14.
4:15 p.m
So there are counterattack chances! Now the hosts have to withstand another 75 minutes of the expected constant pressure.
13.
16:13
Tooor for Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1-0 by Rúben Dias (own goal)
Wolves shock City! Pedro Neto starts a sensational run from his own half, runs out to the right first past Foden and then Aké. With speed he moves to the five, plays flat in the middle and finds the outstretched foot of Dias, who accidentally directs the ball into his own net!
11.
16:12
The Wolves are working their way forward through João Gomes and Matheus Cunha. The cross from the left achieves nothing, but the hosts remain in possession of the ball.
9.
4:10 p.m
The Wolves are completely holed up at the back and are occasionally looking for counterattack opportunities. After almost ten minutes, City offers nothing of the kind.
6.
16:07
During a free kick, City stays on the ball. Doku receives the ball on the left in front of the penalty area, briefly places the ball on his right and then passes it past the right. A defender deflected the ball!
5.
16:06
Almost the lead for City! However, Craig Dawson prevents the score from making it 0-1 with a monster tackle! The long leg taps the ball past the Norwegian centimeters ahead of Haaland!
2.
16:03
Akanji fires the first shot of the game from a long distance. The ball rises quickly, but no longer descends and flies far over the goal.
1.
16:01
The ball rolls in Wolverhampton. Let’s go on a wild ride!
15:56
Despite the crisis, the spectators at the Molineux Stadium are in a good mood. You can only win against the series champions from Manchester. It will not be long!
3:50 p.m
Internationally experienced Craig Pawson travels to the West Midlands to take charge of this game. The 44-year-old is assisted by linesmen Darren Cann and Marc Perry.
15:41
In the long history of the Wolves and Skyblues, both teams met in exactly 100 first division games. ManCity won six more wins than today’s opponents, which is demonstrably based on recent history, as the last six games always went to the Citizens. Wolverhampton is now hoping for a season like 2019/2020, when they surprisingly won both games. But it will probably be tight.
3:30 p.m
There is traditionally a lot of rotation in the League Cup, which is why we are focusing today on the players who are back in the starting eleven. For the Wolves, only Toti and Hee-chan Hwang survived Gary O’Neil’s rotation. In contrast, Pep Guardiola expects a lot from his team, because four players, Nathan Aké, Manuel Akanji, Mateo Kovačić and Julian Álvarez, have to return for duty. The stars around Ederson, Kyle Walker and Erling Haaland are there again.
3:20 p.m
For the Skyblues from Manchester everything is once again going according to plan in the league. Six games and six wins bring us to the all-too-familiar place at the top of the table. It just doesn’t work in the cup competitions yet. As expected, City won against Crvena Zvezda in the Champions League, but the Manchester City team lost in the FA Community Shield, in the UEFA Super Cup and, as recently as Wednesday, in the League Cup against Newcastle. Today the fans want to see the face of the league again.
15:12
The start of the season was anything but good for the Wolves. Just one win from the first six games is equivalent to 16th place in the league. The team from the West Midlands also lost 3-2 in the cup against second division side Ipswich Town during the week, although Wolverhampton were leading 2-0 at one point. The air is already getting pretty thin for coach Gary O’Neil, so a small miracle is needed against City.
3:00 p.m
The struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers want to keep points at home against a once again dominant Manchester City. It starts at 4:00 p.m. Welcome!