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Manchester City v Bournemouth : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 2nd Nov, 16:30 BST, Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side are on home soil in the English Premier League on Saturday afternoon, as Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth arrive at the Etihad Stadium. Team form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. Here we've gone for Man City to win, but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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Best Tip: Man City to win

There looks like a strong favourite for this match, and it's Man City. Their latest form statistics show they're capable in front of their own fans, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they can get the job done against Bournemouth too. The odds point towards Pep Guardiola's side winning in the win / draw / win market, and that's what we're predicting for Saturday afternoon too.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man City
62%
12/25-
Draw
19%
7/2-
Bournemouth
19%
5/1-
Man City 2-1
9%
8/1-
Draw 1-1
8%
17/2-
Man City 2-0
8%
8/1-
Man City 3-1
7%
11/1-
Man City 1-0
7%
9/1-
Man City 3-0
6%
11/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
16/1-
Bournemouth 2-1
5%
20/1-
Man City 3-2
5%
22/1-
Man City 4-1
4%
20/1-
Bournemouth 1-0
4%
20/1-
Man City 4-0
3%
20/1-
Draw 0-0
3%
16/1-
Man City 4-2
3%
40/1-
Bournemouth 3-2
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
69%
8/15-
Under 2.5 Goals
31%
6/4-
Home 1st Goal
55%
4/9-
Away 1st Goal
44%
7/4-
No 1st Goal
1%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
64%
7/10-
BTTS - No
36%
21/20-
BTTS - Home Win
35%
15/8-
BTTS - Draw
16%
9/2-
BTTS - Away Win
12%
17/2-
Home/draw
81%
1/8-
Away/draw
38%
13/8-
Home/away
81%
2/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
87%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
13%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
48%
11/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
52%
4/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
29%
3/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
71%
1/4-
Over 5.5 Goals
15%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
85%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
16/1-
Home DNB
75%
2/11-
Away DNB
33%
7/2-
Man City win to nil
26%
7/4-
Bournemouth win to nil
7%
12/1-
Man City / Man City
39%
6/5-
Man City / Bournemouth
2%
40/1-
Man City / Draw
5%
16/1-
Draw / Man City
18%
15/4-
Draw / Bournemouth
7%
12/1-
Draw / Draw
12%
13/2-
Bournemouth / Man City
5%
18/1-
Bournemouth / Bournemouth
8%
10/1-
Bournemouth / Draw
5%
18/1-
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 0 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Man City have outscored their opponents by 17 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

Man City have played 4 games at home winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 10 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 3 goals at home.

Bournemouth are in 4th position in the Premier League on 15 points having played 8 matches so far this season. Bournemouth have a shocking record against teams above them in the league, they have lost all 1 matches and failed to score in 0 of those games.

Away League Performance

1 of those games has been a losing match. They have conceded 9 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 8 goals in total and found the back of the net in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

1 game have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost all of those games, drawn 0 and won zero. Bournemouth have conceded 4 goals, scored 2, scored in every game and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man City
Bournemouth
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal86111219 
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
Jan 3
Apr 11
2
Man City85121116 
-
-
May 17
Nov 2
3
Liverpool8503315 
Nov 9
Feb 7
Jan 24
l
 
4-2A
4
Bournemouth8431315 
Nov 2
May 17
-
-
5
Chelsea8422714 
Jan 3
Apr 11
Dec 6
Dec 30
6
Spurs8422714 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 31
Jan 7
w
 
0-1F
7
Sunderland8422314 
Dec 6
Dec 30
Feb 28
Nov 29
8
Man Utd8413-113 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 17
Mar 21
Dec 13
9
C Palace8341413 
Mar 21
Dec 14
May 2
d
 
3-3F
10
Brighton8332112 
Jan 7
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1F
Jan 17
11
A Villa8332012 
May 24
Oct 26
Feb 7
Nov 9
12
Everton8323011 
w
 
2-0F
May 2
Dec 3
Feb 11
13
Brentford8314-110 
May 9
w
 
0-1F
Mar 4
Dec 27
14
Newcastle823309 
Feb 21
Nov 22
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
15
Fulham8224-48 
Feb 11
Dec 2
w
 
3-1A
May 9
16
Leeds8224-68 
Nov 29
Feb 28
Apr 25
d
 
2-2F
17
Burnley8215-67 
w
 
5-1F
Apr 25
Dec 20
Mar 14
18
Nottm Forest8125-105 
Mar 4
Dec 27
Oct 26
May 24
19
West Ham8116-124 
Dec 20
Mar 14
Nov 22
Feb 21
20
Wolves8026-112 
Jan 24
w
 
