Only three points good enough for Manchester City in AFC Bournemouth game

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 15.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Manchester City supporters in this Etihad Stadium clash with AFC Bournemouth, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Manchester and AFC Bournemouth.

Manchester City is in the 2nd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Bournemouth are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Manchester City form and stats

41 points is a decent return from 17 Premier League games here at Etihad Stadium for Manchester City. The data says 13 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Manchester has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Etihad Stadium. We remember; it was Crystal Palace.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ederson Santana de Moraes not having conceded a league goal in 254 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Manchester City, who won 5-0 against Brighton & Hove Albion (placed 15th). Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Newcastle United.

As mentioned above, Manchester "killed" Brighton & Hove Albion in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Raheem Sterling when beating Brighton & Hove Albion, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Manchester's victory against Brighton & Hove Albion could easily have been with a bigger margin than 5-0 as they hit the posts three times.

Everyone expects Manchester City to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 23 games: 19 home wins, two draws and two defeats. Manchester have won with at least two goals margin 16 times in similar situations.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Manchester City as they are travelling to their away game against Arsenal in the FA Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Manchester are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Etihad Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 50 goals in 17 matches. From these home matches, Manchester have conceded only 12 goals.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

There's been little loot from AFC Bournemouth's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 17 away games in the Premier League. AFC Bournemouth only have 3 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing eight defeats in a row for AFC Bournemouth in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Chelsea.

Junior Stanislas and Dominic Solanke (2) scored in Bournemouth's previous match, the home game against Leicester City that ended 4-1. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Tottenham Hotspur.

Nobody expects Bournemouth to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath six times before, with the overall statistics of won two, draw zero and lost four. When defeated, four matches have been lost by two or more goals.

A new game in only four days for Bournemouth, the Premier League home match versus Southampton. Busy days.

The attacking power of AFC Bournemouth when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 17 league matches away. In the opposite end, Bournemouth have conceded 32 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; AFC Bournemouth - Manchester 1-3. Manchester City-AFC Bournemouth H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Manchester City nine wins, AFC Bournemouth zero wins, zero draws. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Manchester CityR. Sterling
R. Sterling
17 goals
Manchester CityS. Agüero del Castillo
S. Agüero del Castillo
16 goals
Manchester CityG. de Jesus
G. de Jesus
12 goals

Manchester City missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester City AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
23 13 4 Won W 1 3 8
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 7
9 2 0 Lost L 4 13 20
91 50 19 Scored S 5 14 36
34 12 2 Conceded C 11 32 60
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 65% 71%
74% 82% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 59% 60%
51% 47% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 34%
26% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 11%
46% 41% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 54%
43% 53% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 14%
11% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 47% 40%
 
