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

Tue 20th May, 20:00 BST, Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Andoni Iraola pays counterpart Pep Guardiola a visit on Tuesday night in the English Premier League, as their Bournemouth and Manchester City sides face each other at the Etihad Stadium. All of the key statistics for the encounter, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across 17 of the biggest betting markets are included in this betting preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make a well informed, intelligent bet.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As Pep Guardiola and his side approach kick-off, we predict a combined total of over 3 goals scored during the game. Stats imply both sides are strong in attack, with goals in plentiful supply of late. In the absense of a strong favourite to win the match, we really like the look of over 2.5 goals.

In-Play
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Man City are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.53.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man City
51%
8/15
1%
-
Draw
22%
10/3-
Bournemouth
27%
9/2
5%
-
Draw 1-1
10%
17/2-
Man City 2-1
9%
8/1-
Man City 1-0
7%
10/1-
Man City 2-0
7%
9/1-
Bournemouth 2-1
7%
18/1-
Draw 2-2
7%
14/1-
Man City 3-1
6%
11/1
8%
-
Bournemouth 1-0
5%
20/1-
Man City 3-0
4%
12/1-
Man City 3-2
4%
20/1-
Draw 0-0
4%
16/1-
Bournemouth 2-0
3%
33/1-
Bournemouth 3-1
3%
40/1-
Man City 4-1
3%
20/1-
Bournemouth 3-2
3%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
65%
8/15-
Under 2.5 Goals
35%
6/4-
Home 1st Goal
52%
4/11
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
2/1-
No 1st Goal
2%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
65%
8/13-
BTTS - No
35%
6/5-
BTTS - Home Win
30%
7/4
5%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
17%
15/2
6%
-
Home/draw
73%
1/7
3%
-
Away/draw
49%
11/8-
Home/away
78%
1/5-
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
43%
13/10-
Under 3.5 Goals
57%
8/13-
Over 4.5 Goals
25%
3/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
75%
1/4-
Over 5.5 Goals
12%
6/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
88%
1/10-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
16/1-
Home DNB
66%
1/5
2%
-
Away DNB
42%
10/3
8%
-
Man City win to nil
21%
2/1
8%
-
Bournemouth win to nil
11%
10/1-
Man City / Man City
37%
13/10
3%
-
Man City / Bournemouth
2%
40/1
21%
-
Man City / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Man City
18%
15/4-
Draw / Bournemouth
7%
12/1
8%
-
Draw / Draw
11%
13/2-
Bournemouth / Man City
5%
18/1-
Bournemouth / Bournemouth
9%
17/2
6%
-
Bournemouth / Draw
5%
16/1-
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below in the table, having won 18, drawn 6 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 11 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Man City have outscored their opponents by 67 goals to 55 goals.

Home League Performance

Man City have played 18 games at home winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 40 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 22 goals at home.

Bournemouth are in 10th position in the Premier League on 53 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 27 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 34 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Bournemouth have conceded 24 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man City
Bournemouth
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Liverpool3625834683 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
2
Arsenal36181443368 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
5-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
3
Newcastle36206102366 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-4F
4
Man City Home3619892465 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
May 20
5
Chelsea3618991963 
w
 
3-1A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
6
A Villa361899763 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
7
Nottm Forest36188101262 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
5-0F
d
 
1-1A
8
Brentford36167131055 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-2F
9
Brighton3614139355 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
10
Bournemouth A361411111253 
May 20
l
 
2-1A
-
-
11
Fulham3614913151 
w
 
3-2A
May 25
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
12
C Palace36121311-249 
w
 
5-2A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
13
Everton3691512-542 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3A
14
Wolves3612519-1341 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-4F
15
West Ham36101016-1740 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
16
Man Utd3610917-1139 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-3F
17
Spurs3611520438 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2F
18
Ipswich3641022-4222 
w
 
4-1A
w
 
0-6F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2A
19
Leicester365724-4722 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
May 25
l
 
