Wolves will face a formidable opponent in Manchester City, the current champions. When Wolves return to Premier League play this weekend, they will face a formidable opponent.
Before the international break, Gary O’Neil was left feeling “unbelievably disappointed” by his team’s 5-3 loss to Brentford. Now, they have to get ready to play Manchester City.
Southampton is the only other team that has had a similarly difficult start to these early stages after their promotion. Wolves have only managed one point from their opening seven games this season, which came from a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest at the end of August. Their nightmare start to the campaign keeps them rooted to the bottom of the table at this point.
Meanwhile, Man City are pushing for another title and are currently battling with Liverpool and Arsenal at the top of the table. As Wolves prepare to host the champions at Molineux this afternoon, BBC Sport columnist Chris Sutton has given his thoughts on how things might unfold
The last time these two sides met back in May, Wolves were dealt a major 5-1 defeat. However, in their meeting earlier last season, they fought hard to pull off a 2-1 win thanks to a Hwang Hee-chan winner to stun the champions.
Wolves are bottom of the table with one point from their seven games so the last thing Gary O’Neil needs is to take on the champions,” Sutton wrote in his latest predictions column. “O’Neil was pretty scathing about his players’ defending after they got walloped 5-3 by Brentford last time out, and I think they might concede a few more goals here.
Manchester City huffed and puffed before putting away Fulham and they always seem to ship a goal these days, but they have enough quality to win this very comfortably even if they can no longer keep a clean sheet.
“Erling Haaland has gone two league games without scoring, which is a long time for him, but I’d be surprised if he doesn’t get a couple here. Wolves won this game last season but, a year on, they are not the same side and I am worried about the number of times they could be carved open.”
In fact, O’Neil was miffed at his team’s most recent performance prior to the international break. Following Wolves’ 5-3 loss to Brentford, the 41-year-old talked with BBC Match of the Day and had a lot to say about the team’s performance at the Gtech Community Stadium. It’s the worst coaching match I’ve ever been a part of. I have never seen the group look so different from our desired appearance.
We were completely exposed. We handed away some insanely absurd ambitions. Crazy decisions were made by us both with and without the ball. It was really baggy. We are having an incredibly dismal afternoon.
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