Match Preview for Manchester Metropolis v Wolves
Manchester Metropolis face the primary of “4 finals” once they host in-form Wolves tomorrow night time.
Metropolis haven’t had the season they might’ve anticipated and head into the ultimate few weeks scrapping for a Champions League place they’d grow to be accustomed to taking as a right.
They go into the weekend in fourth place, with the highest 5 incomes a spot among the many European elite.
It has been argued Metropolis have a neater run-in than lots of their rivals however there’s nothing easy a couple of conflict with Wolves in the intervening time.
Vitor Pereira has impressed a outstanding turnaround at Molineux and Wolves will rock up on the Etihad on the again of a six-game profitable streak that has propelled them away from the decrease reaches and into mid-table.
Congratulations, boss! 👏
Vitor is up for the @PremierLeague supervisor of the month after an ideal April 🏆
— Wolves (@Wolves) May 1, 2025
Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola stated: “4 Finals we’ve got [in the Premier League], and we go for the primary one.
“The standard they’ve, the form they play, the braveness. It’s no shock; I believe Wolves all the time had within the final years actually, actually good gamers and now they’ve an unbelievable run. It’s fairly much like when Newcastle got here [to the Etihad] one month in the past and Aston Villa got here, so yeah – one other remaining for us! It’s an vital sport we’ve got forward of us.”
Metropolis followers will proceed their protests towards ticket availability and pricing tomorrow however Guardiola urged them to additionally get behind the crew.
He added: “Come to assist us. We’d like them, as a result of the followers need subsequent season to play within the Champions League and be a greater crew than we’ve got been on this competitors this season, to attempt to be what we’ve got finished for a lot of, a few years. So we’d like them, desperately. Come to assist us from the primary minute till the top.”
Jorgen Strand Larsen has been key to Wolves’ superb run with six objectives in as many video games.
He’ll begin once more in assault alongside Matheus Cunha and is prepared for the problem of going through the four-time defending champions.
The Norwegian advised the membership’s official web site: “Going into this sport, it’s going to be robust. It’s top-of-the-line groups on the earth, nice gamers, however we wish to be ourselves, and we’ve got to see after the sport the way it’s gone.
“We are able to go there to win if we play a extremely good sport, however we will additionally play a superb sport and lose. So, a very powerful factor for us is to maintain on going and attempt to be ourselves, not altering something, and that’s the message from the gaffer, to be ourselves, not making an attempt to be totally different. We wish to preserve the ball, attempt to go there and create one thing and be harmful, however on the identical time, we have to watch that they don’t run over us with the nice gamers.”
Workforce Information for Manchester Metropolis v Wolves
There have been optimistic updates on the health of Metropolis’s key males Rodri and Erling Haaland this week however neither shall be match for tomorrow night time.
PEP 💬 We’re actually happy Erling [Haaland] and Rodri are again within the coaching periods. The second the physio and physician say they’ll begin to play minutes, they are going to begin to play. The medical doctors have to inform me. [They’re] tough accidents – seven to 11 months out. The medical doctors… pic.twitter.com/sdI3GZkTas
— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) May 1, 2025
John Stones and Nathan Ake additionally stay sidelined.
Wolves haven’t any contemporary worries and Pereira will doubtless retain the identical beginning XI that cruised previous Leicester 3-0 final weekend.
Predicted line ups for Manchester Metropolis v Wolves
Manchester Metropolis: Ortega; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Kovacic, De Bruyne, Silva; Foden, Savinho, Marmoush
Wolves: Sa; Doherty, Agbadou, Toti Gomes; Semedo, Ait-Nouri, Joao Gomes, Andre; Munetsi, Cunha, Strand Larsen
The best way to watch Manchester Metropolis v Wolves: TV and on-line streams
Manchester Metropolis v Wolves kicks-off at 8pm UK time tomorrow night time. You’ll be able to watch it on Sky Sports activities and stream it on Sky Go.
Stats for Manchester Metropolis v Wolves
- In 10 of the final 12 Manchester Metropolis house matches the entire variety of objectives was over 2.5
- 53% of Manchester Metropolis’s Premier League house video games this season have seen either side rating earlier than half time
- There have been a minimum of three objectives within the final six video games between Manchester Metropolis and Wolverhampton Wanderers
Prediction for Manchester Metropolis v Wolves
This can be tough for Metropolis, given Wolves are flying.
However we predict they might simply have sufficient to recover from the road and put the stress on their Champions League rivals who play later this weekend.
Prediction: Manchester Metropolis 2-1 Wolves
