AFC Bournemouth and Manchester City will take on on Saturday the 24th of February at 5:30 pm in the 26th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. The chosen referee is Jarred Gillett.
AFC Bournemouth occupies the 13th place in the table with 28 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Newcastle United in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost 10 times.
Manchester City is in the 2nd place in the standings with 56 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 17 times, draw 5 times, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (23 times or 95.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (23 times) and 5-4-1 (once).
Andoni Iraola Sagarna is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Neto, Lloyd Kelly, Ilya Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Adam Smith, Lewis Cook, Ryan Christie, Marcus Tavernier, Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and Dominic Solanke.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of AFC Bournemouth would be 27.27.
Andoni Iraola Sagarna will probably not be able to employ Romain Faivre because of injury.
Max Aarons, Ryan Fredericks and James Hill will definitely miss the match.
Andoni Iraola Sagarna will not be able to have the presence of Philip Billing who is suspended.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (18 times or 72.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (18 times), 3-2-4-1 (5 times) and 4-1-4-1 (2 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against AFC Bournemouth with the following players: Ederson, Nathan Aké, Rúben Dias, Kyle Walker , John Stones, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Julián Álvarez, Phil Foden, Jérémy Doku and Erling Haaland.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Manchester City would be 27.55.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Kevin De Bruyne because of injury.
Josko Gvardiol and Jack Grealish will definitely miss the match.