Manchester City 4-0 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2016

Result

Manchester City 4-0 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Manchester City · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 4-0 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Manchester City defeated AFC Bournemouth 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 September 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (15'), Kelechi Iheanacho (25'), Raheem Sterling (48') and Ilkay Gündogan (66'). AFC Bournemouth did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 12 points from 4 and AFC Bournemouth 14th on 4 points from 4. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and AFC Bournemouth 9th with 46.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (10.0), ahead of Raheem Sterling (9.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiManchester City
  • 25'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoManchester City · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 3-0
  • 66'Goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 4-0
  • 86'Red card · NolitoManchester City
  • 86'Yellow card · Adam SmithAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 0, AFC Bournemouth 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Claudio Bravo, Bacary Sagna, Nicolás Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gaël Clichy, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, Nolito, Kelechi Iheanacho

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-5-1)

Artur Boruc, Adam Smith, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Charlie Daniels, Jordon Ibe, J. Wilshere, Andrew Surman, Harry Arter, Junior Stanislas, Joshua King