Manchester City vs Bournemouth Prediction
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Home Team
Pre-season: W-W-W; Community Shield: L
Manchester City had a brilliant preseason but understandably fell short to an Arsenal team that plays more like a unit than a team with individual brilliance in the Community Shield
Away Team
Pre-season: W-W-L; 10-1 Genoa friendly
While Bournemouth had an interesting preseason especially with the 10-1 trashing of Genoa, the team is without Andoni Iraola but they have the experienced Marco Rose.
Head-to-Head
Bournemouth 1–1 Man City
Man City 3–1 Bournemouth
Man City 3–1 Bournemouth
Bournemouth 1–2 Man City
Bournemouth 2–1 Man City
This fixture has been dominated by Manchester City in terms of winning with City winning 3 of their last 5 games.
Key Statistics
Both teams have not failed to score in their recent games and it does not look like a clean sheet is coming.
Team News
Rodri has left the Citizens, same as Bernado Silva, and Savinho who won't be available as talks with Tottenham has reached advanced stages.
For Bournemouth, Enes Unal and Marcos Senesi are the only senior team players that won't be in the pack after making moves to Getafe and Tottenham on free transfer.
Prediction Analysis
Judging from the fact that both teams have always managed to find the net in their recent matches against each other and during preseason, they all had goals pouring in even though they were unable to keep a clean sheet, we are of the opinion that both teams can score each other.
If you are looking to play it safe, then the over 1.5 goals prediction is another safe outcome.
So far, all the Premier League opening games have produced 2+ goals and this one is most likely going in that direction.