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Steffen Schmidt - January 20, 2023
Manchester City vs Wolves
English Premier League
Date: 22 January 2023, Sunday
Kick-off at 14:00 UK / 15:00 CET
Venue: Etihad Stadium (Manchester).
Manchester City completed a huge comeback by scoring four second-half goals in a super-important home win over Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday evening at Etihad Stadium.
The Citizens thus successfully recovered from the weekend’s 2-1 defeat to city rivals United in the Manchester derby.
They are still, however, five points shy of leaders Arsenal who have a game in hand, meaning there is just no room for more mistakes for Pep Guardiola and his men.
They are now set to face relegation-threatened Wolves on Sunday afternoon at Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola left the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Joao Cancelo, Kyle Walker, and Phil Foden on the bench on Thursday, meaning fatigue should by no means represent an issue for the hosts here.
We have to particularly praise Riyad Mahrez who starred with two goals and an assist in the mentioned win over Spurs three days ago.
Wolves were also in action in mid-week. They, however, suffered a 0-1 home loss to Liverpool in the F Cup third round replay.
However, new manager Julen Lopetegui will not be worried about that loss knowing that his men have managed to dispatch West Ham in the direct relegation six-pointer last weekend at Molineux Stadium.
Wolverhampton moved out of the red zone as a consequence and are currently two points above West Ham in the 18th position.
Manchester City can ill afford a slip-up here. Wolves did improve a lot under new manager Lopetegui but they do not have much to hope for in the clash against the highly-motivated Citizens.
We will back Manchester City to win both halves at the 2.25 odds, while the second pick will be Erling Haaland to score two or more goals at the 3.00 odds.
