When and where
The game will be played at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday 23 December, kick-off at 3pm (GMT).
Saturday’s fixture will not be shown live in the UK, but fans around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global TV listings.
Alternatively, you can download our City Matchday app for Android | City Matchday app for iOs to follow the game live and we’ll also have live updates on Twitter.
Team news
City remain without long-term absentee Benjamin Mendy, who is still recovering from anterior cruciate ligament damage, while John Stones is likely to remain sidelined with a hamstring injury.
Vincent Kompany could also miss the game on Saturday, while Phil Foden is will be absent with a ligament injury.
For Bournemouth, Jermain Defoe, Harry Arter, Joshua King, Charlie Daniels and Tyrone Mings are all out.
Referee
Mike Jones will take charge of Saturday’s game, with help from assistants: Ian Hussin, Derek Eaton.
Stats
City have won nine and lost none of their 11 previous league matches against Bournemouth (D2), winning all five in the Premier League.
The Cherries have conceded nine goals in two previous Premier League visits to the Etihad, losing 5-1 in October 2015 and 4-0 in September 2016.
Bournemouth have never won a match in Manchester against either City or United in 11 previous attempts in all competitions (W0 D2 L9), conceding 32 goals in those 11 games.
Raheem Sterling has scored in all four of his Premier League appearances against Bournemouth, scoring six goals including a hat-trick in October 2015 and last-minute winner in this season’s reverse fixture.
If City win this, it will be the joint-second longest ever winning run in one of Europe’s big five leagues (17 games). The current record is 19, achieved by Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich in 2013-14.
An English manager hasn’t won a Premier League match at the Etihad since May 2010, when Harry Redknapp won 1-0 with Spurs. Since then, English managers have drawn three and lost 32 of 35 Premier League trips to the Etihad; current Bournemouth striker Jermain Defoe started that match for Spurs in 2010.
City have scored at least twice in each of their last 11 Premier League games – only the Citizens themselves have ever had a longer such run in the competition (14 games ending in November 2011).
City have scored 97 Premier League goals in 2017 so far – the last team to score 100+ goals in a single year within the English top-flight were Liverpool (106 goals) in 1982.
Gabriel Jesus hasn’t lost any of the 26 Premier League games that he’s played in since joining City – only four players have ever had a longer unbeaten start to a Premier League career (Jens Lehmann 47, Arjen Robben 37, Didier Drogba 37 and Gael Clichy 29).
Since the start of last season, Bernardo Silva has been on the winning side in 44 league matches – this is more than any other player across the top five European Leagues.
Bernardo Silva hasn’t been on the losing side in a league match for over a year now (18th December 2016) and has since gone on a 36-game unbeaten league run across his Monaco & Manchester City career (W33 D3 L0).
Last time
City last faced Bournemouth back in August at the Vitality Stadium, and Pep Guardiola’s side secured a 2-1 win over the Cherries.
Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling scored City’s goals, while Charlie Daniels secured one for the visitors.
