Man City vs Bournemouth: Preview and Prediction

Saturday 1st December 2018

England Premier League
Saturday 1st December 2018
Kick off at 3pm GMT
Venue: Etihad Stadium

Match Preview:

Manchester City will aim to make it 8 wins out of 8 at home and will be the huge odds on favourites to do so when they take on Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.

The club played in the Champions League in midweek and managed to come back twice against Lyon to draw the match 2-2 in France. In the Premier League they have been all dominant dropping just 4 points this season and are in 1^st place. But City need to keep on winning as Liverpool are just two points behind.

City are scoring almost 4 goals per game at home and this must read as worrying news for Eddie Howe and Bournemouth. The visitors have had a decent season so far by their standards and come into this game in 8^th position. The problem is that they also enter this game in the poorest form of their season having lost their last 3 games in a row. However they have had to play the likes of Manchester United and Arsenal in that time and have only narrowly lost on both occasions.

On the road the club have picked up 45% of their total points and have not drawn any games so far, meaning they have won 3 and lost 3, Before their defeat in their last away game against Newcastle they had impressive results over Fulham (3-0) and Watford (4-0).

Team News:

Manchester City: Bernardo Silva should be back in the starting line up for domestic games after his knock. Kevin De Bruyne is not due back for another week after his knee troubles. Ilkay Gundogan was dropped for the Lyon game because he was deemed not to be fit enough and will be assessed ahead of this game. Gabriel Jesus has a good chance to return to the team after his groin injury but could well miss another week

Bournemouth: Jefferson Lerma is suspended for this game after picking up five yellow cards

Man City vs Bournemouth Head to Head:

Last season this game ended 4-0 to Manchester City.

Manchester City have won the last 6 meetings in a row scoring 19 goals in the process and conceding 2.

In the 3 meetings where Manchester City have been at home they have scored 13 goals.

Man City vs Bournemouth Prediction:

Manchester City will win that there is little doubt but they are massive odds on , below 1.10 to do so and so we must look at different markets. One which is a stand out is to see Raheem Sterling get on the score sheet. The player has scored v Bournemouth in his last 4 games against them. We think City can start with a bang and the value for them to do so is much better and they can be leading early on which might be worth getting on. Bournemouth won’t roll over and have proved to be a hard nut to crack but City will just have too much quality for them and they should be able to record their 12^th win of the season with ease.

Man City vs Bournemouth Betting Tips:

Anytime goalscorer: Raheem Sterling at 1.72

Manchester City to be leading at 15 minutes at 3.20

Correct Score: Manchester City to win 4-0 or 5-0 at 9.00 and 13.00