Match Info

Premier League - Round 1

Date: 23 August 2026, Sunday 🏁 Finished

Location: Etihad Stadium (Manchester) 🌤️ ...

Referee: Gillett J. (Aus)

Where to Watch on TV:

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	Manchester City		Bournemouth

	1	X	2
	1.44	4.5	6.5
	1.44	4.80	5.50
	1.47	4.6	6.4
	1.48	5	6.46
	1.45	5.11	6.48	Watch
	1.46	4.85	6.35
	1.5	5.08	6.5	Watch
	1.47	5	6.2
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.46 ↓ (1.48)	4.87 ↓ (5.04)	6.3 ↑ (5.94)

The most likely Over/Under: 3.00

The best margin for this event is 1.7%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Manchester City
65.2%

Draw
19.6%

Bournemouth
15.2%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

64.8%

19%

16.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Manchester City has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.4%)

Bournemouth has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.9%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
84.1%	12.7%	3.2%

Manchester City - Bournemouth Predictions

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

AH -1.5 - Man City (2.22) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

O/U 3.5 - over (2.29) (votes: 1 - 50%) .

BTTS - yes (1.65) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

O/U 0.5, 1st Half - over (1.20) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Users Predictions: Manchester City will win (53 of 63 users predict this - 84.13%).
Confidence interval (95%): 75.11% – 93.15%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): Manchester City will win (6 of 7 users predict this - 85.71%) 🥉 Bronze Tip.

Overall Expert Consensus (including all markets): 8 Selected Experts predict this event. Man City (votes: 7 - 87.5%). Tie (votes: 1 - 12.5%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 2:0

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Donnarumma G. (G) 82. Lewis R. 45. Khusanov A. 3. Dias R. (C) 24. Gvardiol J. 5. Anderson E. 6. Guehi M. 47. Foden P. 33. O'Reilly N. 42. Semenyo A. 9. Haaland E.	1. Petrovic D. (G) 15. Smith A. (C) 5. Hill J. 14. Silva A. 3. Truffert A. 4. Cook L. 8. Scott A. 37. Rayan 19. Kluivert J. 16. Tavernier M. 9. Evanilson
Substitutes
21. Ait-Nouri R. 10. Cherki R. 18. Grealish J. 8. Kovacic M. 7. Marmoush O. 14. Nico 27. Nunes M. 28. Rulli G. (G) 22. Vitor Reis	12. Adams T. 7. Brooks D. 40. Dennis W. (G) 18. Diakite B. 11. Gannon-Doak B. 29. Jebbison D. 30. Rodriguez A. 24. Sanchez J. 27. Toth A.
Coaches
Maresca E.	Rose M.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 1)
26', 0 - 1, Tavernier M. ⚽, Evanilson (A),
45+1', Evanilson 🟨,
2nd Half (2 - 0)
57', Lewis R. ↓, Nunes M. ↑,
63', O'Reilly N. ↓, Cherki R. ↑,
63', Anderson E. ↓, Kovacic M. ↑,
75', Evanilson ↓, Jebbison D. ↑,
75', Kluivert J. ↓, Toth A. ↑,
75', Cook L. ↓, Adams T. ↑,
78', Foden P. 🟨,
82', Foden P. ↓, Grealish J. ↑,
84', 1 - 1, Guehi M. ⚽, Cherki R. (A),
85', Silva A. 🟨,
89', Rayan ↓, Gannon-Doak B. ↑,
90+1', 2 - 1, Gvardiol J. ⚽, Cherki R. (A),

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Man City won 3.

Bournemouth is in great form at the moment (in the last 5 games, wins – 3).

Bournemouth may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

In this match, Man City is a strong favorite.

There will not play in Man City: Doku J. (Calf Injury) McAidoo R. (Injury) Savinho (Illness)

There will not play in Bournemouth: Adli A. (Injury) Araujo J. (Thigh Injury) Christie R. (Red Card) Kroupi E. J. (Foot Injury) Milosavljevic V. (Injury)

There are questionable in Man City: Nunes M. (Injury)

There are questionable in Bournemouth: Adams T. (Injury) Brooks D. (Injury)

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Man City won 18 matches, drew 1 match, lost 1 match, and goals 57:14. (average 2.9:0.7).

Including home matches between the teams, Man City won 10 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 0 matches, and goals 36:7. (average 3.6:0.7).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Manchester City	8	7	0	1	20:9	11	21
13	Bournemouth	8	2	3	3	12:13	-1	9

Outrights of English Premier League for now

Manchester City: 15.11% Bournemouth: 0.43%

Last Results with these Odds

Manchester City - the odds 1.48 are the expected chance of winning is 64.82%, but this team recently wins 71% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Manchester City
English FA Community Shield
16.08.26	Arsenal - Manchester City	3:0 ✺
Club Friendly
05.08.26	K-League Stars - Manchester City	1:3 ✺
01.08.26	Manchester City - Inter Milan	1:2 penalties ✺
English Premier League
24.05.26	Manchester City - Aston Villa	1:2 ✺
19.05.26	Bournemouth - Manchester City	1:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 1.4 LWLLT
- AFC Bournemouth
Club Friendly
15.08.26	Mainz - Bournemouth	2:1 ✺
08.08.26	Betis - Bournemouth	2:2 ✺
04.08.26	Bournemouth - Genoa	10:1 ✺
30.07.26	Augsburg - Bournemouth	2:5 ✺
24.07.26	Bournemouth - St. Pauli	4:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 6 LTWWW

Latest Head to Head

English Premier League
19.05.26	Bournemouth - Manchester City	1:1
02.11.25	Manchester City - Bournemouth	3:1
20.05.25	Manchester City - Bournemouth	3:1
English FA Cup
30.03.25	Bournemouth - Manchester City	1:2
English Premier League
02.11.24	Bournemouth - Manchester City	2:1
24.02.24	Bournemouth - Manchester City	0:1
04.11.23	Manchester City - Bournemouth	6:1

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