Manchester City v Bournemouth Predictions & Betting Odds – 17th September 2016

City to pick off the Cherries again

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Manchester City v Bournemouth Betting Preview – Premier League 17th September

It looks as if punters will be selecting Manchester City as one of their betting bankers on the weekend. The Citizens have been rampant and tactically sound so far under Pep Guardiola in the Premier League and they get a match against Bournemouth at the Etihad on the weekend. They fired five past the Cherries in last season’s meeting there and will be hoping for a similar outcome. The Cherries landed a win over West Brom last weekend to give themselves a boost, but will they be able to hang in there against the Champions elect and perhaps grab a point? It’s going to be a big ask of them to do that.

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Manchester City v Bournemouth Betting Tips

It is all rosy for Manchester City at the moment with four wins from four in the Premier League. They capped their great start off with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford against rivals Manchester United last weekend. That was a seriously big marker laid down in the title race. Next up for the Citizens is the visit of Bournemouth and after having taken both wins over Bournemouth in last season’s top flight, City will be heavily favoured here. Both victories that the Citizens took over the Cherries were by a four goal margin with the Citizens winning 5-1 at home and 4-0 out on the road. They may be in the mood to deliver that kind of margin again and over at online betting site Sky Bet you have a price of 15/8 on City to win by three goals or more which has to be tempting. Sergio Aguero is still suspended so Kelechi Iheanacho is running as 5/6 anytime goalscorer favourite.

Iheanacho has netted nine goals from just 13 shots on target in the Premier League which is some strike rate. Also with scoring form is Raheem Sterling who bagged his first ever Premier League hat trick against Bournemouth last season. From their eight previous games against Bournemouth in the league, Manchester City have won six and drawn two of them, so a clear ascendancy and they are likely to make it five wins from five this season. Just one other team has ever managed to win their first five Premier League games, that was Chelsea in in 2009-10 and 2010-11. The Citizens are the only side in the top flight this term to have not been behind in a game so far and they are a 6/5 quote to win to nil. That’s a little risky given then City have conceded exactly one goal in each of their league games this term.

So you could swing with a quote of 10/11 on both teams to score in this one. The Cherries have only managed the one win this season so far in a W1 D1 l2 record and their goal output hasn’t been good. They have netted just the three goals in their four games so far. However, they have scored in all but one of their last nine Premier League games (exactly one goal in each) so it may be worth looking at City options in the Correct Score market where the Citizens are an 11/1 poke to win 3-1. Bournemouth’s last seven goals in the Premier League have all been scored by different players, and Callum Wilson is up there at 11/4 in the anytime goalscorer market.

Bournemouth have managed just the one point from their two away games this season and across those two games they scored just the one goal. So it is going to be a big ask of them to get a point out of this game. But, the Cherries have actually scored in their last three visits to the City in the league, but in that same three game sequence, they have shipped a total of ten goals. Bournemouth have shipped at least two goals in each of their four previous league trips to City, and they have failed to score in five of their eight previous games against the Citizens. The Cherries earned a 1-0 win last weekend at home over West Brom for a confidence boost, but they aren’t likely to get much change out of City.

Manchester City v Bournemouth Betting Odds

Man City 2/7, Draw 19/4, Bournemouth 9/1

Manchester City v Bournemouth Predictions

This should be a comfortable victory for the Citizens here given the way that they have gone this season and even the loss of Sergio Aguero couldn’t slow them down last weekend. So the Citizens are likely to put a solid win on the board and it is worth considering that option of them winning by three goals or more. It could be worth a flutter on both teams to score as well.

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