Manchester City vs Bournemouth Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd August 2026

Bournemouth face a daunting first assignment in the Premier League when they visit the title favourites Manchester City on the opening day of the new campaign.

The match this coming Sunday has all the makings of a tight battle as Manchester City and Bournemouth look to bag a crucial win in the process.

The Citizens are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Premier League, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored two goals on average per match, or 20 goals in total, while allowing ten goals against, for an average of one per outing. They managed four clean sheets along the way.

Bournemouth show off whopping stats from their previous ten matches. They average 1.4 goals per game, scoring 14 times, while conceding eight. That makes an average of 0.8 per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in four of the matches.

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time The Citizens played Bournemouth. The pair finished even in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand.

Manchester City vs Bournemouth Prediction

Manchester City Form

A draw was the best Manchester City could muster in their previous three games. They claimed a 1-1 draw against Bournemouth, before getting trounced 1-2 against Aston Villa. Last time out, more disappointment followed as Arsenal ran out 3-0 winners. Manchester City won four of their previous six Premier League games at the Etihad Stadium. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded six and scored 13 goals.

Bournemouth Form

In their previous three outings, Bournemouth won by 0-1 against Fulham, drew 1-1 with Manchester City, before also drawing 1-1 against Nottingham Forest. Bournemouth won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing three draws and suffering zero defeats. They scored six goals whilst conceding three.

Manchester City need to show they are capable of rising to the occasion after the recent setbacks, losing their previous two matches. We favour them to get a real boost of out playing in front of their home crowd and to claim a win.

Manchester City vs Bournemouth Squads

Manchester City Squad

Enzo Maresca will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Bournemouth from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Geronimo Rulli (0/0), Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/0), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/0), Issa Kabore (0/0), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (0/0), Juma Bah (0/0), Marc Guehi (0/0), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/0), Rico Lewis (0/0), Ruben Dias (0/0), Vitor Reis (0/0), Claudio Echeverri (0/0), Elliot Anderson (0/0), Jack Grealish (0/0), Jeremy Doku (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/0), Matheus Nunes (0/0), Nico Gonzalez (0/0), Nico O'Reilly (0/0), Phil Foden (0/0), Rayan Cherki (0/0), Rodri (0/0), Savinho (0/0), Tijjani Reijnders (0/0), Antoine Semenyo (0/0), Erling Haaland (0/0), Jeremy Monga (0/0), Omar Marmoush (0/0).

Bournemouth Squad

Here is the full team squad of Bournemouth. The 49 year-old Marco Rose will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Djordje Petrovic (0/0), Fraser Forster (0/0), Will Dennis (0/0), Adam Smith (0/0), Adrien Truffert (0/0), Antonio Silva (0/0), Bafode Diakite (0/0), James Hill (0/0), Juanlu Sanchez (0/0), Julian Araujo (0/0), Julio Soler (0/0), Matai Akinmboni (0/0), Max Aarons (0/0), Alex Scott (0/0), Alex Toth (0/0), Ben Winterburn (0/0), David Brooks (0/0), Lewis Cook (0/0), Marcus Tavernier (0/0), Ryan Christie (0/0), Tyler Adams (0/0), Veljko Milosavljevic (0/0), Alvaro Rodriguez (0/0), Amine Adli (0/0), Ben Gannon-Doak (0/0), Daniel Jebbison (0/0), Eli Junior Kroupi (0/0), Evanilson (0/0), Justin Kluivert (0/0), Rayan (0/0).

Manchester City vs Bournemouth Team News

Manchester City just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Bournemouth at Etihad Stadium.

Rodri sit this one out for Manchester City due to an injury.

Manchester City vs Bournemouth Lineups

Manchester City vs Bournemouth H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time The Citizens played Bournemouth. The pair finished even in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. The Sky Blues enjoy a good 8-1-1 advantage against Bournemouth, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 9/20.

Manchester City vs Bournemouth Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Manchester City and Bournemouth. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/9 with the bookies on Sunday.

Manchester City vs Bournemouth Betting Tips

Eli Junior Kroupi shows decent form right now for Bournemouth, as he scored three goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Manchester City, who are strong favourites this coming Sunday. Siding with Erling Haaland also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six Premier League matches.

Manchester City won six of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing two as well. Bournemouth won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew four and lost one in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Manchester City on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for Bournemouth in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals happened six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Manchester City managed an average of 2.8 goals, with Bournemouth averaging 0.9 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Manchester City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Bournemouth, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of three times goals per game.