PREM: Wolves v Manchester City preview

Wolves v Manchester City preview

Adama Traore is in line for his first Wolves start against Manchester City on Saturday lunchtime.

Traore joined Wolves for a club-record fee in the summer and made his debut at half-time in the 2-0 defeat to Leicester last weekend.

Wolves stormed to the Championship title last season but have picked up one point from their opening two Premier League matches.

They did manage to hold Manchester City over 120 minutes in the Carabao Cup last season, becoming the first team to stop them scoring when they drew 0-0 at the Etihad in October.

That result came after Wolves adopted a defensive approach, but head coach Nuno Espirito Santo has suggested they will be more attacking this weekend.

 

"We don't know how to play another way. There are two ways to react to Leicester, we react by changing or not. We will not change because we want to build something.

"It's important we keep doing the same thing we train to do as we want to achieve.

"Adapt, of course, because you are facing a good team, but don't change. When you build something you have to truly believe in what you're doing."

 

City have started the season in impressive fashion as they won 2-0 at Arsenal on the opening day and then thrashed Huddersfield 6-1.

They have suffered a couple of injury setbacks, though, with midfielder Kevin De Bruyne out for three months and second-choice goalkeeper Claudio Bravo facing a spell out after rupturing an Achilles tendon.

Bravo's injury has seen City recall Aro Muric from his loan at NAC Breda and the 19-year-old could be on the bench this weekend.

 

Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho has recovered from a minor knock but De Bruyne (knee) and Danilo (ankle) are out.

Nuno could hand a full debut to Traore while midfielder Leander Dendoncker is close to full fitness after arriving from

Anderlecht in the summer.