Premier League | Gameweek 8

Sep 17, 2022 at 12.30pm UK

Molineux

Wolves
0 - 3
Man City

Nunes (65'), Neves (65')
Collins (33')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Grealish (1'), Braut Haaland (16'), Foden (69')
Rodri (13')

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The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Last Six:

Last Game: Wolves 1-0 Southampton
Saturday, September 3 at 3pm in Premier League

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
14	Bournemouth	6	-13	7
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	-1	6
16	Crystal Palace	6	-2	6

Manchester City

Last Six:

Last Game: Man City 2-1 Dortmund
Wednesday, September 14 at 8pm in Champions League

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	6	7	15
2	Manchester City	6	14	14
3	Tottenham Hotspur	6	7	14

We said: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester City

A mouthwatering battle between Haaland and the physically-imposing pair of Nathan Collins and Max Kilman should be a fascinating watch this Saturday lunchtime, and City's attack must be firing on all cylinders to break down Wolves' walls. The introduction of Costa does not mean that the hosts' attacking woes will be fixed overnight, though, and we still expect the champions to rise to the summit with a hard-fought three points. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Manchester City win with a probability of 66.69%. A draw had a probability of 18.6% and a win for Wolverhampton Wanderers had a probability of 14.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Manchester City win was 0-2 with a probability of 10.1%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.79%) and 0-1 (8.9%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.62%), while for a Wolverhampton Wanderers win it was 2-1 (4.17%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Manchester City would win this match.

Result
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Draw	Manchester City
14.7% ( 1.03)	18.61% ( 0.88)	66.69% ( -1.91)

Both teams to score 55.64% (

-0.43)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

62.83% (

-1.89)

37.17% (

1.89)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

40.63% (

-2.07)

59.37% (

2.07)

Wolverhampton Wanderers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.04% (

0.19)

37.96% (

-0.19)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.27% (

0.18)

74.73% (

-0.18)

Manchester City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

89.68% (

-0.97)

10.32% (

0.97)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

66.24% (

-2.24)

33.76% (

2.25)

Score Analysis

Wolverhampton Wanderers 14.7%

Manchester City 66.69%

Draw 18.61%

Wolverhampton Wanderers	Draw	Manchester City
2-1 @ 4.17% ( 0.25) 1-0 @ 3.8% ( 0.36) 2-0 @ 1.84% ( 0.18) 3-2 @ 1.53% ( 0.04) 3-1 @ 1.35% ( 0.09) Other @ 2.01% Total : 14.7%	1-1 @ 8.62% ( 0.47) 2-2 @ 4.74% ( 0.09) 0-0 @ 3.92% ( 0.35) 3-3 @ 1.16% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.17% Total : 18.61%	0-2 @ 10.1% ( 0.09) 1-2 @ 9.79% ( 0.13) 0-1 @ 8.9% ( 0.44) 0-3 @ 7.65% ( -0.26) 1-3 @ 7.41% ( -0.22) 0-4 @ 4.34% ( -0.34) 1-4 @ 4.21% ( -0.31) 2-3 @ 3.59% ( -0.09) 2-4 @ 2.04% ( -0.14) 0-5 @ 1.97% ( -0.25) 1-5 @ 1.91% ( -0.23) 2-5 @ 0.93% ( -0.11) Other @ 3.87% Total : 66.69%