Manchester City vs Bournemouth
15th July 1800hrs
Football – England – Premier League
Pick Man City -2.75 Asian Handicap
Bookmaker Unibet
Odds: 13/10 odds taken 02:27 GMT Tuesday 14th July
Manchester City have already done enough to lock down second place in the Premier League table with three games to go.
So for this game, the focus is really all on Bournemouth’s scrap for survival.
The Cherries bust out a win to give themselves a lifeline in their last fixture, but still remain stuck in the bottom three.
Can they get anything out of this tough away fixture, one of the last any team in a relegation fight would want to face?
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Manchester City Preview – Relaxed City cruising to the end of the season
The Premier League title may well have evaded them this season, but Man City are still in great form.
They have won their last two games by a 5-0 scoreline, Brighton and Newcastle being on the wrong end of those results.
The Citizens are W5 L2 since returning to action and in each of the wins in that sequence have scored at least three goals.
Over 3.5 goals is at 8/11 for this just to show how well City are expected to produce in front of goal* (betting odds taken from Unibet at 02:54 GMT on Tuesday, July 14th 2020)
It was a 3-1 away win that City took at Bournemouth earlier this season.
Manchester City have won 8 of 9 games played this season against teams currently in the bottom six.
The overall home form of Man City is W13 D2 L2 this season and are currently unbeaten in 9 Premier League games at the Etihad.
The Citizens are averaging 2.94 goals per home game in this campaign, and have tallied 14 in their last three alone there.
So they seem to be breezing along at the moment.
In their last twelve league games, home and away combined, any time City have conceded at least one goal, they have lost (W8 L4).
The Citizens have not conceded in any of their last five league home games.
Given that they are taking on the struggling Bournemouth on Wednesday evening then Man City To Win To Nil is likely going to be a feature from 3/4 odds-on* (betting odds taken from Unibet at 02:54 GMT on Tuesday, July 14th 2020).
The Citizens are currently on a nine match winning streak against Bournemouth in all competitions.
Bournemouth Preview – Will trip to Etihad turn sour for the Cherries?
This is not the kind of game that Bournemouth would want to be going in right now.
Not with the desperate fight for survival that they have going on.
They came up big over the weekend with 4-1 home win over Leicester, but the Cherries are still three points from safety with only three to play.
The win over Leicester on Sunday saw the Cherries end a nine match winless streak of form (D2 L7) which had sunk them into trouble.
The away form of Bournemouth this season is only at W3 D1 L13
It is an eight match winless streak away from home that Bournemouth are currently sitting on in the top flight.
The Cherries have conceded an average of 1.88 goals per away game in this campaign, while they are averaging well under a goal per game.
In their seventeen road fixtures during this campaign, Bournemouth have only produced 14 goals.
There has been no clean sheet from Bournemouth in their last eight games on the road.
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Bournemouth have averaged four goals against across their last four visits to the Etihad.
There are only two teams which have picked up away points in the league this season more than Bournemouth have done.
Only three teams have produced fewer goals across the EPL season than the Cherries as well.
There is more to pile on top of that as Aston Villa and Norwich are the only two sides who have conceded more goals than Bournemouth.
Manchester City vs Bournemouth Betting Advice
This looks like a bit of a thankless task for Bournemouth away from home. Will they even go full strength at it?
Or will they try and rest key players ahead of their final two games, more manageable fixtures against Southampton and Everton?
Key Facts – Manchester City vs Bournemouth Betting Tip
- Manchester City have not conceded in their last 5 home games
- Manchester City have netted at least 3 goals in each of their last four home games against the Cherries
- Bournemouth have lost their last eight away games
That may be a consideration here as in order for the visitors to get anything out of this game, Man City may really need to be off the boil.
Bournemouth are desperate and need everything that they can get. But the freedom with which Man City have been scoring, a comfortable home win has massive appeal.
The best betting odds for Manchester City vs Bournemouth
Manchester City to win: 1/7 at Bet365
Draw: 15/2 at Bet365
Bournemouth to win: 16/1 at Bet365
