Wednesday , 30 September 2026

AFC Bournemouth vs Manchester City FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Premier League · 2025-26
Tue 19 May 2026 · 18:30 UTC Vitality Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Eli Kroupi 39' 1–0
1–1 90+5' Erling Haaland

Overview

Match Preview

AFC Bournemouth vs Manchester City FC — Premier League at Vitality Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Anthony Taylor
  • Assistant 1 Gary Beswick
  • Assistant 2 Adam Nunn
11 games this season 🟨 3.9/game ⚽ 9.5 goals/game 🟥 4 total

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#17 Position #1
3 Points 15
5 Played 5
0 / 3 / 2 W / D / L 5 / 0 / 0
6 Scored 13
8 Conceded 5
-2 GD +8
0.60 PPG 3.00
0% Win % 100%

Key Stats

79% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
79% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
AFC Bournemouth this season
40% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season

AFC Bournemouth are 17th (3 pts). Manchester City FC are 1st (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

AFC Bournemouth
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
2/2
46-60
1/2
61-75
–/–
76+
–/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Manchester City FC
0-15
1/1
16-30
3/1
31-45
1/1
46-60
4/1
61-75
–/–
76+
4/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AFC Bournemouth
Marcus Tavernier 3 G
Alex Scott 1 G
Manchester City FC
Erling Haaland 5 G
Rayan Cherki 3 G 2 A
Antoine Semenyo 2 G 3 A
Josko Gvardiol 1 G 2 A
Marc Guehi 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! AFC Bournemouth welcome Manchester City FC for this crunch clash at Vitality Stadium.
  • 5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His AFC Bournemouth side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 15' Both keepers have barely been tested. AFC Bournemouth and Manchester City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 20' Manchester City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Marc Guehi scoring 1 goals.
  • 25' It’s high time Pep Guardiola made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Manchester City FC winning 100% of all matches.
  • 35' It looks surprising Manchester City FC does not make any changes. Matheus Nunes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 37' Tyler Adams was booked on 37.
  • 38' Tyler Adams is having his name booked by the referee on 38.
  • 39' A stunning finish from Eli Kroupi — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 44' AFC Bournemouth have won 448 goals from 341 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 49' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Adam Smith made 341 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 54' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 59' It’s a booking for AFC Bournemouth player. James Hill gets a card.
  • 64' AFC Bournemouth is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 69' Jeremy Doku has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 3 goals to his name this season.
  • 74' Gianluigi Donnarumma is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for AFC Bournemouth tonight.
  • 79' Marcus Tavernier is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for AFC Bournemouth so far.
  • 84' With 1 assists to his name this season, Rodri is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Manchester City FC.
  • 89' AFC Bournemouth seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Justin Kluivert.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.21 AFC Bournemouth xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.2 Manchester City FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
AFC Bournemouth26% Draw24% Manchester City FC50%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.41
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 44%
56%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

AFC Bournemouth or Draw
50%
Draw or Manchester City FC
74%
AFC Bournemouth or Manchester City FC
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
AFC Bournemouth17% Draw40% Manchester City FC43%
Actual: AFC Bournemouth win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
9.3%
0 – 2
8%
1 – 3
6.8%
0 – 1
6.8%
0 – 3
5.7%
2 – 2
5.6%
2 – 1
5.2%
0 – 0
4.7%
2 – 3
4.1%
1 – 4
3.8%
1 – 0
3.4%

Asian Handicap — AFC Bournemouth

Handicap AFC Bournemouth covers Push Manchester City FC covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 5% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 11% 81%
-0.5 19% — 81%
+0.5 41% — 59%
+1 41% 21% 37%
+1.5 63% — 37%
+2 63% 18% 19%
+2.5 81% — 19%

Clean Sheet

AFC Bournemouth keeps clean sheet
12% ✓
Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet
31% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.