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Man City vs. Bournemouth: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Premier League clash

Both yet to fulfil their end-of-season ambitions, Manchester City and Bournemouth battle it out in the penultimate gameweek of the Premier League season on Tuesday evening.

Pep Guardiola's side have many wrongs to right in midweek, having suffered an agonising 1-0 FA Cup final defeat to Crystal Palace after failing to break down Championship-bound Southampton in last weekend's goalless draw.

However, as the Citizens are only one point worse off than Aston Villa and Chelsea, their Champions League fate still lies in their own hands, while Bournemouth are not totally out of the continental question either.

The Cherries can still mathematically finish eighth, which would provide a ticket to the Conference League if Chelsea win this year's edition but also finish sixth or seventh in the Premier League table.

Ahead of Tuesday's contest at the Etihad Stadium, Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between Bournemouth and Manchester City.

Manchester City's Nathan Ake and Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo on February 24, 2024© Imago

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 23

Bournemouth wins: 1

Draws: 2

Man City wins: 20

Manchester City's record against Bournemouth is nothing short of exceptional, as they have won an impressive 20 times and have drawn two of their 23 meetings with the Cherries across all competitions.

Bournemouth failed to win any of their first 21 encounters with the Citizens, including each of their first 20 league meetings, the most one side has ever faced another without ever winning in English Football League history.

However, the Cherries celebrated their first triumph over Man City in November 2024, when Andoni Iraola's side secured an impressive 2-1 home victory in the Premier League courtesy of goals from Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson, but the Sky Blues gained revenge a few months later with an identical FA Cup quarter-final win.

Bournemouth and Man City butted heads for the very first time back in December 1987 when the Citizens won 2-0 away from home in the old Division Two, before securing maximum points in the reverse fixture by the same scoreline two months later.

Man City won each of their first 14 Premier League meetings with Bournemouth, following the Cherries' promotion to the top flight in 2015, by an aggregate score of 45-7 - the best 100% record any team has had against another in English top-flight history.

The Citizens scored four or more goals in seven Premier League games against Bournemouth during this run, including a thumping 6-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium in November 2023 - their biggest-ever win over the Cherries to date.

The only time that Man City and Bournemouth have not faced each other in the league was in September 2020 when Pep Guardiola's side secured a 2-1 home win in the third round of the EFL Cup.

Raheem Sterling is the highest-scoring player in this fixture with nine goals in as many Premier League games for Man City, while Phil Foden and Sergio Aguero are next on the list with five goals each.

Last 20 meetings

Mar 30, 2025: Bournemouth 1-2 Man City (FA Cup Quarter-Finals)

Nov 2, 2024: Bournemouth 2-1 Man City (Premier League)

Feb 24, 2024: Bournemouth 0-1 Man City (Premier League)

Nov 04, 2023: Man City 6-1 Bournemouth (Premier League)

Feb 25, 2023: Bournemouth 1-4 Man City (Premier League)

Aug 13, 2022: Man City 4-0 Bournemouth (Premier League)

Sep 24, 2020: Man City 2-1 Bournemouth (EFL Cup Third Round)

Jul 15, 2020: Man City 2-1 Bournemouth (Premier League)

Aug 25, 2019: Bournemouth 1-3 Man City (Premier League)

Mar 02, 2019: Bournemouth 0-1 Man City (Premier League)

Dec 01, 2018: Man City 3-1 Bournemouth (Premier League)

Dec 23, 2017: Man City 4-0 Bournemouth (Premier League)

Aug 26, 2017: Bournemouth 1-2 Man City (Premier League)

Feb 13, 2017: Bournemouth 0-2 Man City (Premier League)

Sep 17, 2016: Man City 4-0 Bournemouth (Premier League)

Apr 02, 2016: Bournemouth 0-4 Man City (Premier League)

Oct 17, 2015: Man City 5-1 Bournemouth (Premier League)

Feb 13, 1999: Bournemouth 0-0 Man City (Second Division)

Sep 08, 1998: Man City 2-1 Bournemouth (Second Division)

May 06, 1989: Man City 3-3 Bournemouth (Second Division)

## Last 10 Premier League meetings