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Wolves 0-0 Manchester City
Oscar Bobb is a delightful player. He twists and turns in and out of the Wolves defence before his pass is cut out at the last second.
Bobb is the one City player who looks likely to produce. Otherwise it has been uninspiring.
Wolves 0-0 Manchester City
More than half an hour played, and there are questions for Pep Guardiola to answer.
The Man City midfield are really struggling to feed Erling Haaland. The majority of their attacks have come from crosses easily dealt with by the Wolves defence.
Wolves 0-0 Man City
Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at Molineux
There is a tremendous atmosphere being generated by the home fans at Molineux, the stadium is absolutely rocking.
Wolves have had a couple of sniffs in the last few minutes and they smell blood. Can they capitalise on it?
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Wolves are looking dangerous, even without Cunha; but they need to learn to stay onside. That's four offsides now.
Alex, Herts
Image source, Getty ImagesWolves 0-0 Manchester City
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde's pass is deflected into the path of Marshall Munetsi, one on one with James Trafford. The new City goalkeeper flies out and makes an excellent spreading save.
The offside flag then went up, but Trafford was not to know that.
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We still are utterly hopeless at defending transitions and lacking any sort of spark going forward. What an inspired decision getting rid of De Bruyne was.
Alex
Wolves 0-0 Man City
Chris Powell
Former England full-back on BBC Radio 5 Live at Molineux
Brilliant defensive line from Man City. They came up in unison and Marshall Munetsi was about three yards offside.
Wolves 0-0 Manchester City
Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at Molineux
Image source, Getty ImagesThe flag went up quite quickly and the Wolves celebrations lasted a few more seconds than they should have, before the realisation dawned that it was chalked off.
A real let-off for Man City there.
Wolves 0-0 Manchester City
Wolves have the ball in the net!
But the offside flag is up immediately after Marshall Munetsi heads past James Trafford.
Replays show the Zimbabwe international was well off.
Wolves 0-0 Man City
Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at Molineux
Image source, Getty ImagesJames Trafford has not had a save to make yet but has started his Man City debut confidently and decisively.
There have been a couple of times when a through ball has been played by Wolves but Trafford has made his mind up early and mopped up.
Wolves 0-0 Man City
Chris Powell
Former England full-back on BBC Radio 5 Live at Molineux
What Wolves are doing is making deep late runs because of the high line of Manchester City.
That time it was Marshall Munetsi and it was a good cross.
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This Man City team looks disjointed without KDB, Haaland will score some goals this season but he won't win the golden boot.
Joseph
Wolves 0-0 Man City
James Trafford is called into action for the first time as he races out of his area to head the ball away from the onrushing Ki-Jana Hoever.
Joao Gomes then has half a chance, but he miscontrols the cross into the box and it flies into Trafford's arms.
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Struggling to see how Pep is going to use Marmoush, Cherki, and the other 50 midfielders we have. Honestly the amount of years Pep has been here you would think defence would be his priority, looks like we will be winning nothing again with a paper defence!
Dan, West Yorkshire
Image source, Getty ImagesWolves 0-0 Man City
Chris Powell
Former England full-back on BBC Radio 5 Live at Molineux
What a cross from Bernardo Silva. He made that inside run that Kevin de Bruyne used to do, he stood it up on the back post and it is inches away for Erling Haaland.
Man City's high-line is alive and kicking.
Wolves 0-0 Man City
The clearest chance of the game so far!
Bernardo Silva hangs in a cross that Jose Sa misreads, but it is just too high for Erling Haaland at the far post. He leaps and heads the ball, but it flies over the bar.
Haaland was in acres of space with a clear sight of goal. He will be disappointed.
Wolves 0-0 Man City
Applause rang around Molineux in the 18th minute, in honour of Diogo Jota.
Jota wore number 18 during his time at Wolves.
Wolves 0-0 Man City
There were questions about Wolves after they lost Matheus Cunha over the summer, but Vitor Pereira has his side well organised today.
Man City are struggling to make any sort of headway.
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I've gone early and triple captained Haaland today. Tell me there's a hat-trick incoming?
Tim, London
Having captained Haaland myself, I can assure you he is now cursed.
Wolves 0-0 Man City
Chris Powell
Former England full-back on BBC Radio 5 Live at Molineux
Rayan Ait-Nouri is a superb player, one of the best left-backs in the division. It was a problem area for Man City and they think it has solved that by signing him.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
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Manager: Vítor Pereira
Formation: 3 - 4 - 3
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Vítor Pereira
Formation: 3 - 4 - 3
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
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Wolves have lost nine of their last 10 Premier League meetings with Manchester City (W1), although their one victory in this period did come at Molineux early in the season, winning 2-1 in September 2023 under Gary O’Neil.
Across the last five Premier League campaigns, Manchester City have won the joint-most games (4) and scored the most goals (14) of any side when facing Wolves at Molineux (W4 D0 L1 F14 A5).
This will be the ninth consecutive Premier League campaign that Manchester City have started with an away game, while they’ve won seven of the previous eight (L1), scoring 19 goals and only conceding twice across those matches.
Man City have won their opening league game in 13 of the last 14 seasons, with the exception being a 1-0 loss at Tottenham Hotspur in 2021-22.
Having been unbeaten in their opening league match in eight consecutive campaigns between 2013-14 and 2020-21 (W4 D4), Wolves have lost on MD1 in each of the last four seasons.
After a six-game winning run in March and April, Wolves failed to win any of their final four Premier League games of 2024-25 (D1 L3).
Manchester City have lost just one of their last 31 Premier League games in August (W26 D4), going down 1-0 at Spurs in their opening game of the 2021-22 season. They’ve won their last eight August games by an aggregate score of 25-5.
Wolves’ Vítor Pereira has won eight of his 10 MD1 matches in his top-flight managerial career across spells with six different clubs (D1 L1), although his only such opening day defeat came last season, his Al-Shabab side going down 0-1 to Steven Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq in the Saudi Pro League.
New Man City signing Rayan Aït-Nouri made 135 league appearances for Wolves between 2020 and 2025. He could be the fourth player to make his Premier League debut for Man City against a side he previously played for in the competition, after Danny Granville (v Leeds in 2000), Tommy Wright (v Newcastle in 2000) and Craig Bellamy (v Newcastle in 2009).
No player provided more assists in France’s Ligue 1 last season than new Man City signing Rayan Cherki (11). The Frenchman was also involved in 13 goals in his last 15 league appearances for Lyon (5 goals, 8 assists).
