26th Dec 2019 | Premier League
Santo's Claws Dig Into Pep
Wolves are the only visiting team to win at the Etihad so far this season and we shouldn't be that surprised. Nuno's side have lost fewer league games than the champions to date.
Saturday night proved what a force Manchester City still are when they thoroughly outplayed Leicester City, but the bookies give them the presumption of consistency we haven’t seen yet in 2019-20.
The Pep Guardiola highs are very high, but some of the best moments have come immediately before another bump in the road. The loss at Norwich followed a 4-0 win over Brighton and the home defeat to their next opponents, Wolves, came after an 8-0 romp over Watford and a 3-1 victory at Everton.
It’s within this context that Wolves gain my attention at best odds of 7/1 with BetVictor to repeat the trick at Molineux.
If you want a truly consistent side then the hosts may be the closest you’ll get outside of the league leaders. Nuno Espirito Santos’s boys are on a run of one defeat in 13 matches in the top flight - and that loss over Spurs was really an injustice.
Wolves are a high quality side destined for the top-6 and a serious run in the Europa League so back them when you can at underdog rates.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 10:44 26th Dec, 2019 but subject to change