In this week 16 match on the 11th of December, Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers will play a match in Manchester in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 1st placed Manchester City is fresh off their 1-2 loss against RB Leipzig. Dominik Szoboszlai scored the first goal for RB Leipzig in the 24th minute, then André Silva added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Emil Forsberg. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10, while 8th placed Wolverhampton Wanderers is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Liverpool. Divock Origi struck first for Liverpool in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Mohamed Salah, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Wolverhampton Wanderers couldn’t muster any offence and Liverpool ran away with the shutout win. Wolverhampton Wanderers should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Manchester City won the head to head battle with 2 wins. Bernardo Silva has been the most prolific scorer on Manchester City in his last 5 matches with 3 goals
Josep Guardiola i Sala’s Manchester City squad will be without Kevin De Bruyne, Benjamin Mendy, Phil Foden and Aymeric Laporte, while Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento’s Wolverhampton Wanderers squad will be without Fernando Marçal, Jonny Castro, Willy Boly, Pedro Neto, Yerson Mosquera and Bueno.