Manchester Metropolis are aiming to beat midweek Carabao Cup ‘disappointment’ as they tackle Bournemouth on the south coast within the Premier League on Saturday.
Neither Pep Guardiola nor his gamers appeared significantly involved about their 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on Wednesday, with Metropolis’s untimely cup exit easing their fixture load amid a vastly demanding 2024/25 schedule.
The league leaders head into Saturday’s conflict with a mountain of accidents and face a facet that beat Arsenal 2-0 of their earlier outing on the Vitality Stadium. Bournemouth had endured an detached begin to the marketing campaign earlier than they sank the ten-man Gunners and Andoni Iraola’s facet adopted that up with a helpful level at Aston Villa final weekend.
The Cherries at the moment are as much as eleventh within the Premier League desk and trying to find their first-ever win over the Cityzens on the twenty second try.
Right here is 90min’s information to Man Metropolis’s upcoming Premier League conflict.
Bournemouth vs Man Metropolis H2H Report (Final 5 Video games)
Present type (all competitions)
Bournemouth | Man Metropolis |
|---|---|
Aston Villa 1-1 Bournemouth – 26/10/24 | Tottenham 2-1 Man Metropolis – 30/10/24 |
Bournemouth 2-0 Arsenal – 19/10/24 | Man Metropolis 1-0 Southampton – 26/10/24 |
Leicester 1-0 Bournemouth – 05/10/24 | Man Metropolis 5-0 Sparta Prague – 23/10/24 |
Bournemouth 3-1 Southampton – 30/09/24 | Wolves 1-2 Man Metropolis – 20/10/24 |
Liverpool 3-0 Bournemouth – 30/09/24 | Man Metropolis 3-2 Fulham – 05/10/24 |
Nation | TV channel/stay stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Not televised |
United States | Peacock |
Canada | fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community 5 Canada |
The Cherries have been dealt a substantial midfield blow with Alex Scott dominated out for the foreseeable with a knee damage.
There are additionally doubts surrounding primary goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga heading into this fixture attributable to a thigh damage. Luis Sinisterra and Philip Billing will each be assessed having missed the draw at Villa Park.
Massive-money summer time arrival Evanilson ought to come again into Iraola’s XI having scored off the bench final weekend.
Bournemouth predicted lineup vs Man Metropolis (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez; Prepare dinner, Christie; Semenyo, Tavernier, Ouattara; Evanilson.
The guests usually are not in a very good second on the damage entrance. Their woes worsened in midweek when Savinho was stretchered off in Metropolis’s cup defeat to Tottenham with a suspected ankle damage.
Manuel Akanji additionally pulled up forward of the sport, however the Swiss defender is anticipated to be match for Saturday’s conflict. Erling Haaland will even return to the XI having been rested on Wednesday.
Metropolis are with out Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku for the journey all the way down to the south coast. Rodri and Oscar Bobb are long-term absentees.
Man Metropolis predicted lineup vs Bournemouth (3-4-2-1): Ederson; Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Stones, Kovacic; Bernardo, Gundogan, Foden, Nunes; Haaland.
Wednesday’s defeat mixed with their damage woes means some would possibly fancy an upset right here. Bournemouth are such an ungainly group to play in opposition to, with Iraola’s urgent beliefs and their directness in possession sure to power Metropolis into some tough intervals.
Nevertheless, the Cherries have a wretched report on this fixture and Guardiola’s facet can at all times be counted on to reply when the tide is seemingly turning in opposition to them. Whereas an upset should not be discounted, it would not be a shock to see the perennial champions ship out an announcement on the south coast.
