AFC Bournemouth vs Manchester City FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AFC Bournemouth vs Manchester City FC — Premier League at Vitality Stadium.
- AFC Bournemouth 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
- Manchester City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Anthony Taylor
- Assistant 1 Gary Beswick
- Assistant 2 Adam Nunn
18 games this season 🟨 2.9/game ⚽ 8.3 goals/game 🟥 4 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 West Ham United FC 38 39 2 Burnley FC 38 22 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 0 0 5 Coventry City FC 0 0 6 Hull City AFC 0 0 7 Ipswich Town FC 0 0 8 Arsenal FC 0 0 9 Manchester City FC 0 0 10 Manchester United FC 0 0 11 Aston Villa FC 0 0 12 Liverpool FC 0 0 13 AFC Bournemouth 0 0 14 Sunderland AFC 0 0 15 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0 0 16 Brentford FC 0 0 17 Chelsea FC 0 0 18 Fulham FC 0 0 19 Newcastle United FC 0 0 20 Everton FC 0 0 21 Leeds United FC 0 0 22 Crystal Palace FC 0 0 23 Nottingham Forest FC 0 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 May Manchester City FC H 1–1 D 09 May Fulham FC A 1–0 W 03 May Crystal Palace FC H 3–0 W 22 Apr Leeds United FC H 2–2 D 18 Apr Newcastle United FC A 2–1 W 11 Apr Arsenal FC A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 May AFC Bournemouth A 1–1 D 16 May Chelsea FC A 1–0 W 13 May Crystal Palace FC H 3–0 W 09 May Brentford FC H 3–0 W 04 May Everton FC A 3–3 D 25 Apr Southampton FC H 2–1 W Season Stats
AFC Bournemouth Manchester City FC #13 Position #9 0 Points 0 0 Played 0 0 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 0 / 0 0 Scored 0 0 Conceded 0 +0 GD +0 – PPG – – Win % – Key Stats
77% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)77% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyAFC Bournemouth are 13th (0 pts). Manchester City FC are 9th (0 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Manchester City FC gets underway.
- 5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' It looks surprising AFC Bournemouth does not make any changes. Evanilson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Marc Guehi suffering a number of foals already.
- 37' AFC Bournemouth player sees a card in front of him.
- 38' The referee shows AFC Bournemouth player a card on 38.
- 39' GOAL! Eli Kroupi scores on 39.
- 44' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AFC Bournemouth that had 335 games and scored 441 goals.
- 49' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 54' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 54 minutes.
- 59' That looks like a foul for a card for James Hill.
- 64' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 69' Supporters expect more eagerness from Marcos Senesi, as he is very good at scoring at Vitality Stadium with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 74' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Gianluigi Donnarumma made 515 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 79' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AFC Bournemouth needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 84' Manchester City FC is showing some good football. However, Manchester City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 89' It looks like no one’s ball. AFC Bournemouth is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Justin Kluivert.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
AFC Bournemouth Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 15
- 16
- 23
- 12
- 5
- 1
- 9
- 3
- 8
- 37
- 22
Bench
- 4
- 7
- 19
- 26
- 29
- 18
- 21
- 11
- 27
Coach IraolaManchester City FC Lineups
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 42
- 8
- 20
- 16
- 25
- 27
- 9
- 11
- 15
- 33
- 45
Bench
- 4
- 5
- 47
- 3
- 24
- 10
- 7
- 26
- 1
Coach Pep Guardiola -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Phil Foden 5 Bernardo Silva 4 Ilkay Gundogan 3 Erling Haaland 3 Evanilson 2 Raheem Sterling 2 Omar Marmoush 2 Julian Alvarez 2 Head to Head
AFC Bournemouth Form
Manchester City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 40.72 AFC Bournemouth xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.79 Manchester City FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 80% + Under — clean sheet likely 70%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 1.51Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 75% 25% ± 1.5 45% 55% ± 2.5 20% 80% ± 3.5 7% 93% ± 4.5 2% 98% Double Chance
AFC Bournemouth or Draw 68%Draw or Manchester City FC 68%AFC Bournemouth or Manchester City FC 63%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: AFC Bournemouth win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 24.9%0 – 1 15.8%1 – 0 14.3%1 – 1 Actual0 – 2 6.4%2 – 0 5.3%1 – 2 5%2 – 1 4.5%2 – 2 2%0 – 3 1.6%1 – 3 1.3%3 – 0 1.2%Asian Handicap — AFC Bournemouth
Handicap AFC Bournemouth covers Push Manchester City FC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 7% 92% -1.5 8% — 92% -1 8% 19% 72% -0.5 28% — 72% +0.5 68% — 32% +1 68% 21% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 8% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
AFC Bournemouth keeps clean sheet 46% ✓Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet 49% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

