📏 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth will play in this game coming off the back of a 0-0 Premier League stalemate against Crystal Palace.

In that match, Bournemouth had 73% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Crystal Palace had 4 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth have found the net a sum total of 6 times over their preceding six outings. Conversely, the number of goals that they have conceded in that time is 8.

Coming into this contest, Bournemouth are unbeaten in the league by Manchester United in their last 3 matches.

Manchester United

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Wolverhampton Wanderers in Premier League action, Manchester United will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Manchester United managed 60% possession and 12 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. For their opponents, Wolverhampton Wanderers got 4 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Pablo Sarabia (77') scored for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Showing their partiality to eventful encounters, we’ve seen goals 20 times in the last 6 matches in which Manchester United have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 3.33 goals for each fixture. Opposition teams have got 12 from this total. We will just have to find out if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Pre-game facts show that Manchester United:

• have not lost to Bournemouth when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 04/07/2020 shows that Bournemouth have won 2 of these games & Manchester United 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

In all, 21 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 10 of them for The Cherries and 11 belonging to The Red Devils. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league meeting between the two was Premier League match day 17 on 22/12/2024 when the final score was Manchester United 0-3 Bournemouth.

That day, Manchester United had 60% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 7 on target.

At the other end, Bournemouth had 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Dean Huijsen (29'), Justin Kluivert (61') and Antoine Semenyo (63') scored.

The match was refereed by Craig Pawson.

🗞️ Team News: Bournemouth

Ryan Christie (Groin injury), Luis Sinisterra (Thigh problems) and Enes Ünal (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Bournemouth gaffer Andoni Iraola.

We are thinking that The Cherries look set to employ a 4-2-3-1 formation, utilising Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, Alex Scott, Tyler Adams, Dango Ouattara, Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson.

📰 Team News: Manchester United

Manchester United manager Rúben Amorim has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Joshua Zirkzee (Thigh problems), Ayden Heaven (Foot injury), Amad Diallo (Ankle injury) and Lisandro Martínez (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be playing here.

We are inclined to think that The Red Devils appear most likely to make use of a 4-4-2 formation with a starting lineup of Andre Onana, Leny Yoro, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Noussair Mazraoui, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Patrick Dorgu, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hoejlund.

🧠 Prediction

In this game, Manchester United will surely be able to find the net against this Bournemouth team, but it is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for a 2-1 winning score for Bournemouth at the end of the match. It really should be an interesting one.

Lucas Pereira, 12:04 27/04/2025