7.9 8.5 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 4.9
2.6 2.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 7.1 6.9
1.8 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
663 344 111 Total Shots T S 33 154 333
236 122 37 Shots on Target S O 11 49 104
39% 41% 51% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 29% 35%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • All of Manchester City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (12) at home
  • Manchester City has the most clean sheets (9) at home
  • Manchester City has the most scored goals (50) at home
  • Manchester City has the most scored goals (91)
  • Manchester City has the most scored goals in the first half (42)
  • Manchester City has the most scored goals in the second half (49)
  • Manchester City has the the best goal difference (+38) at home
  • Manchester City has the the best goal difference (+57)
  • Manchester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 35 30 3 2 76 27 18 17 1 0 47 13 17 13 2 2 29 14 49 93
2 Manchester City 35 23 3 9 91 34 17 13 2 2 50 12 18 10 1 7 41 22 57 72
3 Chelsea 35 18 6 11 63 49 17 9 3 5 27 16 18 9 3 6 36 33 14 60
4 Leicester City 35 17 8 10 65 36 17 10 4 3 33 15 18 7 4 7 32 21 29 59
5 Manchester United 34 16 10 8 59 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 17 6 5 6 22 19 26 58
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 14 13 8 48 37 18 7 7 4 25 19 17 7 6 4 23 18 11 55
7 Sheffield United 35 14 12 9 38 33 18 10 3 5 24 14 17 4 9 4 14 19 5 54
8 Tottenham Hotspur 35 14 10 11 54 45 18 11 3 4 33 17 17 3 7 7 21 28 9 52
9 Arsenal 35 12 14 9 51 44 17 8 6 3 31 21 18 4 8 6 20 23 7 50
10 Burnley 35 14 8 13 39 47 17 8 3 6 22 20 18 6 5 7 17 27 -8 50
11 Everton 35 12 9 14 41 52 17 8 6 3 22 17 18 4 3 11 19 35 -11 45
12 Southampton 34 13 5 16 43 56 17 5 2 10 17 33 17 8 3 6 26 23 -13 44
13 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 36 52 17 6 8 3 18 15 18 5 2 11 18 37 -16 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 11 9 15 30 45 17 6 4 7 14 17 18 5 5 8 16 28 -15 42
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 8 12 15 36 52 18 5 6 7 20 27 17 3 6 8 16 25 -16 36
16 West Ham United 35 9 7 19 44 59 17 5 3 9 26 31 18 4 4 10 18 28 -15 34
17 Watford 35 8 10 17 33 54 18 6 6 6 22 23 17 2 4 11 11 31 -21 34
18 AFC Bournemouth 35 8 7 20 36 60 18 5 6 7 22 28 17 3 1 13 14 32 -24 31
19 Aston Villa 35 8 6 21 38 65 18 6 3 9 21 30 17 2 3 12 17 35 -27 30
20 Norwich City 35 5 6 24 26 67 18 4 3 11 19 35 17 1 3 13 7 32 -41 21

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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 Liverpool 35 30 3 2 76 27 18 17 1 0 47 13 17 13 2 2 29 14 49 93
2 Manchester City 35 23 3 9 91 34 17 13 2 2 50 12 18 10 1 7 41 22 57 72
3 Chelsea 35 18 6 11 63 49 17 9 3 5 27 16 18 9 3 6 36 33 14 60
4 Leicester City 35 17 8 10 65 36 17 10 4 3 33 15 18 7 4 7 32 21 29 59
5 Manchester United 34 16 10 8 59 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 17 6 5 6 22 19 26 58
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 14 13 8 48 37 18 7 7 4 25 19 17 7 6 4 23 18 11 55
7 Sheffield United 35 14 12 9 38 33 18 10 3 5 24 14 17 4 9 4 14 19 5 54
8 Tottenham Hotspur 35 14 10 11 54 45 18 11 3 4 33 17 17 3 7 7 21 28 9 52
9 Arsenal 35 12 14 9 51 44 17 8 6 3 31 21 18 4 8 6 20 23 7 50
10 Burnley 35 14 8 13 39 47 17 8 3 6 22 20 18 6 5 7 17 27 -8 50
11 Everton 35 12 9 14 41 52 17 8 6 3 22 17 18 4 3 11 19 35 -11 45
12 Southampton 34 13 5 16 43 56 17 5 2 10 17 33 17 8 3 6 26 23 -13 44
13 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 36 52 17 6 8 3 18 15 18 5 2 11 18 37 -16 43
14 Crystal Palace 35 11 9 15 30 45 17 6 4 7 14 17 18 5 5 8 16 28 -15 42
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 8 12 15 36 52 18 5 6 7 20 27 17 3 6 8 16 25 -16 36
16 West Ham United 35 9 7 19 44 59 17 5 3 9 26 31 18 4 4 10 18 28 -15 34
17 Watford 35 8 10 17 33 54 18 6 6 6 22 23 17 2 4 11 11 31 -21 34
18 AFC Bournemouth 35 8 7 20 36 60 18 5 6 7 22 28 17 3 1 13 14 32 -24 31
19 Aston Villa 35 8 6 21 38 65 18 6 3 9 21 30 17 2 3 12 17 35 -27 30
20 Norwich City 35 5 6 24 26 67 18 4 3 11 19 35 17 1 3 13 7 32 -41 21

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