CHAMPIONS Manchester City take on Bournemouth at the Etihad Stadium in Saturday’s Premier League encounter.
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Are Manchester City back to their best? Well they weren’t far off when coasting to a 3-0 victory over arch-rivals Manchester United last weekend.
The Cityzens dispatched their opponents with a minimum of fuss, and now boast three-consecutive wins in all competitions.
They also enjoyed a rare week off having been eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Newcastle with Pep Guardiola’s troops fresh for Bournemouth’s visit on Saturday.
It would be an understatement to say that this is a fixture City enjoy.
The treble-winners have won their last 13 matches against Bournemouth in all competitions, scoring 40 goals with six clean sheets and netting 4+ goals on six occasions.
As for Bournemouth, they arrive in fairly dismal form.
They did manage to clinch their first win of the season against fellow strugglers Burnley last weekend, but had lost their previous four league matches while conceding 12.
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Let’s not overcomplicate things. Manchester City should win, and win well. As mentioned, the Cityzens are back in the swing of things with a full compliment of rested players against a ragged side who they often thump.
Only Sheffield United have managed less goals than Bournemouth this season, who have the second-worst away record in the division. Only the Blades and Burnley have conceded more shots on target than the Cherries’ 61.
And where there’s a rout, Erling Haaland is inevitably involved. The 23-year-old has 13 goals and three assists in 15 appearances for Manchester City this season, and he’s in blistering form recently.
The Norwegian has THREE braces in his last five games for club and country, and has only blanked once in his last five.
No player in the division can match Haaland’s 39 efforts in 887 minutes of league action this season, and he’s averaging a shot every 22.7 minutes.
Most pundits ran out of superlatives to describe Bernardo Silva’s performance last weekend. The Portuguese magician was running the show, and we expected a similar display on Saturday.
Phil Foden may have created 22 opportunities for his colleagues in the league this season, but Silva has 13 and has actually created more big chances with five in 561 minutes of action.
He’s a bigger price than Foden and we expect him to provide at least one assist in what’s expected to be a rout.
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