The first meeting of the two clubs was in Division 1 was on the 30th September 1899, played at Hyde Road and the game finished 1-1.
FA Cup – The first meeting in the FA Cup was in the 2nd Round of the competition, this was played on the 4th February 1911 and the game ended in a 1-0 win for Wolves.
League Cup – The teams first met in the League cup in the 2nd Round of the competition, played at Maine Road on the 8th September 1971, the game ended in a 4-3 win for Man City.
Premier League – The first meeting in the Premier league was on the 4th October 2003 played at Molineux in front of 29,386 fans and the game ended in a 1-0 win for Wolves.
There was another meeting between the two sides in the Premier League Asia Cup final played at the Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai. The game ended 0-0 after 90 minutes and then went straight to a penalty shootout and Wolves won the shootout 3-2 to win the Premier League Asia cup for the first time.
24th February 1900 Wolves won game 2-1 played at Hyde Road.
23rd May 1977 Manchester City won game 2-1 played at Molineux.
2nd August 1995 Wolves won game 2-1 played at Molineux.
30th July 2004 Manchester City won game 3-1 played at Molineux.
Premier League – The most recent game was on the 2nd May 2025 the game finished 1-0 to Manchester City with Kevin De Bruyne getting the only goal of the game at the Etihad Stadium in front of 53,282 fans
League Cup – The most recent game was on the 24th October 2017 which was at the Etihad Stadium in front of 50,755 fans and this game was a 4th Round Tie which ended in 0-0 draw after extra time and went to a penalty shootout where the game finished in a 4-1 shootout win for Man City.
17th September 2022 Wolves 0 Manchester City 3 at Molineux.
22nd January 2023 Manchester City 3 Wolves 0 at Etihad Stadium.
30th September 2023 Wolves 2 Manchester City 1 at Molineux.
4th May 2024 Manchester City 5 Wolves 1 at Etihad Stadium.
20th October 2024 Wolves 1 Manchester City 2 at Molineux.
2nd May 2025 Manchester City 1 Wolves 0 at Etihad Stadium
Division 1 – The biggest Wolves win was on the 23rd December 1933 played at Molineux in front of 20,640 fans with a 8-0 win for Wolves.
Premier League – The biggest win was on the 6th October 2019 played at the Etihad Stadium in front of 54,435 fans with a 2-0 win for Wolves with Adama Traore getting both goals and this was the first win at Man City since 8th August 1999 when Robbie Keane scored the only goal of the game in Division 1 at Maine Road.
FA Cup – The biggest win was on the 16th January 1952 played at Molineux which was a 3rd round replay after the original game played on the 12th January 1952 ended in a 2-2 draw and the replay ended in a 4-1 win for Wolves.
Wolves 3 Manchester City 0 1st December 1996
The game started badly from the start of the game for the visitors when they lost Margetson in the opening 40 seconds of the game to injury when he suffered an accidental collision involving Symons & Roberts from a through pass made by Simon Osborn causing discomfort in both knees resulting him substituted in the game.
Half Time: Wolves 0 Manchester City 0
Wolves started the second half quickly and took the lead in the game when Osborn started to ball rolling with a cross with Symons slicing his clearance a few yards only to Dennison on the right wing to cross the ball to Roberts to head home from close range to give Wolves the 1-0 lead 1 minute into the second half of the game.
Then it was Manchester City turn to have a chance at goal when Kinkladze fed a thru ball to Summerbee who then passed it to Rosler in the Wolves box to head well over the bar right in front of goal.
Wolves then went again and attacked the Manchester City goal when Bull headed the ball to his strike partner Roberts to hit his shot at goal which hit Dibble only to rebound back to him and then Roberts hit it again and then went to the back of the net to make it 2-0 to Wolves to give them breathing space in the game with 53 minutes played.
Wolves then managed to get the goal of the game starting in the Manchester City midfield when Dennison started in his own half of the field went on the run pass the city defender Brightwell into the corner of the net to make it 3-0 Wolves manager and Assistant Manager happy on the sidelines with Wolves fans cheering on a great result for the team.
Full Time: Wolves 3 Manchester City 0
Wolves Team: Stowell, Thompson, Dennison, Atkins, Venus, Emblen, Corica, Thomas, Bull, Roberts, Osborn.
Substitutes: Dowe, Goodman, Smith
Goals: Roberts (46,53), Dennison (79)
Manager: Mark McGhee
Manchester City Team: Margetson, Symons, Wassall, Brightwell, Crooks, Whitley, Summerbee, Kinkladze, Lomas, Rosler, Dickov.
Substitutes: Dibble, Clough, McGoldrick
Manager: Phil Neal (Caretaker Boss)
Attendance: 23,911
Interesting Facts:
Robbie Dennison gets his 50th career goal and last career goal for the club.
Division 2 – The biggest defeat was on the 18th December 1909 played at Hyde Road and the game finished in a 6-0 win for Man City.
Division 1 – The biggest defeat was on the 21st March 1904 played at Molineux and the game finished 6-1 to Man City.
Premier League – The biggest defeat between the two clubs has already been mentioned in the most recent meeting meetings section.
This was managers Colin Lee 50th game in charge of Wolves welcoming Manchester City to the golden palace who were top of the league with one of the best performances of the season.
This was also the first time Wolves had score more than three goals in a game since the Bristol City game when they won 6-1 and that was Wolves manager Lee first game in charge of the team.
Wolves started the game as they are serious with a goal in the opening 6 minutes of the game when Akinbiyi scored with a brilliant cross by Sinton towards Emblen who hit the bar with his header and Akinbiyi was on hand to head home from close range with Weaver beaten in the goal to make it 1-0.
Wolves then doubled their lead when Sinton flicked on from a throw in by Naylor towards Akinbiyi who the passed it back to Sinton in the box who was fouled by the Manchester City defenders and referee played advantage to find ball to Branch who managed to take on two defenders to score a goal on his debut with Weaver leaving an open goal to open his account after his loan move from Everton to make it 2-0 to Wolves after 19 minutes played.
Wolves then became a bit dis organised in the backline allowing Manchester City back into the game when Kennedy who will become a future Wolves player produced a cross to Goater in the box to prod home to make it 2-1 after 30 minutes played.
But Wolves did not dwell on this setback of conceding the goal when they got another goal in the 40th minute of the game when Emblen started the move towards Branch who then passed it to Akinbiyi who was on the wing thread it to Branch who poked it home for his second goal of the game what a debut he is having in the game to make it 3-1 such good service from your fellow striker.
Half Time: Wolves 3 Manchester City 1
The second half did not have many chances in the game with both teams having efforts either on target or off target.
Wolves did manage to get the 4th goal in the game when Osborn produced a beautiful cross towards Bazeley who went on a good run towards the goal to Muscat who fired it in to make 4-1 good play from the number two and three players with such good link play after 68 minutes played.
The game did not have many chances after this game with Wolves holding for the victory to send the Wolves fans happy after seeing a complete performance from a team that deserved the victory.
Full time: Wolves 4 Manchester City 1
Wolves Team: Oakes, Muscat, Curle, Pollet, Naylor, Bazeley, Emblen, Osborn, Sinton, Branch, Akinbiyi.
Substitutes: Scott Taylor, Corica, Stowell, Robinson, Sedgley.
Manager: Colin Lee
Manchester City Team: Weaver, Edghill, Wiekens, Jobson, Granville, Jeff Whitley, Horlock, Bishop, Kennedy, Goater, Robert Taylor.
Substitutes: Crooks, Gareth Taylor, Wright, Tiatto, Pollock.
Manager: Joe Royle
Attendance: 21,635
Dave Wagstaffe Played for Man City 1960-1964 made 144 appearances and scored 8 goals and played for Wolves 1964-1974 made 324 appearances and scored 26 goals.
Steve Daley Played for Wolves 1971-1979 made 212 appearances and scored 38 goals and played for Man City 1979-1981 made 48 appearances and scored 4 goals.
