Manchester City resume their Premier League title defence with a trip to Molineux to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday afternoon.
After drawing with both Arsenal and Newcastle, the Sky Blues returned to winning ways in the top-flight with an action-packed 3-2 win over Fulham last time out.
That victory kept Pep Guardiola's side on the coattails of Premier League pacesetters Liverpool, who they are just one place and one point behind in the table.
The reigning champions will be expected to put another three points on the board when they head to the Black Country this weekend.
Wolves have endured a torrid start to the season, and currently find themselves rock-bottom of the Premier League table with a paltry one point to their name following a frantic 5-3 loss to Brentford a fortnight ago
Consequently, Wanderers boss Gary O'Neil is reportedly under increasing pressure, which doesn’t bode well ahead of a visit from star-studded Man City.
How the bookies view it: A Sunday stroll for City
Unsurprisingly, Man City are firm 1/4 favourites on Betano to claim top honours at Molineux this weekend.
A first Premier League win of the season for Wolves is trading at a whopping 9/1 on Betano, while the draw is also deemed unlikely at 19/4 with the same bookmaker.
Head to head: Wolves looking for lightning to strike twice
Wolves pulled off an early season upset by defeating Man City 2-1 in last season’s corresponding fixture. However, it’s worth noting that City have generally ruled the roost in this fixture in recent years, having reigned supreme in seven of the last eight encounters between the pair.
Players to watch: Haaland to halt mini goal drought?
Despite failing to score in each of his last two Premier League appearances, Erling Haaland is just 8/13 (Bet 365) to make the net bulge at Molineux on Sunday. Instead, look to the Man City goal machine to notch alongside an away win at 5/6 (Bet 365) – a combination that has clicked in four of the Citizens' five top-flight triumphs this term to date.
The one shining light for Wolves this season has once again been the form of Matheus Cunha. The Brazilian forward has fired in three goals across his six Premier League starts this season and he is as big as 7/2 (Bet 365) to strike on Sunday.
Predicted line-ups
Wolves boss O’Neil will once again be unable to call upon the services of injured trio Boubacar Traore, Enso Medina and Sasa Kalajdzic, while Hwang Hee-chan is a doubt after suffering an injury on international duty.
Man City maestro Rodri has been ruled out for the season, while Belgian ace Kevin de Bruyne could again miss out due to a hamstring injury.
Wolves: Johnstone; Semedo, Bueno, Toti, Ait-Nouri; Cunha, Lemina, Andre, Gomes, Forbs; Strand Larsen
Man City: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Lewis, Kovacic; Bernardo, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Anything else catch the eye?
Nelson Semedo stands out to commit two or more fouls on Sunday afternoon at 11/8 on Bet 365.
The Wolves right-back has sinned 10 times across his last four Premier League appearances, committing multiple fouls in three of his last four outings.
There is plenty of scope for that trend to continue this weekend given that he is likely to be tasked with taming either Jack Grealish or Jeremy Doku, both of whom are very adept at drawing fouls from the opposition.
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