Wolverhampton – Manchester City Tip Premier League, Matchday 1 on Saturday, 16.08.25 at 18:30
After an absolutely horrific season, Man City is back and Guardiola is still there! Everything is supposed to be better in 2025/26 – in all competitions in which the Citizens are competing!
And indeed, a slip-up at Molineux Stadium this Saturday would be an extremely bad omen for Guardiola’s team and fatal for my Wolverhampton Manchester City tip.
In my soccer bet, I’m predicting a successful start for last year’s Premier League champions.
After all, they have won 9 of their last 10 league games against this opponent and, on top of that, “persuaded” Rayan Aït-Nouri to make a transfer. City acquired the former Wolves full-back in the summer for a hefty sum in order to catapult themselves back to the top of the league!
My Wolverhampton Man City prediction: Half-time/Full-time 2/2
Here are the reasons for my prediction:
- Last season, the Wolves lost 8 of their 11 home games as underdogs.
- City have won 9 of their last 10 league games against Wolves.
- City have won 13 of their last 14 games on the first day of the season.
Wolverhampton vs. Manchester City AI predictions:
Before redeeming the Interwetten freebet, I fired up the calculator and obtained independent input. The Wolverhampton Manchester City AI prediction from ChatGPT completely convinced me with its suggestions.
I really like “ManCity win & over 3.5 goals” at odds of around 3.25.
After all, Guardiola’s team is the club that has won the most games (4) and scored the most goals (14) at Molineux over the last five Premier League seasons.
Predicted chance of winning:
| Wolverhampton win |
Draw |
Manchester City win |
| 11.3% |
15.6% |
73.1% |
“City leads at half-time” at 1.95 is a classic 50:50 scenario for me with a positive expected value. That’s because I estimate the Citizens’ chances of going into the break at least 1-0 up at around 75%.
According to the AI, the selection “Over 2.5 goals” remains the basis for a safe football bet. This is not unfounded, as 66% of all Wolves’ Premier League games in the previous season produced 3+ goals – only Brighton topped that in the league with 71%.
What you need to consider when betting on Wolverhampton vs. Manchester City
- After a six-game winning streak in March and April, Wolves failed to win any of their last four Premier League games of the 2024/25 season (1 draw, 3 losses).
- Manchester City have lost only one of their last 31 Premier League games in August (26 wins, 4 draws) – the defeat at Spurs (0-1) was their opening game of the 2021/22 season. They have won their last eight August games with a total score of 25-5.
- Wolves coach Vítor Pereira has won eight of his ten opening games in the top flight with six different clubs (1 draw, 1 defeat).
- No player set up more goals in French Ligue 1 last season than Man City new signing Rayan Cherki (11 assists).
