AFC Bournemouth vs Manchester City Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

AFC Bournemouth versus Manchester City is expected to be a closely-fought contest at the Vitality Stadium, with the Cherries knowing that this season’s FA Cup presents them with a good chance of winning their first major trophy, while City will be keen to avoid ending the 2024/25 campaign empty-handed.

Andoni Iraola’s men have won just one of their last five matches, with that victory being in the last round of the FA Cup against Wolves, while City enter this game with just two wins from their last five outings.

Prior to Bournemouth’s shock 2-1 win over City back in early November, the Cityzens had won all of the other 15 meetings between the two sides from October 2015 onwards.

The Both Teams to Score market has landed in all of Bournemouth’s last four matches, as well as in two of City’s last three games.

Prediction: Bournemouth 1-2 Manchester City

On Sunday, 30th March, AFC Bournemouth hosts Manchester City at the Vitality Stadium in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

Date: 30/03/2025

Location: Vitality Stadium

Time: 4:30pm

As previously mentioned, the last meeting saw AFC Bournemouth earn their first-ever victory over Manchester City at what was their 22nd attempt. During that game, goals from Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson on either side of half time gave Bournemouth a commanding 2-0 lead, before Josko Gvardiol pulled a goal back for Pep Guardiola’s side with just eight minutes to go.

The Cherries are having a superb season under Iraola, as they currently sit 10th in the table on 44 points from 29 matches, seeing them just four points off fourth-place Chelsea who occupy the final Champions League qualification place.

In the FA Cup, Bournemouth have managed to progress past the likes of West Bromwich Albion (5-1), Everton (2-0) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw).

On the other hand, City’s season has been poor by their lofty standards, as they are fifth in the Premier League with 48 points from 29 matches and are also out of the UEFA Champions League, having been comfortably beaten 6-3 on aggregate by Real Madrid after finishing 22nd in the Group Stage.

City have had the luck of the draw in the FA Cup, as they have managed to advance past Salford City (8-0), Leyton Orient (2-1) and Plymouth Argyle (3-1), meaning that Bournemouth will be the first Premier League opposition that they have faced in this season’s competition.

AFC Bournemouth versus Manchester City will be broadcast live on ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player.

AFC Bournemouth

Julian Araujo, Marco Senesi, Adam SmithLuis Sinisterra and Enes Unal are all unavailable for this game due to injury.

Manchester City

Ederson, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, John Stones and Bernardo Silva all look likely to miss out on City’s trip to Bournemouth.

AFC Bournemouth

Bournemouth have won just one of their last five matches, with that victory coming in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup against Wolverhampton Wanderers via a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw.

The Cherries have actually suffered defeats to Wolves (1-0), Brighton (2-1) and Brentford (2-1) while drawing 2-2 away at Tottenham Hotspur thanks to goals by Marcus Tavernier and Evanilson.

Manchester City

Manchester City are without a win in their last two matches, following a 2-2 home draw with Brighton where they were largely outplayed, but, managed to nick a point via goals from Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush. Their other match in the aforementioned sequence saw them suffer a 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest as Callum Hudson-Odoi scored the only goal of the game.

Prior to those matches, Pep Guardiola’s men earned wins over Plymouth Argyle (3-1) and Tottenham Hotspur (1-0) in the aftermath of a dismal 2-0 home defeat to Liverpool.

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