1-0A
20
Southampton362628-5712 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-3F
Win / draw / win form
4
Man City have won 4 consecutive home league games
8
Man City have not lost in 8 consecutive league games
Man City 4TH
20 league games
Home
4
Overall
8
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
3
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Man City2 - 2Arsenal
Man City2 - 1Brentford
Man City4 - 1Ipswich
Man City3 - 1West Ham
Man City5 - 1Wolves
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HMan City0 - 2Liverpool
HMan City4 - 0Newcastle
AMan City1 - 5Arsenal
HMan City3 - 1Chelsea
AMan City6 - 0Ipswich
AMan City2 - 2Brentford
HMan City4 - 1West Ham
AMan City2 - 0Leicester
HMan City1 - 1Everton
AMan City1 - 2A Villa
Bournemouth 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Liverpool3 - 0Bournemouth
Everton2 - 3Bournemouth
Nottm Forest1 - 1Bournemouth
Chelsea2 - 1Bournemouth
Arsenal3 - 0Bournemouth
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBournemouth0 - 1A Villa
ABournemouth2 - 1Arsenal
HBournemouth1 - 1Man Utd
ABournemouth0 - 0C Palace
HBournemouth1 - 0Fulham
ABournemouth2 - 2West Ham
HBournemouth1 - 2Ipswich
HBournemouth1 - 2Brentford
ABournemouth2 - 2Spurs
ABournemouth1 - 2Brighton
HBournemouth0 - 1Wolves
ABournemouth3 - 1Southampton
HBournemouth0 - 2Liverpool
HBournemouth5 - 0Nottm Forest
ABournemouth4 - 1Newcastle
ABournemouth2 - 2Chelsea
HBournemouth1 - 0Everton
ABournemouth2 - 2Fulham
HBournemouth0 - 0C Palace
ABournemouth3 - 0Man Utd
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
8
Man City have beaten Bournemouth in 8 consecutive home league meetings
8
Man City have not lost to Bournemouth in 8 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Man City since 1998
Man City
Bournemouth
Goals: Scored
30
5
Games: Scored
8 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
0 / 8
MCI
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man City
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 forwards have been excellent of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 3 consecutive English Premier League outings. A PG of 2.0 suggests that run should continue on Tuesday night.

Man City 4th Bournemouth 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Man City will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Bournemouth will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+10
Man City’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+15
Bournemouth have scored 15% more goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Bournemouth
2
1.4
Attack rating
13%
better
MCI
BOU
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Games scored30
28
Failed to score6
8
Scored first20
17
Goals scored67
55
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.5
Avg. shots per game11
11
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
14
Avg. XG for1.8
1.8
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
5%
better
MCI
BOU
view stats
Games conceded24
28
Clean sheets12
8
Conceded first14
17
Goals conceded43
43
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against17%
13%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+5%

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

Man City Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
342188
J GvardiolE HaalandS SávioB Silva
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Gvardiol DEF355
2
-
I Gündogan MID315
1
-
B Silva MID3134
8
-
M Kovacic MID3061
6
-
E Haaland FWD29213
2
-
R Lewis DEF2812
4
1
S Sávio FWD2818
3
-
P Foden FWD2772
2
-
J Doku FWD2737
1
-
K Bruyne MID2647
2
-
R Dias DEF25
4
-
Ederson GLK244
2
-
M Akanji DEF24
3
-
M Nunes MID2415
4
-
J Grealish FWD1911
3
-
J McAtee MID153
1
-
O Marmoush FWD146
-
S Ortega GLK13
1
-
J Stones DEF112
2
-
N Aké  DEF10
-
N González  MID9
3
-
A. Khusanov DEF6
1
-
Rodri MID2
-
O Bobb FWD2
-
V. de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis DEF1
-
Bournemouth Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3612611
M KerkezJ KluivertJ KluivertR Christie
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Kerkez DEF3625
4
-
L Cook MID3513
9
-
A Semenyo FWD3595
9
-
I Zabarnyi  DEF34
4
1
J Kluivert MID32126
8
-
D Ouattara FWD3274
3
-
D. Huijsen DEF3031
9
-
K Arrizabalaga GLK29
3
-
R Christie MID2923
11
-
Evanilson  FWD29101
1
1
M Tavernier MID2735
5
-
D Brooks  FWD272
4
-
T Adams MID263
7
-
A Smith DEF23
7
-
A Scott MID19
3
-
E Ünal  FWD1721
3
-
M Senesi DEF16
5
-
D Jebbison FWD14
1
-
L Sinisterra  FWD1211
-
J Araujo DEF11
1
-
J Hill DEF101
1
-
J Soler DEF1
-