Man City vs Bournemouth Prediction: will Guardiola's side bounce back with the high flying cherries?

Manchester City vs Bournemouth: Key Stats

• Man City look to bounce back from last weekend's loss to Aston Villa, winning the Opta supercomputer 61.51 10,000 pre-game simulations for TP3T.
• Manchester City have won all eight of their Premier League home matches against Bournemouth - third in 100% home wins Competition.
• Bournemouth are the longest unbeaten run so far Top flight side with eight games unbeaten.

MANCHESTER Manchester City suffered their first defeat since August last weekend, aiming to respond to Bournemouth, who are riding high in the Premier League this season.

The Cherries have been in second place since their last outing at Liverpool on the opening day of the season, which they started with a comfortable 2-0 win over Nottingham at the weekend after Forest.

Meanwhile, Manchester City missed the chance to close the gap on the leaders after Arsenal lost 1-0 to Aston Villa on Sunday. Instead, they enter the 10th round six points behind the leaders.

Guardiola's side did respond to that defeat by reaching the EFL Cup quarter-final comeback win over Swansea City in midweek, but the Spaniard will be keen to bounce back quickly The Premier League was no different after suffering its 50th defeat last weekend.

Manchester City have lost three top-flight games this season. It's the first time they've lost so many of their first nine games since the 2013-14 season, but they went on to win the league that season.

They did have an extra push back to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, winning 14 of their 11 Premier League matches at home on 2025 soil (D1 L2). Going into this weekend, no team had won more home wins or points (34) than City in years.

And, after last weekend's draw, City will surely be keen to rediscover their scoring touch, especially when tied for the most points in the Premier League, ahead of MD10 (17, tied with Chelsea and Tottenham).

City are averaging just 13.7 shots per game in the top flight However, this term they are averaging the lowest in a single ad series since the 2007-08 season (11.1).

But the key to City's success will be getting Ellyn Harland firing again, if he's fit to play. Prime Minister The league's top scorer failed to break through for the second time this season in the loss to Villa.

Of the 23 teams the Norwegian has faced in the Premier League, only against Newcastle United (447 times) has he had a worse record Average minutes per goal is higher than his game time against Bournemouth (439), a record he will be keen to improve on Sunday.

Going into MD10, Manchester City were the only team in the Premier League to spend more than half of the league's games in the winning position this season (51.3%).

This could lead to an interesting matchup, much like Bournemouth Minimum total time behind (98 min 13 sec) and Percentage of time played this season (10.91 TP3T).

Although they often struggle against Manchester City, Andoni Iraola's side are hard to beat and have proved it time and time again season after season.

Their only Premier League defeat came on the opening day to Liverpool when they were denied by two very late goals. Since then they are unbeaten in eight games (W5 D3).

It was the longest unbeaten league run of any current Premier League side and contributed to their best start to a top-flight campaign, with 18 points from nine games.

Bournemouth will be hoping that Eli Krupi can continue his recent good form; he's scored in every game in his last three Premier League campaigns, and he's hoping to become the fourth teenager to score in 4+ consecutive games in the competition.

Manchester City vs Bournemouth head-to-head

City have won all eight of their Premier League home games against Bournemouth - only Manchester United (16/16 v Luton Town) and City themselves (9/9 v Swansea City) have a higher winning percentage at home against their opponents in the history of the top flight, 100%.

In those eight games, City scored 31 goals and scored more than once in each victory. In comparison, Bournemouth have scored just five goals and have never scored more than once in a game at the Etihad.

Overall, Bournemouth lost 15 of 16 Premier League games against Manchester City, except for a 2-1 victory over Vitality at the Stadium last season, which also took place on November 2nd.

Manchester City vs Bournemouth Prediction

Given their excellent home record against Bournemouth, it's no surprise that City are favorites with the Opta supercomputer, winning the simulation by 61.5%.

Bournemouth are looking for their first win on the road against Manchester City at just 18.2%, with a draw still available at 20.3% and to continue their unbeaten run.