0-4F
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
Win / draw / win form
3
Man City have won 3 consecutive home league games
Man City 2ND
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
45
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man City2 - 0Everton
Man City5 - 1Burnley
Man City3 - 0Man Utd
Man City0 - 2Spurs
Man City3 - 1Bournemouth
Man City1 - 0Wolves
Man City2 - 1A Villa
Man City5 - 2C Palace
Man City2 - 0Leicester
Man City2 - 2Brighton
Man City0 - 2Liverpool
Man City4 - 0Newcastle
Man City3 - 1Chelsea
Man City4 - 1West Ham
Man City1 - 1Everton
Man City1 - 2Man Utd
Man City3 - 0Nottm Forest
Man City0 - 4Spurs
Man City1 - 0Southampton
Man City3 - 2Fulham
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMan City2 - 0Everton
AMan City1 - 0Brentford
HMan City5 - 1Burnley
AMan City1 - 1Arsenal
HMan City3 - 0Man Utd
AMan City1 - 2Brighton
HMan City0 - 2Spurs
AMan City4 - 0Wolves
AMan City2 - 0Fulham
HMan City3 - 1Bournemouth
AMan City0 - 0Southampton
HMan City1 - 0Wolves
HMan City2 - 1A Villa
AMan City2 - 0Everton
HMan City5 - 2C Palace
AMan City0 - 0Man Utd
HMan City2 - 0Leicester
HMan City2 - 2Brighton
AMan City0 - 1Nottm Forest
AMan City1 - 0Spurs
Bournemouth 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
C Palace3 - 3Bournemouth
Leeds2 - 2Bournemouth
Spurs0 - 1Bournemouth
Liverpool4 - 2Bournemouth
Man City3 - 1Bournemouth
Arsenal1 - 2Bournemouth
C Palace0 - 0Bournemouth
West Ham2 - 2Bournemouth
Spurs2 - 2Bournemouth
Brighton2 - 1Bournemouth
Southampton1 - 3Bournemouth
Newcastle1 - 4Bournemouth
Chelsea2 - 2Bournemouth
Fulham2 - 2Bournemouth
Man Utd0 - 3Bournemouth
Ipswich1 - 2Bournemouth
Wolves2 - 4Bournemouth
Brentford3 - 2Bournemouth
A Villa1 - 1Bournemouth
Leicester1 - 0Bournemouth
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABournemouth3 - 3C Palace
HBournemouth3 - 1Fulham
ABournemouth2 - 2Leeds
HBournemouth0 - 0Newcastle
HBournemouth2 - 1Brighton
ABournemouth1 - 0Spurs
HBournemouth1 - 0Wolves
ABournemouth2 - 4Liverpool
HBournemouth2 - 0Leicester
ABournemouth1 - 3Man City
HBournemouth0 - 1A Villa
ABournemouth2 - 1Arsenal
HBournemouth1 - 1Man Utd
ABournemouth0 - 0C Palace
HBournemouth1 - 0Fulham
ABournemouth2 - 2West Ham
HBournemouth1 - 2Ipswich
HBournemouth1 - 2Brentford
ABournemouth2 - 2Spurs
ABournemouth1 - 2Brighton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
9
Man City have beaten Bournemouth in 9 consecutive home league meetings
9
Man City have not lost to Bournemouth in 9 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Man City since 1998
Man City
Bournemouth
Goals: Scored
33
6
Games: Scored
9 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
0 / 9
MCI
9
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man City
Man City3 - 1
Man City6 - 1
Man City4 - 0
Man City2 - 1
Man City3 - 1
Man City4 - 0
Man City4 - 0
Man City5 - 1
Man City2 - 1
League games at Bournemouth since 1999
Bournemouth
Man City
Goals: Scored
5
18
Games: Scored
4 / 9
8 / 9
Clean sheets
1 / 9
5 / 9
MCI
7
D
1
BOU
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bournemouth
Bournemouth2 - 1
0 - 1Man City
1 - 4Man City
1 - 3Man City
0 - 1Man City
1 - 2Man City
0 - 2Man City
0 - 4Man City
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Manchester City's defensive record is very strong, Pep Guardiola's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive English Premier League outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for Bournemouth makes sense in this context.

Man City 2nd Bournemouth 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
10%
1
23%
2
26%
3
20%
4+
21%
There is a 67% probability that Man City will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Bournemouth will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Man City’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+28
Bournemouth have scored 28% more goals when away than predicted
2.3
average goals scored
2.0
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Bournemouth
2.3
1.2
Attack rating
9%
better
MCI
BOU
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Games scored7
7
Failed to score1
1
Scored first7
5
Goals scored17
14
Avg. goals scored2.1
1.8
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for21
20
Avg. XG for1.6
1.4
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
32%
better
MCI
BOU
view stats
Games conceded4
5
Clean sheets4
3
Conceded first1
2
Goals conceded6
11
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded7
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against11%
17%
Avg. XG against1
1.3
KickOff rating
+32%

Man City v Bournemouth Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Man City Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
81132
T ReijndersE HaalandJ DokuN. O'Reilly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Dias DEF8
-
T Reijnders MID812
1
-
B Silva MID81
1
-
J Doku FWD83
-
E Haaland FWD8111
-
N. O'Reilly DEF71
2
-
N González  MID7
1
-
O Bobb FWD71
-
M Nunes DEF61
1
-
P Foden FWD61
1
-
G Donnarumma GLK5
1
-
R Lewis DEF51
-
N Aké  DEF5
-
Rodri MID5
-
S Sávio FWD51
-
J Stones DEF4
-
A. Khusanov DEF4
1
-
J Gvardiol DEF41
-
J Trafford GLK3
-
R Nouri DEF3
1
-
R Cherki FWD31
-
O Marmoush FWD31
-
M Kovacic MID1
-
Bournemouth Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8634
Đorđe PetrovićA SemenyoA SemenyoT Adams
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Đorđe Petrović GLK8
1
-
M Senesi DEF82
2
-
A Truffert DEF81
-
A Scott MID81
1
-
M Tavernier MID811
-
T Adams MID8
4
-
A Semenyo FWD863
2
-
J Hill DEF7
1
-
B Diakité DEF7
1
-
J Kluivert MID71
-
D Brooks  FWD71
2
-
Evanilson  FWD71
1
-
R Christie MID61
1
-
A Adli FWD6
-
A. Jiménez Sánchez DEF5
3
-
E Kroupi FWD53
1
-
A Smith DEF3
-
B Doak FWD31
-
V. Milosavljević DEF2
-
L Cook MID2
-
J Soler DEF1
-