2/25Man City (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Kyle Walker; Manuel Akanji; Nathan Aké; Joško Gvardiol; Rodri; Mateo Kovačić; Bernardo Silva; Kevin De Bruyne; Phil Foden; Erling Haaland;
Wolves (3-5-2): José Sá; Nélson Semedo; Max Kilman; Toti Gomes; Rayan Aït Nouri; João Gomes; Mario Lemina; Boubacar Traoré; Hugo Bueno; Hee-Chan Hwang; Matheus Cunha;
No one can stop Manchester City for a fourth consecutive English title except the club’s results. The Citizens welcome Wolverhampton on Saturday and will now most likely be four points behind Arsenal, who will play their home game against Bournemouth earlier. Indeed, today’s round offers the two easiest games for the two clubs remaining in the title fight.
Manchester City’s form in the league is impressive, and many believe that Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the only place where the team can lose points in the remaining four matches. The Citizens have won all five of their league games since drawing with Arsenal at the end of March. Erling Haaland and company showed a pretty good performance, scoring 19 goals. In the last round, however, Manchester City looked very tired and miraculously did not lose points at the City Ground against Forest. The hosts from Nottingham squandered great scoring opportunities and eventually lost 2-0 to the champion.
Wolverhampton had severe personnel problems in recent weeks, and they proved fatal to the club’s results. For a month and a half, Wolves were without success and lost most of their matches. Last week, Wolverhampton finally got the fatal thirteenth win of the season in the English Premier League, 2-1 at home against Luton.
The champions did not look good at all at the City Ground and undoubtedly played one of their weakest games since the beginning of the season. However, Pep Guardiola’s players had a whole week to recover, and I think it will prove more than enough after a busy schedule. The difference in the quality of the two teams is incomparable, and I think it will be shown in the actions on the pitch and the final result. Manchester City had a lead at halftime in nine of their last ten home games in the English Premier League.