Full Time
Match Statistics
Shots
8
9
Shots on Target
4
3
Fouls
10
10
Corners
3
5
Offsides
2
2
Ball Possession
72
28
Yellow Cards
1
1
Match Summary
| Three big wins in their last four Premier League (PL) matches means Manchester City have mathematically secured second place, and more than likely the position as the division's top scorers. They’ve now averaged 2.6 goals scored per PL match, with league matches averaging 3.57 total goals. Three of their last four have featured four goals or more. |
| At home, their output increases to 2.94 goals scored on average. They’ve now won five PL matches here in a row, all ‘to nil’, and four of those covered a -2.5 goal handicap. They’ve put an average of 4.0 goals in Bournemouth’s net across the last four H2Hs here, while covering the same (-2.5) handicap on three occasions. |
| Bournemouth, meanwhile, breathed life into their survival chances with a big 4-1 win in the last PL gameweek. It was the third time in four league rounds that their match featured both teams scoring and at least five goals! Across their last five PL matches, Bournemouth have scored 83.33% of their goals (six total) in the second half. |
| Away from home, Bournemouth sport the PL’s joint highest number of defeats ahead of this round (13 of 17), and have lost eight in a row now. They failed to score in a majority of those (62.5%) and conceded 2.5 goals on average, conceding in both halves in half of the matches. Curiously, three of their paltry four goals in that run were scored within the first 16 minutes. |
| Players to watch: Gabriel Jesus has scored in the first half, with City winning 5-0, in two straight PL matches. Meanwhile, Junior Stanislas has scored Bournemouth’s first goal in two of his last three PL matches. |
| Stat attack: City have scored 2+ goals in nine straight league home matches. |
| Just one of City’s last ten competitive matches featured both teams scoring. |
| Bournemouth’s last five PL away matches have averaged 4.0 yellow cards per game. |