Greeting visitors in their own stadium is relaxed and good for AFC Bournemouth, but Manchester City are fully determined and able to get all three points. Who wins the prize?
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (44) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (60) in Premier League
The visiting Manchester City played their last game only three days ago, a Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at RB Leipzig. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
AFC Bournemouth, who have the most conceded goals (44) in Premier League, have collected 13 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-4-4. Bournemouth have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A good away victory last time out for AFC Bournemouth, who won 1-0 against Wolverhampton Wanderers (placed 15th). A huge relief, as that was the first three points in the league after playing, but not winning, seven consecutive games. The goalie Neto was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.02 out of ten. Neto topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Newcastle United that ended 1-1.Betting people who prefer looking for low-scoring games might like to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
AFC Bournemouth's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Bournemouth hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like West Ham United, Southampton, Leeds United, Leicester City, Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Manchester City form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (60) in Premier League, are W6-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to RB Leipzig in their previous outing. The Champions League fixture ended 1-1. Mahrez got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, top player of the team. Mahrez scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).
A 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest's stadium before that.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Manchester City given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 12 matches with 9 wins as expected, 2 draws and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 7 of these games by at least two goals.
Betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 12 league games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the City manager i Sala as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bristol City.
The travelling fans enjoy Manchester City's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. Manchester City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 12 most recent fixtures involving these opponents have all ended as Manchester City wins. More of the same or streak broken?This was the end result when the squads met earlier this season; Manchester City - AFC Bournemouth 4-0.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 26 goals |  P. Foden 7 goals |  R. Mahrez 5 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Manchester City missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 60 |
| 44 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 83% |
| 43% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 67% |
| 26% | 9% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 46% |
| 17% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 35% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 58% |
| 22% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 33% | 33% |
| 52% | 45% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 7 | 6.4 | 9.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 9.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 15.5 | 16.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 28% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | 42% |
| 16 | 14.6 | 18.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
- AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (44) in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Premier League
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of AFC Bournemouth.
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (60) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+36) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Manchester City is in the best form (4-1-1) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 28 | 54 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 36 | 52 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 42 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 6 | Fulham | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 38 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | Brentford | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 35 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 25 | -20 | 25 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 23 |
| 16 | Everton | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 21 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | -23 | 21 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 19 | Leeds United | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 19 |
| 20 | Southampton | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -21 | 18 |
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