Premier League betting tips: Manchester City v Wolves best bets and preview
Football betting tips: Man City v Wolves
1pt Draw/Manchester City in HT/FT at 3/1 (General)
1pt Bernardo Silva to score anytime at 7/2 (General)
1pt Bernardo Silva to be a shown a card at 15/2 (bet365)
Manchester City made it a staggering 20 wins in a row with victory over West Ham at the weekend, although the Hammers made them work for the three points. They enjoyed the better of the opportunities and will feel that they should have at least got a draw.
For Wolves, their fairly flat season continued with a 1-1 draw away at Newcastle. Results have picked up in recent weeks for Nuno Espirito Santo's men but they remain in the bottom-half and have been on the wrong side of the Infogol Expected Goals battle in their last two. While four points came from the games, it could have easily been lower.
The odds are heavily in favour of the hosts, although Wolves have proven to be problematic for Pep Guardiola's men in previous seasons. However, they are struggling with some injuries including the absence of Raul Jimenez. City are charging towards another league title and, rather worryingly for the rest of the division, nobody looks like stopping them.
One player who didn't feature in the win over West Ham but should return given the quick turnaround is BERNARDO SILVA. He hasn't hit the usual heights in terms of goals this season but he is in form, particularly when in the attacking midfield position. The availability of Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus should mean a place in that position here.
He scored from midfield in his last two starts there with goals against Everton in the Premier League and Monchengladbach in the Champions League.
Silva's shot rate has also jumped up after a quiet first-half of the campaign. He only managed two or more shots in two of his first eleven league games. Since then, he's hit the marker in five of his nine outings. Silva is 4/6 with Sky Bet for two or more shots against Wolves but it's worth taking the much bigger 7/2 general price on a goal anytime.
Staying with the same player, and it's also worth a play on the 15/2 best price for SILVA TO BE SHOWN A CARD. His goals may have been lower than usual but that isn't the case for bookings - there have been a total of six this season across all competitions with three coming in his last eleven Premier League games.
We won't see Silva flying into challenges but it's the little fouls that break down play that often catch the attention of the referee. That is Chris Kavanagh, an official who has overseen 23 games in all competitions and shown at least three yellows in 19 of those - including seven of his last eight.
Silva looks to be the value play in the cards market with 7/1 available with a number of bookmakers. This is a player with six yellows on his tally and one that also hit that marker last season. He's seen at least one foul in 58% of his league games this season and that number could get bigger on Tuesday.
Can Manchester City make it 21 wins in a row?
There is the inevitable factor of City eventually losing a game, or even just dropping points, but it's difficult to see just who will do that on their current form.
Saturday was the first time we've really seen them struggle across the past couple of months but Wolves have hardly done enough to suggest they are the team to halt the streak - particularly in terms of preventing chances against them.
What is also remarkable is the City squad depth and the fact that they will likely welcome Joao Cancelo, Phil Foden, Rodri, Silva and Raheem Sterling back to the starting line-up after they started on the bench against West Ham. No team can compete with that sort of depth in every position.
It's difficult to argue against their 1/6 price for success although we can flag up Wolves recent record against City. They could make it tough to start with for the hosts - seven of Wolves' last eight in all competitions have been level at the break. It's 3/1 on DRAW/MANCHESTER CITY IN THE HT/FT market and that looks the better outright value.
It's been level at the break in two of City's last four with all, of course, ending in a win. When they have been ahead at half-time it's only been narrowly - Guardiola's men have failed to score more than once in the first 45 minutes across each of their last six at home.
So we can expect a City win but shouldn't be surprised if they have to wait until late on to secure it. Wolves are well-known by now for being a side with low-scoring in the first-half and that run can continue at the Etihad.
Manchester City v Wolves best bets and score prediction
- Draw/Manchester City in HT/FT at 3/1 (General)
- Bernardo Silva to score anytime at 7/2 (General)
- Bernardo Silva to be a shown a card at 7/1 (General)
Score prediction: Manchester City 2-0 Wolves (Sky Bet odds: 4/1)
Odds correct at 1345 GMT (01/03/21)
Opta facts
- Man City are looking to secure their third Premier League double over Wolves (also in 2009-10 and 2011-12), following their 3-1 win at Molineux in September.
- Wolves won this exact fixture 2-0 last season. They’ve not won back-to-back top-flight away games against Manchester City since a run of five between 1956 and 1960.
- Manchester City haven’t lost any of their last 37 midweek Premier League home games (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), winning 31 and drawing six since a 0-1 loss to Spurs in May 2010.
- Wolves have lost 10 of their last 11 top-flight away games against the side starting the day top of the table, with the exception in that run being a 1-0 victory against Liverpool in January 1984.
- Manchester City are unbeaten in 27 games in all competitions (W24 D3), just one short of their club record run of 28 between April and December 2017.
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