Manchester City 4-0 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Manchester City 4-0 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (27'), Raheem Sterling (53'), Sergio Agüero (79') and Danilo (85'). AFC Bournemouth did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 52 points from 18 and AFC Bournemouth 16th on 16 points from 18. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and AFC Bournemouth 12th with 44.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and AFC Bournemouth in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergio