📏 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 1-2 Premier League loss in their previous game against Brentford.

In that match, Bournemouth had 59% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Brentford had 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. Vitaly Janelt (17' Own goal), Yoane Wissa (30') and Christian Nørgaard (71') scored for Brentford.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Bournemouth haven’t conceded. The facts show that Bournemouth have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 9 goals during that time. We will have to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

Manchester City

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In the game prior to this, Manchester City drew 2-2 in the Premier League match with Brighton & Hove Albion.

In that match, Manchester City managed 60% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Manchester City, the scorers were Erling Haaland (11'), Omar Marmoush (39') and Abdukodir Khusanov (48' Own goal). Brighton & Hove Albion got 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Pervis Estupiñán (21') scored for Brighton & Hove Albion.

The stats don’t lie, and Manchester City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in all. At the back, Manchester City have been far from perfect.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 24/09/2020 tells us that Bournemouth have won 1 of them and Manchester City 5, with the number of drawn games being 0.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 23 in total which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Premier League match day 10 on 02/11/2024 and the score finished Bournemouth 2-1 Manchester City.

In that match, Bournemouth had 35% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Antoine Semenyo (9') and Evanilson (64').

For their opponents, Manchester City got 19 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Joško Gvardiol (82') scored.

The referee was Michael Oliver.

📋 Team News: Bournemouth

It looks as if The Cherries may well use the 4-2-3-1 system this time, handing starts to Kepa Arrizabalaga, Lewis Cook, Illia Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Julio Soler, Ryan Christie, Tyler Adams, David Brooks, Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson.

📰 Team News: Manchester City

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has not got a full squad to pick from. Manuel Akanji (Adductor injury), John Stones (Hamstring injury), Nathan Aké (Foot surgery) and Rodri (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We’re of the thinking that The Citizens will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, starting Ederson Moraes, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Manchester City will, in all probability, see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

At the other end, Bournemouth may well struggle scoring goals of their own but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

We can therefore see a 1-3 winning score for Manchester City by the conclusion of the game.

Peter Guest, 15:00 30/03/2025