Blue moon on the South Coast!

24/02/2024
18:30 CET

Title chasing Manchester City travel to the south coast to take on Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday evening and will be looking to make it 7 wins out of the last 8 Premier League games.

The Cherries have lost all 14 fixtures they’ve played against City and have never kept a clean sheet against them.

Pep Guardiola’s team have won the last 4 away games in a row in the Premier League and have 7 straight away wins in all competitions.?

City have also scored in 15 of their 18 away games in all competitions so far (83%) and have the best win percentage away from home out of all the teams with 67% and the best points per game ratio away from The Etihad with 2.08.

Furthermore, they are top of the current form over the last 6 games and have the highest point per game ratio with 2.67.

The graphic below shows Manchester City top of current form (last 6 games) and Bournemouth sitting in 18th position.

Despite this City have only kept 3 clean sheets in the league all season and Bournemouth have failed to score just once in their last 10 games so obviously pose an attacking threat.?

In Dominic Solanke Bournemouth have the third highest goalscorer in the Premier League with 14 goals, just three behind leading scorer Erling Haaland with 17 goals.

Intriguingly, both teams to score has landed in 5 out of The Cherries last 6 matches (83%) and in 4 of Manchester City’s last 7 games (57%).?

The graphic below shows both teams to score has come in 16 of Manchester City’s 25 Premier League games and in 15 of Bournemouth’s 24 games, (64% and 63% respectively).

Bet365 are offering the best price at 2.75 for a Manchester City win and Both Teams to Score.

Guardiola’s side have scored in 23 of their 25 Premier League games this season and have also scored 3 or more goals in 5 of their last 6 away games in all competitions.

Against a Bournemouth side with the 4th worst defence in the Premier League and with the fire power City possess it would be hard to look past this bet paying off.

Erling Haaland is the top scorer in the Premier League this season with 17 goals.