Manchester City will be looking to keep Arsenal on their toes in the Premier League title race as they entertain Wolves.
Pep Guardiola's champions bounced from last weekend's Manchester derby loss in style, coming from behind with the help of an Erling Haaland brace to beat Tottenham 4-2 at home on Thursday – and they'll be hoping to follow that up with a more routine win here.
Wolves, meanwhile, were knocked out of the FA Cup by Liverpool on Wednesday; they have shown signs of improvement under Julen Lopetegui, though, and are unbeaten in five games on the road in all competitions.
It was thought that Guardiola had a full City squad from which to select, but Phil Foden is short of fitness and misses this match.
Kevin De Bruyne and Aymeric Laporte come into the team that beat Spurs on Thursday night. Nathan Ake and Julian Alvarez drop to the bench.
As for Wolves, they remain without long-term absentees Chiquinho, Pedro Neto and Sasa Kalajdzic; Boubacar Traore is also still sidelined.
Mario Lemina makes his first start for the club, while Adama Traore and Raul Jimenez are also included in the XI. Joao Moutinho and Matheus Cunha are on the bench.
Manchester City XI: Ederson; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Laporte; Rodri, Gundogan; Mahrez, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland.
Second-placed City will close the gap to Arsenal to two points with a win (albeit having played two games more than the Gunners, who host Manchester United later on Sunday); they're looking to record back-to-back victories for the first time since the World Cup.
As for Wolves, they could find themselves in the bottom three come this game – but they have just avoid defeat in successive matches for the first time since the beginning of September.
Referee
David Coote will be the referee for Manchester City vs Wolves.
Stadium
Manchester City vs Wolves will be played at the 53,400-capacity Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
Kick-off and channel
Manchester City vs Wolves kick-off is at 2pm GMT on Sunday January 22 in the UK. The game is not being shown live.
In the US, kick-off time is 9am ET / 6am PT. The match will be shown on NBC in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for the Premier League and Opta Analyst, among others. He supports Wycombe Wanderers and has a soft spot for Wealdstone. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open...
