Man City v Wolves: Back City streak to continue & 8/1 sharp shooter double at the Etihad

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The Top 5 Finish door was firmly opened for Manchester City last night when Nottingham Forest suffered a surprise 0-2 home defeat to Brentford. It means City have matters in their own hands, though with four games to go for the five clubs chasing those three remaining top five places there'll be plenty of twists and turns to come.

City fans will be hoping that one of those twists or turns doesn't come tonight when Pep Guardiola's men host red hot Wolves at the Etihad.

Man City go into the game unbeaten in eight in all competitions, including winning their last four, while Wolves are the Premier League's most in-form team, racking up six straight wins. True, Victor Pereira's men are now safe and effectively have nothing to play for but I still think we're in for a cracking game this evening.

January signing Omar Marmoush is almost certain to start for the Citizens with Erling Haaland still out injured, while for Wolves their star man Matheus Cunha should be a certain starter also. And if that's the case, then we have a very interesting Shots on Target Match Up on our hands.

And the reason I say it's fascinating is because there's very little to choose between the two players on season-long stats, yet Marmoush is the 8/131.61 favourite here with Cunha out at a very appealing 11/43.75.

True, City have home advantage and are strong favourites to win the game, but it's impossible to ignore the current form of Cunha and he simply has to be the bet at that price.

For the record, the Wolves man has averaged 1.38 shots on target per game this season, which is just marginally better than Marmoush's 1.33 SOT per game. But in recent games Cunha has been sensational.

The Wolves star attacker has registered at least one shot on target in each of his last 10 Premier League games, and even more impressive is that in those 10 games he's managed 24 shots on target, taking his 10-game form for SOT to 2.4 per game. In addition, he's registered at least one shot on target in every single Premier League away game bar one since the beginning of September!

Marmoush is no slouch of course and loves to get his shots away also, but in his last two Premier League games he failed to register a shot on target at home to Aston Villa and managed just one against lowly Everton, and in the FA Cup on Sunday he again registered just one shot on target against Nottm Forest.

In fairness Marmoush has registered 16 shots on target in his last 10 Premier League games, but that average of 1.6 per game is still significantly lower than Cunha's 10-game form of 2.4 shots on targer per game, so it's the Wolves man we're backing tonight at 11/43.75.