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Manchester City will definitely be without Kevin De Bruyne, and Nathan Ake is a doubt. Rodri and Oscar Bobb are long-term absentees.
Head-to-Head
– Manchester City has won seven of their last eight league encounters, scoring a total of 25 goals. Their only defeat in that span came last season at Molineux, where they lost 2-1.
– Wolves aim to secure consecutive home league victories against City for the first time since a streak of three wins from 1982 to 1996.
– City has dropped points in three of their six Premier League visits to Molineux.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
– Wolves have not won any of their first seven league games for the first time since the 2004-05 Championship season.
– With just one point from seven matches, their tally is tied for the lowest at this stage since 1926-27 and 1964-65.
– They seek to avoid six straight defeats in all competitions, a feat not accomplished since February to March 2017 under Paul Lambert.
– Wolves are looking to prevent losing their first four home games of a season for the first time.
– Their only victory in the last 17 league fixtures was a 2-1 win against Luton on April 27.
– Gary O’Neil’s side has conceded a league-high 21 goals this season and has not kept a clean sheet in 17 league matches since beating Sheffield United on February 25.
– They have conceded eight goals from set-pieces this season, more than any other top-flight team.
– O’Neil could become the first English manager to achieve multiple Premier League wins against Pep Guardiola.
Manchester City
– City could set a club record with 31 league games unbeaten. Only six times in English top-flight history has a team gone over 30 matches without a loss, the latest being Liverpool’s 44-game run from January 2019 to February 2020.
– City has fallen behind in four of their last six top-flight matches but has recovered a league-high 10 points from losing positions this season.
– They are unbeaten in their last 11 league matches when trailing (W9, D2), the joint-longest streak in Premier League history, matching Arsenal’s record from October 2004.
– Pep Guardiola’s side has not kept a clean sheet in six league matches since their 2-0 win at Chelsea on the opening weekend.
– They have scored 21 goals from outside the penalty area since the start of last season, nine more than any other team.
– Erling Haaland has netted eight goals in just four league matches against Wolves, averaging one every 40 minutes, although only one of those goals was scored at Molineux.
– Haaland has not scored any of City’s last five league goals, having previously scored eight in succession.