{"id":663589,"date":"2026-01-24T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=663589"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:01:11","slug":"wolves-predicted-lineup-man-city-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/24\/wolves-predicted-lineup-man-city-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Team News & Predicted Lineup vs Man City for January 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Premier League action with a daunting trip to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City. With points needed for survival, Rob Edwards is expected to stick with the tactical approach that has sparked their recent upturn in form, despite the quality of the opposition. Here is our Wolves team news & predicted lineup.<\/p>\n

Wolves Predicted Lineup As Visitors Hope To Extend Unbeaten Run<\/h2>\n

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How Wolves Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n

Wolves have continued to favour a back three under Edwards, a system that has brought greater organisation and balance in recent weeks. Last time out against Newcastle, Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 started in goal behind a defensive trio of Yerson Mosquera, Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed, and Santiago Bueno.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> Wolves Planning For The Future Despite Relegation Fears<\/a><\/p>\n

The wing-back roles have been crucial to their improved structure, with Jackson Tchatchoua operating on the right and Hugo Bueno on the left. In midfield, Jo\u00e3o Gomes took up the central role supported by Andr\u00e9 and Mateus Man\u00e9. Further forward, Hwang Hee-chan operated just off Tolu Arokodare.<\/p>\n

Wolves Recent Form And Tactics<\/h3>\n

The Wanderers have started the year off brightly, remaining unbeaten in the last five fixtures after last week’s 0-0 draw with Newcastle<\/a>. These results have lifted confidence within the squad, with the Old Gold collecting more points in the last three games than in the previous 18.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> <\/span>\u2018If It\u2019s Right for the Football Club\u2019: Rob Edwards Concedes Potential for J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen Transfer<\/a><\/p>\n

Edwards has placed a clear emphasis on defensive impact with Wolves, conceding only 16 goals under the new manager, compared to 22 under V\u00edtor Pereira. They have faced more shots since Edwards took over. (146 vs 126) The 3-5-2 formation allows them to remain organised centrally while offering counterattacking outlets through quick transitions and direct forward play. Against Manchester City, Wolves are likely to spend long periods without the ball, but will aim to frustrate Pep Guardiola\u2019s side by closing central spaces and exploiting any opportunities in behind City\u2019s advanced defensive line.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wolves Team News<\/h3>\n

J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen was subject to a bid from Leeds United, but this has been rejected, confirmed Edwards during the pre-match press conference<\/a>, saying:<\/p>\n

“That bid came in earlier this week, but he’s been great and trained well. He’ll be in the squad tomorrow.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Jean-Ricner Bellegard has also trained with the squad this week, but won’t be ready for Manchester City.<\/p>\n

Wolves Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

GK: <\/strong>Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1<\/p>\n

Defence: <\/strong>Yerson Mosquera \u2013 Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed \u2013 Santiago Bueno<\/p>\n

Midfield:<\/strong>\u00a0 Jackson Tchatchoua \u2013 Jo\u00e3o Gomes \u2013 Andr\u00e9 \u2013 Mateus Man\u00e9 \u2013 Hugo Bueno<\/p>\n

Forwards: <\/strong>Hwang Hee-chan \u2013 Tolu Arokodare<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Premier League action with a daunting trip to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City. With points needed for survival, Rob Edwards is expected to stick with the tactical approach that has sparked their recent upturn in form, despite the quality of the opposition. Here is our Wolves team news & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":663607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<\/smartframe-embed>","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1831,2510],"tags":[31721],"class_list":["post-663589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-starting-line-up","category-wolves","tag-wolves-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663589"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663608,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663589\/revisions\/663608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}