14′ City have had 73 per cent of the ball so far – it has been one-way traffic at Molineux. For all their possession, however, the visitors have yet to create a clear-cut opportunity.
12′ SAVE! Jesus is fouled by Neto around 20 yards from the Wolves goal. De Bruyne gets the free-kick on target but it is a fairly simple one for Patricio to push aside.
11′ Manchester City have not lost their opening game in any of their last 11 Premier League seasons, winning the last nine in a row. No side has ever won 10 consecutive season openers in the competition before.
9′ That is a bit of a blow for Nuno so early in the match, but Vinagre is at least a wing-back by trade so it should not disrupt the hosts too much.
8′ Wolves are forced into an early change. Marcal hobbles off on his home debut to be replaced by Vinagre.
7′ City full-backs Walker and Mendy are being given permission to play high up the pitch, with Fernandinho dropping into the backline when needed.
6′ De Bruyne catches Neves and Wolves have a free-kick. The hosts have not really been able to find any sort of rhythm to their play early on.
5′ That was superb defending from Coady to bail out defensive team-mate Boly, who got himself in a right mess. Sterling is looking very sharp as he tries to jink past a couple of players, but Wolves stand firm.
3′ PENALTY SHOUT! Sterling turns Boly brilliantly on the edge of the Wolves box. He drives towards goal and is sent crashing to the ground by Coady, but referee Andre Marriner waves away the penalty appeals. Replays show that the officials got the decision spot on – Coady did not touch the City winger.
1′ KICK-OFF! Man City officially get their 2020-21 campaign under way! The visitors are wearing their third kit today, while Wolves are in their traditional gold and black home strip.
The two sides have made their way down the tunnel area and kick-off at Molineux is now just a couple of minutes away. This match will be played behind closed doors, as will all Premier League fixtures for the foreseeable future.
Manchester City lost both Premier League meetings with Wolves last season. Head coach Pep Guardiola has never lost three consecutive league meetings against a single opponent in his entire managerial career.
Guardiola has handed a debut to new signing Ake in the heart of defence alongside Stones, but fellow newbie Torres has to settle for a place among the subs. Ilkay Gundogan tested positive for coronavirus on the day of the game and is therefore not involved today, while Sergio Aguero is still at least a month away from a return, so Jesus will be given a run in the side up top.
Wolves show six changes from their EFL Cup loss to Stoke last Thursday – Patricio, Marcal, Moutinho, Podence, Jimenez and Neto all returning to the starting line-up. In terms of last weekend’s win over Sheffield United, Neves is brought into the side in place of Dendoncker, meaning a 3-4-3 formation of sorts for the home side.
Subs: Adrian Bernabe, Zack Steffen, Nicolas Otamendi, Liam Delap, Ferran Torres, Tommy Doyle, Riyad Mahrez.
CITY XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Benjamin Mendy; Fernandinho (c), Rodrigo; Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling; Gabriel Jesus.
Subs: Oskar Buur, Fabio Silva, Vitinha, Maximilian Kilman, Ruben Vinagre, John Ruddy, Leander Dendoncker.
WOLVES XI (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Willy Boly, Conor Coady (c), Romain Saiss; Adama Traore, Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho, Marcal; Daniel Podence, Pedro Neto; Raul Jimenez.
City are in action for the first time this season, five weeks on from their 2019-20 campaign being brought to an end with defeat to Lyon in the Champions League quarter-finals. Pep Guardiola’s side are already playing catch up on champions Liverpool, who have won two games from two – one of five sides to have collected maximum points thus far.
Wolves kicked off their Premier League campaign with a 2-0 win over Sheffield United last weekend through early goals from Raul Jimenez and Romain Saiss. However, Nuno Espirito Santo’s men were knocked out of the EFL Cup by Stoke City at the second-round stage last Thursday, despite naming a fairly strong side, and will be looking to hit back here.
Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of the Premier League meeting between Wolves and Manchester City at Molineux.
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