Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth Predictions

• Bournemouth have conceded three times in three of their four away trips this term
• The Cherries have conceded 22 times across six league visits to City
• Alvarez has scored in six of City’s last seven home games

City course correct

After a couple of wobbles against Wolves and Arsenal, Manchester City look back to their fearsome best. A 2-1 home win over Brighton wasn’t a standout result, but their 3-1 win at Young Boys ahead of a 3-0 victory at Old Trafford last week certainly made a mark.

City have returned from the international break looking strong, which is bad news for a Bournemouth side who appear out of their depth going into this clash at the Etihad. The champions are on a fine run at home, which has seen them priced up as short as 1/10 to take all three points on Saturday.

Bournemouth in tough spot

Andoni Iraola hasn’t had a terrible start at Bournemouth, but the Cherries are struggling to get results. They head into Saturday’s game having lost four of their last five matches, while they’ve suffered six losses in 10 league games this term.

The visitors have lost 3-1 to Brighton, 4-0 to Arsenal and 3-0 to Everton across their last five league games, managing just one clean sheet all term. They sit second bottom of the away table in the league, conceding at least three times in all but one of their trips so far. With that kind of record to deal with, it’s hard to see them putting up much resistance at the Etihad.

Alvarez to fire City to big win

The fact that Erling Haaland is as short as 4/11 to score in this clash tells you all you need to know about how the visitors’ defence is viewed. With City running away with a 3-0 win last time out, they should be among the goal again, especially after scoring 22 goals across their six home meetings with Bournemouth in the Premier League.

While Haaland is a short price to score, turn to his strike parter Julian Alvarez. The Argentine has been excellent so far this term, while he’s really impressing at home. He has scored in six of City’s last seven home games, hitting five goals in five home games in all competitions so far this term. He can partner up with Haaland to pull apart this Bournemouth defence.

The Cherries have lost by three goals or more in four of their last six visits to the Etihad in the league, so back the hosts to cover a -2 handicap with another big victory.

Build better bets with our free betting tips, predictions and accumulators, every day.