Man City v Bournemouth

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Following recent back-to-back defeats in the Premier League, Manchester City have returned to winning ways by collecting recent victories against Brighton and local rivals, Manchester United, which has placed the hosts in third position in the Premier League table, while Bournemouth registered their first win of this new English top flight campaign with a 2-1 home win against Burnley last Saturday.

Despite the aforementioned losses in recent weeks which were to Wolves and Arsenal, both of which were away from home, Pep Guardiola's side have returned to winning ways and are seemingly once again in relentless pursuit of lifting another Premier League title as they only trail the early league leaders, Tottenham, by a two-point margin.

Indeed, Manchester City have now recorded eight wins within their opening 10 games of this new season with four of these wins being achieved on home soil at their Etihad Stadium by way of victories against Newcastle United, Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Brighton respectively.

The Citizens will therefore be eyeing off another three points when lowly Bournemouth visit on Saturday afternoon, whom they have beaten in each of their last 13 meetings and this Saturday should be no exception.

Bournemouth are therefore likely to be bracing themselves for this upcoming trip to the Etihad Stadium and although the south coast club got themselves off the mark in terms of league wins last weekend, that 2-1 victory was against a second from bottom outfit, Burnley, on home soil at their Vitality Stadium.

Prior to last Saturday, The Cherries had managed to collect just a meagre three points which came in the form of draws with West Ham, Brentford and Chelsea and even though they opened their account with the win against Burnley, the visitors have also slipped to six defeats already this term.

The bigger picture shows Bournemouth have recorded just the one win from their last 14 matches overall in the Premier League and having suffered 10 defeats within this sequence, a trip to face the current Premier League title holders is probably the last thing on Bournemouth's wish list right now!

In addition, Bournemouth have now lost five out of their last six away games in the domestic top flight, failing to score in three of these trips while also conceding a total of 14 goals in the process which does not bode well for this upcoming clash against a star-studded Manchester City outfit.

Manchester City v Bournemouth Verdict

Manchester city have been absolutely dominant in previous exchanges with Bournemouth and Pep Guardiola's side are expected to show no mercy once again this Saturday as they seek another three points which could lift them to the top of the table.

Therefore, our main bet will be Both Teams To Score No @ 1.66

Other side bets worth considering:

Man City win & Over 3 goals @ 1.98

Correct score: Manchester City 3-0 @ 7.50