Form and Line-up Bournemouth
Bournemouth have even surpassed Manchester City in terms of their unbeaten run in the Premier League: the home team are two matches ahead (16 compared to 14). It is this streak that has put them back in the race for European football and, if it were not for the slump in November and December, Andoni Iraola's side would have comfortably qualified for the Champions League.
Key Numbers:
Bournemouth are unbeaten at home in eight consecutive matches (three wins and five draws).
In five of their last six matches, the hosts have seen over 2.5 goals land.
Exactly a quarter of Bournemouth's goals have come from set pieces (14 out of 56).
Bournemouth are one of the Premier League teams who use long balls most frequently (54 per match), while Manchester City, on the contrary, are bottom of this ranking (39).
Probable Bournemouth line-up (4-2-3-1):
Djordje Petrovic — Adam Smith, James Hill, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert — Alex Scott, Tyler Adams — Rayan, Eli Junior Kroupi, Marcus Tavernier — Evanilson.
Absentees: Alex Jimenez (club decision), Ryan Christie (suspension), Lewis Cook (injury).
Form and Line-up Manchester City
Recently Manchester City lifted the FA Cup again after three years. That match was the third in a row in which the visitors kept a clean sheet. Incidentally, the previous run of three consecutive clean sheets also ended against Chelsea, but then (on 12 April) the score was not 1:0 but 3:0. Now the main task is to catch up with Arsenal, but that no longer depends only on the Manchester side.
Key Numbers:
In the last three league rounds City have scored three goals in each match, which has brought them seven points.
Omar Marmoush has scored in each of the last two rounds.
Although Manchester City concede fewer than one goal per game on average (32 in 36), they are vulnerable from set pieces: roughly a third of the goals against them (11) have come from dead-ball situations.
City's players have not received a single red card in the league.
Probable Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1):
Gianluigi Donnarumma — Nico O'Reilly, Marc Guehi, Abdukodir Khusanov, Matheus Nunes — Rodri, Bernardo Silva — Jeremy Doku, Rayan Cherki, Antoine Semenyo — Erling Haaland.
