There are three fixtures in the English Premier League on the 22nd of January including the meeting between Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The hosts begin the weekend in second place on 42 points while the visitors are in 16th place on 17 points.
Manchester City come into the game having beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 at home in the Premier League on Thursday night. Manchester City made life difficult for themselves and the home fans were fearing the worst when Spurs went 2-0 up shortly before half time.
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The hosts came out in the second half and produced a superb display to score 4 goals, 3 of which came inside the first 20 minutes of the second period.
That win means Manchester City have won 3 of their last 6 fixtures in all competitions. The wins have come over Chelsea and Spurs in the Premier League plus Chelsea in the FA Cup.
However, there have been defeats at Southampton in the League Cup and Manchester United in the Premier League.
Trends show Manchester City are undefeated in 22 of their 23 most recent home games in all competitions.
They have won 12 of their last 14 home Premier League matches but will want to improve defensively having conceded goals in each of their last 5 home league games.
Manchester City have scored 3 or more goals in 11 of their 14 most recent home Premier League matches.
Wolverhampton Wanderers travel to the Etihad Stadium on the back of a 1-0 home defeat against Liverpool in the third round of the FA Cup on Tuesday night. Liverpool opened the scoring in the 13th minute and Wolves struggled to create many good goal scoring chances.
The defeat against Liverpool means Wolves have won only 1 of their last 6 matches in all competitions.
The victory came over West Ham United at home in the Premier League but there have been defeats to Manchester United at home in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest away via penalties in the League Cup, and Liverpool at home in the FA Cup.
Trends show Wolves have won only 4 of their last 26 Premier League matches. However, they are undefeated in their last 3 on the road, including draws at Brentford and Aston Villa plus a win over Everton. Wolves have kept just a single clean sheet in their last 13 away league fixtures.
Team news and Manchester City have no injury or suspension concerns ahead of this match. It will be interesting to see if Pep Guardiola picks both Erling Haaland and Julian Álvarez again in attack.
Wolves have doubts over the fitness of Boubacar Traoré and Pedro Neto but every other player should be available for the visitors.
Manchester City cannot afford to drop any more points in their pursuit of Arsenal. Wolves are showing signs of improvement under Julen Lopetegui but if Manchester City are anywhere near their best, the visitors will struggle.
We expect Manchester City to comfortably come out on top, keeping a clean sheet in the process.