When and where?
Kick-off is scheduled for 15:00 BST on Saturday 17 September with City going for an eighth-successive win.
Last Time
Competitive head to head record
City wins: 6
Bournemouth wins: 0
Draws: 2
Quotes
Pep Guardiola: “We worry about Bournemouth’s strikers, how they’re going to play - what they’re going to do. I’ve watched many of their games. They played really, really well against West Ham and against Manchester United - they were in the game right until Mata scored. There are many, many things I like.”
Eddie Howe: “I see Manchester City as potential champions. They have a manager who, in my opinion, is right at the very top - they’ve obviously started incredibly well.”
Adam Smith: “We know the quality that they have but we’ve got to try and frustrate them and play our game and hopefully we can nick something. It’s going to be a really tough game and we know that so we’re going to have to give it our all on Saturday.”
Team News
City: Silva (doubtful), Kompany (not ready), Aguero (suspended), Fernando (missed last game), Delph (missed last game)
Bournemouth: Mings (lacking match fitness)
Stats and Milestones
- Ilkay Gundogan is in line for his Premier League debut
- City won both of their Premier League meetings with Bournemouth last season by a four goal margin (5-1 at home in October 2015, 4-0 away in April 2016).
- Raheem Sterling’s first Premier League hat-trick came against Bournemouth in October 2015.
- Bournemouth have never beaten City in the league (D2 L6)
- Kelechi Iheanacho has scored nine goals from just 13 shots on target in the Premier League for Manchester City.
- This is Manchester City’s 250th Premier League game at the Etihad Stadium, winning 61.5% of their league fixtures there since August 2003 (W153 D45 L51).
- City could become the second different team in top-flight history to win their opening five league games in consecutive seasons - Chelsea in 2009-10 and 2010-11 are the other.