Mark Kennedy Played for Man City 1999-2001 made 66 appearances and scored 8 goals and played for Wolves 2001-2006 made 167 appearances and scored 12 goals.
Robert Taylor Played for Man City 1999-2000 made 12 appearances and scored 5 goals and played for Wolves 2000-2002 made 9 appearances and scored 0 goals.
Joleon Lescott Played for Wolves 2000-2006 made 212 appearances and scored 13 goals and played for Man City 2009-2014 made 107 appearances and scored 7 goals.
Mikkel Bischoff Played for Man City 2002-2006 made 1 appearance and scored 0 goals and played for Wolves 2004-2005 made 11 appearances and scored 0 goals.
Stephen Elliott Played for Man City 2003-2004 made 2 appearances and scored 0 goals and played for Wolves 2007-2008 made 29 appearances and scored 4 goals.
Carlo Nash Played for Wolves 2000-2001 on a loan spell made 0 appearances and played for Man City 2001-2003 and made 38 appearances.
Keith Curle Played for Man City 1991-1996 made 174 appearances and scored 11 goals and played for Wolves 1996-2000 made 150 appearances and scored 10 goals.
John Burridge Played for Wolves 1982-1984 made 74 appearances and played for Man City 1994-1995 made 4 appearances.
Wayne Clarke Played for Wolves in 2 spells 1978-1984 and 1991 made 149 appearances and scored 30 goals and played for Man City 1990-1992 made 21 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Mike Stowell Played for Man City 1988 loan spell from Everton made 14 appearances and played for Wolves 1989 loan spell and 1990-2001 made 385 appearances.
Paul Stewart Played for Man City 1987-1988 made 51 appearances and scored 26 goals and played for Wolves in a loan spell made 8 appearances and scored 2 goals.
Matheus Nunes Played for Wolves 2022-2023 made 41 appearances and scored 1 goal and is currently playing for Man City after he moved there in the summer transfer window of 2023 for a club record fee of £53m made 35 appearances scored 1 goal.
Tommy Doyle Played for Man City 2009-2018 Youth Career, First Team 2019-2024 made 7 appearances and playing for Wolves 2023 to current day made 32 appearances scored 1 goal.
Rayan Ait Nouri Played for Wolves 2020-2025 made 157 appearances scored 12 goals and signed for Manchester City in June 2025 and will be making his debut for his new club at his former club.
Other players who played for both clubs.
Bobby McDonald, Paul Simpson, Michael Branch, Fred Chadwick, Craig Davies, Dennis Westcott, Ken Whitfield, David Robson, George Swan, Sadou Diallo, Tim Flowers, Edward Francis, Wayne Hennessey, Joe Hodge, Eric Nixon, Carlos Forbs, Lee Mills, Jim Melrose, Geoff Lomax, Terry Park, Louie Moulden, Jimmy Murray, Jackie Oakes.
Played, Coached, Managed Both Teams.
Mick McCarthy Played for Man City 1983-1987 made 140 appearances and scored 2 goals and managed Wolves 2006-2012.
George Poyser Played for Wolves 1928-1929 unfortunately he made no appearances for the team and managed Man City 1963-1965.
Major Frank Buckley Played for Man City 1907-1908 made 11 appearances and managed Wolves 1927-1944.
Bobby Mimms Played for Man City 1987 in a loan spell from Everton and was goalkeeping coach 2001-2008 for Wolves.
Jack Wilson Man City Match Analyst 2022-2024 & Wolves Set Piece Coach 2024 for 4 months.
Kenny Jackett Manchester City reserves manger March 2007 & Wolves manager June 2013 to August 2016.
I have been a Wolves fan for over 30 years.
I have supported them both home and away games in the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s and now like looking into wolves games the stats behind the games they play in the premier league and also look other stats if asked by someone else in the podcast. I have also done the 92 football league grounds and shortly be doing a ebook about peoples favourite match they went to along with a match report and if possible stats from game