Bournemouth vs Manchester City

Riding high at the top of the table, Manchester City are poised to continue their dominant form.

Match info: Premier League

Venue: Vitality Stadium

Date: Saturday 2nd November, 2024

Time: 4 pm Nigerian time

Defending champions, Manchester City will travel to Bournemouth for their 10th game of the season at Vitality Stadium, and the Cherries will hope to continue with their momentum following their draw against Aston Villa. Pep Guardiola has spoken about his limited squad due to injuries, and he will still hope to maintain his team’s charge at the top of the Premier League, but they will need to improve on their last performance in their away trip to Bournemouth.

Head-to-head:

• Bournemouth have never won a game against the Citizens before.
• Manchester City have won all 14 matches against the Cherries.
• City have only kept clean sheets in two of their last five meetings.

Form:

• Bournemouth in the league: L-W-L-W-D
• Bournemouth in all competitions: L-W-L-W-D
• Man City in the League: D-D-W-W-W
• Man City in all competitions: W-W-W-W-L

Team News:

• Bournemouth will be without Philip Billing, Julián Araujo, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Alex Scott, and Luis Sinisterra due to injury.
• Manchester City has lots of players on the sidelines, Savinho, Joško Gvardiol, Jérémy Doku, Jack Grealish, Manuel Akanji, Kyle Walker, Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, and Oscar Bobb.

Player(s) to watch:

• Ghana forward, Antoine Semenyo has made a decent start to his Premier League campaign as he has bagged three goals and an assist in nine league appearances. The departure of Dominic Solanke this summer provided the 24-year-old forward more opportunities in the first-team squad.
• Erling Haaland ended his three-game drought in the weekend fixture against Southampton in just under five minutes. Haaland has continued his robust form across all competitions scoring 14 goals in just 13 appearances.

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