Manchester City vs Wolverhampton - English Premier League

. Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
English Premier League, Round 10
Date : 29.October 2011 - 16:00 CET
Stadium : Etihad Stadium - Manchester

On Saturday, 29th October at 16:00 (CET), Manchester City will host Wolverhampton Wanderers at Etihad Stadium in the English Premier League Round 10. The teams met in the midweek Carling Cup clash, where the Citizens knocked off the hosts in a thumping 2-5 victory.

Manchester City have been the form team in the beginning of this year's season, and have put that in bold by scoring 11 goals in the past 2 games. A +26 goal differential has been helpful in putting them at the top of the Premiership tables and is largely thanks to the arrival of Argentine striker Sergio Aguero. City have other attacking options, but he has added an element of confidence to the other strikers and midfielders not seen last year. Mancini has plenty of talent at his disposal, so the injury absence of Owen Hargreaves will hardly slow the hosts down against Wolves.

Mick McCarthy found his team off to a solid start in the midweek clash at Molineux when Nenad Milijas fired in the opening goal at the 18 minute mark. Despite Wolverhampton's efforts at staving off Manchester City's attack, the breakthrough finally came in the 37th minute when Adam Johnson found the net to level the playing field. The next two goals came in quick succession, putting the result all but beyond doubt by the 40th minute. This last loss came on the heels of a rush of poor results for Wolverhampton, who have amassed just 8 points from 9 matches and gained just 1 point from the last 6 Premier League outings. Against the in-form home team, this doesn't seem a likely time for their fortunes to change. The absence of Steven Fletcher and Kevin Foley is not likely to help morale.

Head to Head :
Last Meeting : 15.01.2011, Manchester City 4-3 Wolverhampton
Wins Wolverhampton : 38
Wins Manchester City : 35
Draws : 20

Recent Performance :
Manchester City - W/W/W/W/D
Wolverhampton - D/L/L/L/L

Possible Line-Ups :
Manchester City : Costel Pantilimon - Stefan Savic, Aleksandar Kolarov, Pablo Zabaleta, Kolo Toure, Abdul Razak, Adam Johnson, Samir Nasri, Nigel De Jong, Luca Scapuzzi, Edin Dzeko.
Wolverhampton : Dorus De Vries - Stephen Ward, Matthew Doherty, George Elokobi, Jody Craddock, Jamie O'Hara, Adlene Guedioura, David Edwards, Stephen Hunt, Sam Vokes, Kevin Doyle.

Betting Tip / Prediction :
With Sergio Aguero and Mario Balotelli back in the line-up, there doesn't seem to be much stopping Manchester City from running amok over Wolverhampton. Advise backing the handicap victory.
Tip : Manchester City to Win