Team Characteristics

Bournemouth
Man City

+ Bournemouth's Strengths

Creating scoring chances
Very Strong
Coming back from losing positions
Strong
Shooting from direct free kicks
Strong
Attacking down the wings
Strong
Stealing the ball from the opposition
Strong

+ Man City's Strengths

Creating long shot opportunities
Very Strong
Creating chances through individual skill
Very Strong
Defending set pieces
Very Strong
Coming back from losing positions
Strong
Creating chances using through balls
Strong
Attacking set pieces
Strong

- Bournemouth's Weaknesses

Avoiding offside
Weak
Keeping possession of the ball
Weak
Defending against skillful players
Weak
Aerial duels
Weak

- Man City's Weaknesses

Defending counter attacks
Weak
Aerial duels
Weak
Defending against attacks down the wings
Weak
Defending against through ball attacks
Weak

Bournemouth's Style

  • Attempt crosses often
  • Take a lot of shots
  • Control the game in the opposition's half
  • Attacking down the left
  • Long balls
  • Take long shots
  • Opponents play aggressively against them

Man City's Style

  • Control the game in the opposition's half
  • Possession football
  • Short passes
  • Take long shots
  • Attack through the middle
  • Non-aggressive
  • Rotate their first eleven
  • Play the offside trap
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* Strengths, weaknesses and styles are calculated from statistics of each player's latest two seasons

Match Forecast

Man City will score as a result of individual skill
Very Likely
Man City will dominate possession
Very Likely
Bournemouth will score from a wingplay situation
Likely
Bournemouth will stray offside often
Likely
* Match forecast is generated from clashes in team characteristics.

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User Predictions

Comments (22)

 
  • I will post teams an hour before KO as whoscored tend to list only 'probable' line ups.

  • Given the amount of injuries with city I have to change my prediction , Bournemouth double chance !

  • @FF2021 That’s a great prediction, not even I would have been brave enough to make one like that

  • Pep Guardiola says Manchester City have just fit "13 players" and are in "trouble".They are already without 6 first-team players for the game, lost defender Manuel Akanji with a calf issue in the warm up.

  • MC have not won by more than 1 goal in any of their last 6 EPL matches.

  • Parade your ballon dor now, losers!

  • If Nunes play as he has the last few matches, he'll be MOTM...I expect an assist and/or a goal from him today...

  • @AramisMick Walker is a liability...

  • Haaland TSA -125

  • @KingKeno Foden +230

  • MAN CITY Ederson, Walker, Ake, Akanji, Gvardiol, Gundogan, Kovacic, Nunes, Foden, Silva, Haaland.

  • SUBS Ortega, Doku, De Bruyne, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, Wright, O'Reilly, Lewis, McAtee.

  • City Win

  • Haaland will have a late fitness test on saturday morning due to ankle injury.

  • city

  • city win and under 2.5 goals