Wolves have fallen to defeat in eight of their last nine meetings with Man City

Manchester City welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to the Etihad in the Premier League on Friday night.

Pep Guardiola’s side have looked more like their old selves in recent weeks, maintaining their recent revival with a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest at the semi-final stage of the FA Cup on Sunday.

That Wembley victory extended Man City’s winning streak to four matches across all competitions.

Back at their Etihad base on Friday night, the Sky Blues will look to boost their bid for a top five finish in the Premier League when in-form Wolves come to town.

The Old Gold made it six wins in succession with a 3-0 win over Leicester last Saturday, in a game that brought up two of my three Molineux selections.

While Vitor Pereira’s men will make the trip to Manchester in high spirits, they will be hard tasked in their bid to maintain their current winning streak.

Wolves have fallen to defeat in eight of their last nine Premier League meetings with Man City, including this season’s reverse fixture at Molineux which ended 2-1 in the Citizens’ favour.

As was the case at Wembley on Sunday, Man City again look set to be without injury victims Erling Haaland, John Stones, Nathan Ake and Rodri.

With a lengthy injury list to contend with at the moment, Wolves manager Pereira could stick with the same set players that put Leicester to the sword last Saturday.

Man City: Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Kovacic, Silva; McAtee, De Bruyne, Doku; Marmoush.

Wolves: Sa; Doherty, Agbadou, Toti; Semedo, J. Gomes, Andre, Ait-Nouri; Munetsi, Cunha; Strand Larsen.