Manchester Town will look to continue ruling the vast majority of the Premier League when they arrive at Bournemouth on Saturday. The pair meet at the Energy Stadium, where Phil Foden claimed a 1-0 victory earlier this season. The Cherries face a third straight game against one of the final four games of the season and have never defeated this weekend’s guests in their history.
Andoni Iraola’s side have drawn two and lost 18 in their all-time meetings with Town, which is the most an English team has faced another without winning. Bournemouth are doing poorly against the teams that rule the EPL table with a 100% losing streak, even though they have won seven of their 11 games so far when playing at home. Two of those wins should give the hosts something to fight for against a tilted city.
Despite losing to Tottenham Hotspur in the EFL Cup in midweek, their 32-game unbeaten run in the EPL still continues and they are the only top-tier team without defeat this campaign. Pep Guardiola’s men are one point behind Liverpool, with seven wins and two draws out of nine, five points ahead of Arsenal. Before this, Town’s combined score against Bournemouth is 45-7, which is in English football’s most prominent head-to-head history between any two clubs.
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- Location: Power Stadium – Bournemouth, England
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- Odd: Bournemouth +450; Draw +333; City -167
Season so far
Bournemouth have won 3, drawn 3 and lost 3 along with Fulham and Newcastle United with 11 goals scored and conceded. After a 1-0 defeat to Leicester Town in early October, the Cherries made up four troubles from their two games against Arsenal and Aston Villa. Iraola’s men are eleventh in the Premier League standings with four points less than the government, seven but eight points away from relegation. Town began the season on a 14-match unbeaten run in all competitions which has since ended at the hands of Spurs in the EFL Cup, marking a third trip to the quarter-finals in four years at the festival.
Group information
Bournemouth: Alex Scott out for the week Kepa Arrizabalaga, Luis Sinisterra and Philip Billing will face overdue health checks. Iraola could simply bring Adam Smith in place of Julian Araujo along with Illia Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi and Milos Kerkez in protection. Evanilson will hope to start ahead of Enes Unal with Marcus Tavernier or Justin Kluivert as Deny. 10.
Conceivable Bournemouth XI: Kepa; Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez; Prepare dinner, Christie; Semenyo, Tavernier, Ouattara; Evanilson.
City: Ballon d’Or winner Rodri is out for a long time, Oscar Bobb, Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish are injured. The electorate may be without Savinho and Manuel Akanji the week Josko Gvardiol faces an overdue health check. Guardiola could add Ederson, Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland back into the starting lineup if they are all compatible and capable.
Conceivable city XI: Ederson; Stones, Dias, Gvardiol; Lewis, Kovacic; Bernardo, Gundogan, Foden, Nunes; Haaland.
Prediction
The Cherries may lead the electorate evenly, but ultimately Guardiola’s men will have to overcome Iraola’s team here. A draw would no longer be out of the question, but the EPL leaders need to reserve their lucrative drive at all levels to reserve a place of government. Select: Bournemouth 1, town 2.
