Manchester City will aim to bounce back and return to winning ways in the Premier League when they take on Wolves at the Molineux Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Wolves will come into this fixture looking to secure back-to-back wins in the league following their 1-0 victory over Southampton.
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Man City, meanwhile, are determined to secure a positive result after they were held to a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa after Leon Bailey cancelled out Erling Halaand’s opener.
The win sees Wolves move up to 16th place while City’s stalemate leaves them in second place, one point behind log leaders Arsenal.
When the two sides met in the Premier League last season, Manchester City dominated Wolves and walked away with six points in the two-legged fixture after securing a narrow 1-0 win at the Etihad Stadium before hammering Wolves 5-1 at the Molineux Stadium in the return leg.
Bruno Lage only has two players on his injury list which includes Chiquinho, who is out with a cruciate ligament injury, and Sasa Kalajdzic, who is out of action with a cruciate ligament rupture.
Pep Guardiola will be expected to be without the services of three players which includes Aymeric Laporte, Kyle Walker and John Stones, who are all on the mend from their respective injuries.
Daniel Podence will look to build on his previous performance for Wolves, which saw him net the winning goal in their win over Southampton to take his goal tally to two for the campaign.
Erling Haaland’s goalscoring capabilities in the Premier League may have been called into question before his arrival at the Etihad Stadium but the Norwegian striker has proved his doubters wrong, having already bagged 10 goals in his first six league appearances.
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