City welcome Bournemouth to the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night for our final home game of the 2024/25 campaign.
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While focus will inevitably be on Kevin De Bruyne’s last outing as a City player at our home, the three points are crucial for Pep Guardiola’s side if we’re to play in next season’s Champions League.
We’ve already played Andoni Iraola’s Cherries twice this season, losing our league trip to the south coast in November before winning the FA Cup quarter-final at the Vitality in March.
City go into our game in hand before the last weekend of the season sixth in the Premier League, knowing a win will take us third ahead of the last round of fixtures.
We’ve got an exceptional record against Bournemouth, winning 20 of our 23 meetings.
The bulk of those clashes have come since Bournemouth were first promoted to the top-flight in 2015.
That original Premier League game was the source of Raheem Sterling’s hat-trick, while this game has also seen some incredible individual strikes - including an outside-of-the-boot finish from De Bruyne himself in 2022.
Our 6-1 win last season was all about Jeremy Doku, with the Belgian laying on four assists for his team-mates in an outstanding performance.
City v Bournemouth app coverage
Our official Man City app allows you to follow all of the action from Manchester in one place.
Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 18:45 (UK).
Paul Dickov and Shaun Goater will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action.
During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison while our text commentary continues.
Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.
Short and extended highlights as well as a full-match replay [available on CITY+] can be accessed from midnight.