Bookmakers project painless victory for Manchester City when AFC Bournemouth visit

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

After the first round it's Manchester City - AFC Bournemouth 3-3 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Premier League game of the season?

This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Manchester City form and stats

In the previous season, Manchester City's league statistics were 29 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, ending with 1st position in the Premier League. In these 38 matches they scored 99 goals and let in 26. Playing as the host team in the previous season Manchester City generated 15-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 58 goals and 15 conceded.

City are returning here after visiting West Ham United and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Haaland (2) scored the goal(s). Cancelo, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Cancelo hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Manchester City have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 12 games found in the database showing 10 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

Let's have a look at how AFC Bournemouth performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 25 victories, 13 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 74 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 33/18 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Moore and Lerma secured the home win 2-0 against Aston Villa in their previous game. The attacker Tavernier got a match rating of 8.01 in that game. Tavernier hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Millwall in the Championship.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Manchester City won ten, AFC Bournemouth were winners in zero and we saw zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CityE. Håland
E. Håland
2 goals
AFC BournemouthJ. Lerma Solís
J. Lerma Solís
1 goals
AFC BournemouthK. Moore
K. Moore
1 goals

Manchester City missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester City AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
1 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 5
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
6 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Manchester City Last season AFC Bournemouth
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   23 46
29 15   Won W   12 25
6 2   Drew D   6 13
3 2   Lost L   5 8
99 58   Scored S   33 74
26 15   Conceded C   18 39
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 91%
76% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 74%
61% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 50%
47% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 20%
29% 47%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
39% 37%   BTTS BTTS   35% 46%
55% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   57% 46%
11% 11%   Failed to Score F T   22% 17%
 
8.3 8.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.2
2.8 2.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.9
1.1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
1 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
18.8 19.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 12.4
6.8 7.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.4
38% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 37%
 
6.4 5.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 9.5
2.3 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 AFC Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Newcastle United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Brentford 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Fulham 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
13 Manchester United 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Everton 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 29 6 3 99 26 19 15 2 2 58 15 19 14 4 1 41 11 73 93
2 Liverpool 38 28 8 2 94 26 19 15 4 0 49 9 19 13 4 2 45 17 68 92
3 Chelsea 38 21 11 6 76 33 19 9 7 3 37 22 19 12 4 3 39 11 43 74
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 22 5 11 69 40 19 13 1 5 38 19 19 9 4 6 31 21 29 71
5 Arsenal 38 22 3 13 61 48 19 13 2 4 35 17 19 9 1 9 26 31 13 69
6 Manchester United 38 16 10 12 57 57 19 10 5 4 32 22 19 6 5 8 25 35 0 58
7 West Ham United 38 16 8 14 60 51 19 9 5 5 33 26 19 7 3 9 27 25 9 56
8 Leicester City 38 14 10 14 62 59 19 10 4 5 34 23 19 4 6 9 28 36 3 52
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 15 11 42 44 19 5 7 7 19 23 19 7 8 4 23 21 -2 51
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 15 6 17 38 43 19 7 3 9 20 25 19 8 3 8 18 18 -5 51
11 Newcastle United 38 13 10 15 44 62 19 8 6 5 26 27 19 5 4 10 18 35 -18 49
12 Crystal Palace 38 11 15 12 50 46 19 7 8 4 27 17 19 4 7 8 23 29 4 48
13 Brentford 38 13 7 18 48 56 19 7 3 9 22 21 19 6 4 9 26 35 -8 46
14 Aston Villa 38 13 6 19 52 54 19 6 5 8 29 29 19 7 1 11 23 25 -2 45
15 Southampton 38 9 13 16 43 67 19 6 7 6 23 24 19 3 6 10 20 43 -24 40
16 Everton 38 11 6 21 43 66 19 9 2 8 27 25 19 2 4 13 16 41 -23 39
17 Leeds United 38 9 11 18 42 79 19 4 6 9 19 38 19 5 5 9 23 41 -37 38
18 Burnley 38 7 14 17 34 53 19 5 6 8 18 25 19 2 8 9 16 28 -19 35
19 Watford 38 6 5 27 34 77 19 2 2 15 17 46 19 4 3 12 17 31 -43 23
20 Norwich City 38 5 7 26 23 84 19 3 3 13 12 43 19 2 4 13 11 41 -61 22
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 30

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 AFC Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Newcastle United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Brentford 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Fulham 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
13 Manchester United 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Everton 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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