Erling Haaland is expected to give Wolves’ miserly defensive record a thorough examination when Manchester City visit Molineux in the Premier League this afternoon.
Bruno Lage’s side have only conceded four times in the top flight this season and once at home, although Haaland heads into the contest on the back of a late winner against former club Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League and with 10 goals in his six Premier League matches to date.
Wolves have only scored three times collectively in their six league outings so far, making them the joint-lowest scorers in the division. After beating City home and away in the 2019/20 season, they have lost each of the past four encounters.
Pep Guardiola’s reigning champions have not won away in the Premier League since the opening day of the season, having been held to draws by Newcastle and Aston Villa. They might have to contend with Diego Costa, who joined Wolves for on a free transfer after Sasa Kalajdzic suffered an ACL injury.
The Sporting News is following the match live and providing live score updates and commentary.
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Wolves vs. Man City live score
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Wolves vs. Man City live updates, highlights from the Premier League
1hr 20 mins from kickoff: If selected, former Aston Villa hero Jack Grealish can expect to enjoy a spicy welcome back to the Midlands. Grealish was substituted an before the hour with City 1-0 down to Borussia Dortmund in midweek, with his teammates going on to win the Champions League game 2-1. We don’t need to tell you who got the winner.
“I know him and I’m more than happy with what he’s doing,’ Guardiola said of Grealish, citing the impact of an early season knee injury and also claiming the England star might have had more help from his colleagues against Dortmund. ‘Now it’s just a question of time to get back a little bit of his momentum that he had at the beginning of the season. We were lucky the injury was not worse. In the last game, he was the only one up front who made aggressive runs one against one. But to make assists, he didn’t have his teammates in the box so we left him isolated.”
Guardiola added: “When he went against the fullback, only Erling was there. Gundo [Ilkay Gundogan] was not there, Kevin [De Bruyne] was not there and they should be there. In the first half, we didn’t make any movements to help the players who had the ball and give him possibilities to make it easier.”
4-0 away from home! Great way to start! Well done the box of toys 💙 pic.twitter.com/FrlchBiGMR
— Jack Grealish (@JackGrealish) September 6, 2022
1 hr 40 mins from kickoff: A few statistics for you heading into today’s game at Molineux: Wolves’ Premier League games this season have featured a grand total of seven goals, with Bruno Lage’s side scoring three of them. In his past eight games for Manchester City, Erling Haaland has scored 13 times.
It will be interesting to see how that unstoppable force/immovable object equation plays out. But Wolves also have some new firepower of their own. Diego Costa has signed, with all his inimitable stylings, on a free transfer.
2 hours from kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of Wolves vs. Manchester City in the Premier League.
What a start to life in the #PL 👏@ErlingHaaland is August’s @EASPORTSFIFA Player of the Month after 9️⃣ goals in his first 5️⃣ matches!#PLAwards | @ManCity pic.twitter.com/s22u5xFoQn
— Premier League (@premierleague) September 16, 2022
Wolves vs. Man City predicted lineups
Diego Costa could feature after signing on a free transfer in the aftermarth of Sasa Kalajdzic’s ACL injury. Costa’s debut is most likely to come from the bench. He has two goals in six career appearances against City.
Bruno Lage’s side have only conceded once at home this season, although with three goals scored they are the division’s joint-lowest scorers.
Wolves projected lineup (4-3-3): Sa (GK) — Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Ait-Nouri — Moutinho, Neves, Nunes — Neto, Podence, Guedes.
Kyle Walker will be assessed after sitting out the Dortmund game, where John Stones played in the unfamiliar position of right-back in his England colleague’s absence and scored a rare goal from 25 yards.
Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez came off the bench during midweek to prompt an upturn in City’s performance and could all push to start along with the rested Ruben Dias
Man City projected lineup (4-3-3): Ederson (GK) — Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Ake — De Bruyne, Rodri, Silva — Foden, Haaland, Grealish.
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How to watch Wolves vs. Man City
| UK | USA | Canada | Australia | |
| Date | Sat, Sep. 17 | Sat, Sep. 17 | Sat, Sep. 17 | Sat, Sep. 17 |
| Time | 12:30 BST | 07:30 ET | 07:30 ET | 21:30 AEST |
| TV channel | BT Sport 1 | USA Network/Universo | — | — |
| Streaming | BT Sport | NBCSports.com/ FuboTV | FuboTV | Optus Sports |
UK: BT Sport 1 will show Wolves vs. Manchester City live. The game is also available to subscribers via the pay-TV broadcaster’s website and app.
USA: Fans can tune in to the USA Network or Universo in the United States, with NBCSports.com and FuboTV streaming the match.
Canada: FuboTV is also your destination for Villa vs. City in Canada.
Australia: Fans in Australia can watch the game via Optus Sports.
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