The Premier League top spot could be Manchester City's for a matter of hours if they beat bottom-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday afternoon.
The reigning champions claimed a dramatic five-goal win over Fulham before the international break, while their relegation-threatened opponents lost an eight-goal game to Brentford.
Latest Wolverhampton vs Man City team information
Ahead of the international break, Guardiola is hopeful that both Kevin De Bruyne and Nathan Ake will be fit in time for the trip to Wolves, and fans are now anxiously awaiting the latest update from the City boss.
The return of De Bruyne and Ake will leave the visitors with just two players missing, with Rodri still on a long-term recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament injury, while Oscar Bobb will not return from a foot injury until December at the earliest.
Fresh from becoming Norway's top scorer, Haaland looks to continue his run of eight goals in just four Premier League games against Wolves, although only one of those has come away from home.
While Man City's injury situation has been largely positive, Wolves suffered a fresh loss over the international break, with Hwang Hee-chan suffering an ankle injury in South Korea's 2026 World Cup qualifier against Jordan and is now a major doubt.
Hwang joins fellow knee-injured players Yerson Mosquera, Sasa Kalajdzic, Enso Gonzalez and Boubacar Traore in the medical room, although O'Neil may eventually have the services of young defender Bastien Meupiyou.
Hwang's issue will not affect O'Neil's attacking options in any way; Jorgen Strand Larsen and Matheus Cunha - who could become the third Premier League player to lose five consecutive games in which he has scored - will continue to shoulder the goalscoring duties.
Latest predicted lineup for Wolverhampton vs Man City
Wolverhampton Wanderers:
Johnstone; Semedo, S. Bueno, Toti, Ait-Nouri; Bellegarde, Lemina, Andre, Gomes, Cunha; Larsen
Manchester City:
Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Kovacic, Gundogan; Silva, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Latest football commentary Wolverhampton vs Man City
Never far from the headlines off the pitch, Man City have endured a turbulent international period, with Pep Guardiola and speculation about taking the England job increasing - before Thomas Tuchel took charge at Wembley - influential director Txiki Begiristain announcing his impending departure and both City and the Premier League winning the APT regulation battle.
On the pitch, the reigning Premier League champions are yet to lose a game in all competitions since the start of the new season, although they did have to overcome a tough challenge against Fulham, who shocked the world by taking an early lead at the Etihad through Andreas Pereira's opener two weeks ago.
The former Manchester United man's opener was cancelled out by Mateo Kovacic and a fine strike from Jeremy Doku, but Rodrigo Muniz pulled one back in the closing stages, but it was too late for Marco Silva's Cottagers to salvage anything meaningful.
An end to a two-game winless run in the Premier League has kept City just a point behind leaders Liverpool and also within touching distance of Arsenal on goal difference, but the Gunners can leapfrog both rivals in the title race if they beat Bournemouth on Saturday.
However, Guardiola's players have all the motivation they need to avoid defeat in the West Midlands on Sunday; if they take at least a point this weekend, they will set a new club record of 31 consecutive Premier League games without defeat, having not lost a top-flight game since December 2023.
Meanwhile, defeat has been a mainstay on the menu at Molineux over the past few months, with 20th-placed Wolves welcoming the champions on a run of five straight defeats in all competitions and ten without a win in the Premier League.
Gary O'Neil's men enjoyed one of their best performances of the season so far at the Gtech Community Stadium two weeks ago, but their defensive frailties were exposed as they fell to a 5-3 defeat, leaving them behind Southampton, who also have a point, on goal difference.
Wolves' problems are not in attack - they have been on an eight-game scoring streak in all competitions since their opening defeat to Arsenal - but they have conceded 15 goals in their last five defeats, an average of three per game.
With Man City likely to break the club's unbeaten run record this weekend, Wolves are in danger of losing their first four home games of a league season for the first time in their history, although the board still believe O'Neil will pull the hosts out of the danger zone.
The 41-year-old coach was behind Wolves' surprise 2-1 win over City in this fixture last season, but the champions have won the other seven meetings between the sides since the start of the 2020-21 campaign, including a 5-1 thrashing in May, in which Erling Haaland scored four superb goals. Although City have conceded first in four of their last six Premier League games, they have still taken a league-high 10 points from setbacks this season, and Sunday's result is certainly a foregone conclusion.
While Wolves may be sharp in attack, O'Neil's side are weak at the back and could suffer a painful home defeat against Guardiola's champions.
Score prediction Wolverhampton vs Man City
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Wolverhampton vs Man City match:
- Sportsmole: Wolverhampton 0-3 Man City
- WhoScore: Wolverhampton 1-3 Man City
- Our prediction: Wolverhampton 1-4 Man City
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