FootyMAD's Manchester City match preview

Last updated : 21 August 2009 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers fixture

Wolves travel to take on Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Wolves will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 29 and win only 13 of the 54 games.

The last time the two teams met at Man. City was back in April 2004, over five years ago, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004 Sat 10 Apr Man. City 3 - 3 Wolves PREM
2003/2004 Sat 04 Oct Wolves 1 - 0 Man. City PREM
2001/2002 Mon 01 Apr Wolves 0 - 2 Man. City CHMP
2001/2002 Tue 11 Dec Man. City 1 - 0 Wolves CHMP
1999/2000 Fri 03 Dec Wolves 4 - 1 Man. City CHMP
1999/2000 Sun 08 Aug Man. City 0 - 1 Wolves CHMP
1997/1998 Sat 11 Apr Wolves 2 - 2 Man. City CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Manchester City have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Sky Blues in those games, with 7 conceded.

Wolves's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The Wolves's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.

Man. City's total of 3 points from their 1 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League. Wolves see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 3 points from their 2 games played so far,

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Current form guides: P W D L F A P
Man. City 6 4 0 2 9 6 12
Wolves 6 4 1 1 7 5 13

FootyMad's prediction ...

Wolves still have alot of injuries and come up against the might of Man City and their money. What Wolves will give you is 100% effort, Wolves might surprise Man City who will be expecting to walk this game. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Man. City Won 4 successive home games.
16 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 18 .
Wolves Undefeated in last 3 away games.
Last drawn game 4 outings ago.