Manchester City -2 goal handicap, Manchester City to win to nil

04/05/2024
18:30 CET

Wolves make the daunting trip to the Etihad for Saturday evenings kick-off to face a Manchester City side who look unstoppable at the moment in their pursuit of a fourth Premier League title in a row.

City are the only side unbeaten at home in the league this season and have the best defensive record, conceding just 14 goals from their 17 matches.

Pep Guardiola’s side have won 8 of the last 10 Premier League games and have won the last 3 games in all competitions without conceding a goal.

The graphic below shows Manchester City top of the form table for the last 10 games, with 8 wins and 2 draws. Meanwhile Wolves are down in 15^th with 5 defeats from the last 10 fixtures.

Guardiola’s team have kept the 3^rd highest number of clean sheets this season with 11 clean sheets from their 34 fixtures so far and have won the last two fixtures at home to Wolves to nil.

Gary O’Neil’s Wolves on the other hand have kept just 5 clean sheets from their 35 games, with only 2 clean sheets all season in their 17 games away from Molineux and have failed to score in 4 of the last 8 Premier League games.

The graphic below shows the number of clean sheets both Manchester City and Wolves have kept this term.

Bet365 are offering 1.66 on a City win to nil and given their strong defensive record, particularly at home, it looks difficult to argue against Ederson keeping another clean sheet in this one to add to his 10 already.

With City hunting down The Gunners in the title race, Guardiola’s men will know it could come down to goal difference.

City are currently 7 goals worse off than Arsenal so might fancy their chances in this one to boost their goal difference.

The graphic below shows City just one point behind Arsenal in the title race and a goal difference of 7 goals less ahead of this weekend’s matches.

This leads us onto Manchester City to win -2 goal handicap, which is 1.81 with LeoVegas to come in.

City have scored 3 or more goals in 3 out of the last 4 Premier League games at home and Wolves have only kept 1 clean sheet from the last 15 games on the road.

With the obvious attacking talent and threat Guardiola’s team possess, it looks more than likely Wolves could be on the end of a heavy defeat here.

Furthermore, O’Neil’s men have conceded in each of the last 6 games away from home and are up against a City side who have scored 19 times in their last 5 league matches, so the signs look ominous for them in this clash.