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Manchester City - Bournemouth: betting tip and bets with odds of 2.75
Manchester City lost the FA Cup final on the eve of the Premier League game with Bournemouth. Thus, for the first time in 15 years, the townspeople will be left without titles at the end of this season. Moreover, there is a risk of being left without a ticket to the Champions League, which the team has not yet secured. It is important for the hosts to score three points today, but it is unlikely that the Cherries plan to just give away the victory. We suggest you read our betting tip for the game and choose the best bets. Roman Pavlyuchenko, the star expert of the website, also shares his opinion on the match
Command Analysis
Manchester City
EnglandCurrent form
Three days ago, Manchester City had the last hope of winning at least one trophy and brightening up a bad season. Josep Guardiola's men played in the FA Cup final with Crystal Palace, had a huge territorial advantage (78% of possession), scored 23 shots on goal (six of them on target), and Marmush also missed a penalty. As a result, they failed to break through the opponent's goalkeeper, and Crystal Palace scored their only goal and held the advantage. Now the citizens need to immediately switch to the Premier League, where the fight for tickets to the Champions League is in full swing.
In the last round, Manchester City failed to beat the outsider Southampton (0-0), which significantly complicated their lives. So far, everything is in the hands of the citizens themselves: they will score the maximum six points in the two remaining matches and finish in third place. At the moment, the team has 65 points and an intermediate sixth place, but all competitors above have already played their matches in the 37th round.
It is alarming that Manchester City's performance has clearly dropped. Interestingly, this coincided with Erling Holland's return to action after injury. In the last two matches, the townspeople did not score, which is a serious setback for them, given the level of the squad.
Disqualifications and injuries
He will miss the upcoming game against Manchester City due to an injury to Stones. Ake, Bobb, and Rhodri are already training a little bit, and their entry into the field is questionable.
Interesting betting trends
- In only one of the last five matches has Manchester City lost in the first half
- In six of the seven previous matches involving the townspeople in the Premier League, no more than three goals were scored.
- Manchester City have won four matches in a row at home in the Premier League.
- In seven of the last nine home matches in the Premier League, Manchester City have scored at least two goals.
Provisional squad: Ederson – Nunes, Diaz, Akanji, Guardiola – Silva, Kovacic – Marmos, Gundogan, Doku – Holland.
AFC Bournemouth
EnglandCurrent form
Before the start of the season, Bournemouth was not considered among the possible contenders for European Cup places, or even to finish in the top ten. The team is young, there are not many experienced players. However, it is worth paying tribute to the head coach. Andoni Iraola delivered a great game, with clear teamwork. For a long time, the cherries were among the likely participants in the fight for European Cup places, but still could not spend the whole season smoothly.
Nevertheless, Bournemouth currently occupies 11th place in the table and, if they win, they will immediately rise to eighth place today, as the overall density in this part of the rating is decent. In the last round, a solid five-match winless streak was interrupted. On their own field, the Cherries failed to cope with Aston Villa (0:1). In that meeting, Andoni Iraola's players had a lot of possession of the ball (66% of the playing time), but the opponent blocked all approaches to his penalty area very clearly and competently, the Bournemouth players scored only four shots on target, they could not turn back the goal they missed at the end of the first half.
It should be noted that the Cherries are among the top 4 best teams in the Premier League in terms of points scored on the road. In total, they have 28 points, which they managed to get in other people's arenas.
Disqualifications and injuries
Unal, Sinisterra, Christie, Ouattara and Scott are injured and will not play today.
Interesting betting trends
- In the previous two matches, Bournemouth lost in the first half.
- Bournemouth have only two wins in 11 previous Premier League matches.
- In seven of the last ten Premier League matches, Bournemouth have exchanged goals with their rivals.
- In five consecutive matches against Bournemouth, no more than one goal was scored in the first half.
Approximate composition: Arrizabalaga – Smith, Zabarny, Heisen, Kerkez – Adams, Cook – Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo – Evanilson.
Trends
Bournemouth's Total cornerrateis more than 3.5
In six of the last seven Premier League away matches, Bournemouth have provided at least four corners.
1.85Manchester City'sbetis to score in the first half
In the previous two matches, Bournemouth missed in the opening 45 minutes.
1.62The bet is an accurate score of 3:1
Manchester City has won nine of the last ten face-to-face meetings
10.50The Totalbetis less than 3.5 yellow cards
This bet has been played in the last seven face-to-face matches in the Premier League at Manchester City field
1.721st halfbet: total less than 1.5 goals
In the last three face-to-face meetings, no more than one goal was scored in the opening 45 minutes.
1.67Tip and bets
Manchester City has no right to make mistakes today, otherwise it risks remaining without the Champions League next season. Of course, it won't be easy, given that we've lost the Cup final, but there's nowhere to retreat to, we need to play to the maximum. For two matches in a row against Southampton and Crystal Palace, the city's attack failed to prove itself, although there were a lot of chances. We do not think that there will be big problems with implementation again, especially since Bournemouth has noticeably lost ground in the second half of the season and is also experiencing a lot of problems.
Manchester City is successfully playing against an upcoming opponent, having won 16 of the 17 previous face-to-face confrontations, including twice this season, in the FA Cup and in the Premier League in the first round. We expect the hosts to confidently take the much-needed three points, especially since Josep Guardiola's team won four consecutive matches in the Premier League at the Etihad.
Our prediction is that Manchester City will win with an Asian handicap (-1) by a factor of 1.82
Bet on the total
This season, the tournament paths of Manchester City and Bournemouth have crossed twice and there has always been an exchange of goals scored. There is a high probability that today we will see goals from two opponents, but there are plenty of problems in defense.
The second bet is that both will score with a coefficient of 1.60
Combined bid
In two head-to-head matches this season, Manchester City beat Bournemouth and there was an exchange of goals scored. It would be logical to play a combined bet with a high coefficient on the fact that events on the field will unfold in the same scenario today at the Etihad.
The prediction is that Manchester City will win and both will score with a coefficient of 2.75
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