Bournemouth vs Manchester City Prediction & Match Preview

Steffen Schmidt - February 23, 2023

Bournemouth vs Manchester City
English Premier League
Date: 25 February 2023, Saturday
Kick-off at 17:30 UK / 18:30 CET
Venue: Vitality Stadium (Bournemouth).

Bournemouth claimed one of the most important wins of the season last weekend when they dispatched direct relegation rivals Wolves 0-1 away at Molineux Stadium.

Marcus Tavernier made the difference by netting the only goal of the game four minutes after the break.

It was the only shot on target from the Cherries in the 90 minutes of action at Molineux. Nevertheless, Gary O’Neil’s men are now outside of the red zone after claiming four points from the previous two rounds.

Bournemouth are now looking ahead of the toughest home game of the season as they are about to take on defending champions Manchester City on Saturday afternoon at Vitality Stadium.

To make things tougher for the hosts, their counterparts just can’t afford another slipup after dropping the ball in the last weekend’s 1-1 stalemate to Nottingham Forest at The City Ground.

Pep Guardiola’s troops are now two points shy of Arsenal at the top of the standings once again. The Gunners also have a match in hand, meaning a failure at Vitality Stadium against the relegation-threatened opposition is not an option for the Spanish manager.

It is, however, worth noting that Manchester City won just one of the last five away games across domestic competitions, a run that includes three consecutive defeats to Southampton, Manchester United, and Tottenham.

Bournemouth vs Manchester City Head-to-head

• Bournemouth have never represented a serious rival to Manchester City.
• The Citizens won 13 and drew 1 of the previous 14 H2H matches with Bournemouth with the goal difference of 38-7 in the process.
• Pep Guardiola’s men celebrated a demolishing 4-0 victory when they faced the Cherries in mid-August last year at Etihad Stadium.

Bournemouth vs Manchester City Prediction

Bournemouth have only scored 7 goals in 14 head to head encounters with the Citizens. Knowing how motivated the visitors will be to keep their net untouched on Saturday after dropping the ball seven days ago at The City Ground, we will back Manchester City to win to nil at the 2.10 odds.

We expect Manchester City to control the happenings on the pitch form the first to the final whistle which is why we’ll back the visitors to have the lead at the half time and win the game at the end at the 1.83 odds.

Bournemouth vs Manchester City Betting Tips

• Manchester City to win to nil @ 2.10 (11/10)

• HT/FT Manchester City/Manchester City @ 1.83 (5/6) odd.

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