Man City Manchester City

B'mouth Bournemouth

team news

Pep Guardiola has made one change to the team that beat West Ham United on the opening day, with Riyad Mahrez replacing Jack Grealish in the forward line. 

There’s no place for Kalvin Phillips, Cole Palmer and Aymeric Laporte, who all miss out with injury.

CITY: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Gundogan (C), De Bruyne, Mahrez, Haaland, Foden.

SUBS: Ortega Moreno, Stones, Grealish, Alvarez, Bernardo, Delap, Mbete, Lewis, Wilson-Esbrand.

BOURNEMOUTH: Travers, Smith, Mepam, Kelly (C), Stacey, Cook, Pearson, Lerma, Tavernier, Christie, Moore.

SUBS: Neto, Marcondes, Lowe, Stanislas, Dembele, Hill, Senesi, Billing, Anthony.

When and where

The Cherries are City’s first visitors to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday 13 August, with kick-off scheduled for 15:00 (UK).

Due to the TV blackout rule for matches that begin at 15:00 on a Saturday, the match will not be available to view in the UK.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global TV listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

Man City App coverage

You can follow all the action on our official app.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, whilst our Matchday Live show, will begin one hour before we get under way at the London Stadium.

Cel Spellman will be in the studio at the City Football Academy, alongside Shaun Wright-Phillips and Joleon Lescott, as we provide the usual mix of entertainment and analysis.

The Matchday Live team will reconvene for a half-time debrief before a more in-depth post-match verdict after the full-time whistle.

The guests will also answer viewer questions throughout the broadcast, with audience participation actively encouraged on Matchday Live. To get in touch, send a WhatsApp to: +447537186538.

During the game you can listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Shaun Goater, while our text commentary continues.

Highlights from the match can be found later in the evening, while a full-match replay will also be available to CITY+ subscribers from midnight following the game.

Previous meeting

City’s last meeting with AFC Bournemouth came in September 2020 in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

Liam Delap and Phil Foden scored for City either side of Sam Surridge’s goal for the visitors, who were in the Championship when the match was played.

Delap’s debut goal, scored in the 18th minute, was a powerful left footed drive high into Mark Travers’ net. Bournemouth’s reply came just a few minutes later, with Surridge’s turn and shot beating Steffen low to his right.

Foden’s second half winner came after a Riyad Mahrez shot that bounced back to the England international. He reacted quickest and sent a scuffed right footed shot home.

WATCH: City 2-1 Bournemouth: Highlights

Last time out

City got off to a flying start in the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory at West Ham United’s London Stadium on Sunday. Erling Haaland scored both goals, his first two strikes in competitive fixtures for City.

The first came from the penalty spot after he had been felled by goalkeeper Alphonse Areola and the second was a sweet slide-rule finish after he had been released by Kevin De Bruyne.

Bournemouth also started their league campaign off with a victory; defeating Aston Villa 2-0 at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.

Jefferson Lerma scored the opener in the second minute of the match and the three points were sealed by a powerful Kieffer Moore header in the 80th minute.

Form guide

Both sides come into the game having claimed all three points available to them so far. As they both did so with 2-0 victories, they are separated only by the alphabetic order of their names.

We won both of our pre-season friendlies, before the defeat to Liverpool in the Community Shield.

Before that win over Villa, Bournemouth did lose their pre-season friendlies with Real Sociedad and Bristol City.

City have yet to lose against AFC Bournemouth, having won 15 and drawn two of the 17 meetings dating back to 1987.

WATCH: West Ham 0-2 City: Brief highlights

Global TV listings

Courtesy of livesoccertv.com.