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Man City prepare to entertain Bolton Wanderers at City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Sky Blues are clearly on top, having won 27 and lost only 10 of the 47 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City of Manchester Stadium was less than a year ago, in November 2002, with Man City running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Bolton | 2 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Man City | 2-0 | Bolton | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 05 Apr | Man City | 2 - 0 | Bolton | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 18 Aug | Bolton | 0 - 1 | Man City | LD1 |
| 1996/1997 | Wed 09 Apr | Man City | 1 - 2 | Bolton | LD1 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 20 Aug | Bolton | 1 - 0 | Man City | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 30 Mar | Bolton | 1 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Sky Blues, with 6 goals against.
The away form of Bolton is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Trotters have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
Man City find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 12 points they have accumulated from 8 games. Bolton find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 8 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Bolton | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Bolton is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Sky Blues in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Bolton | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 7 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |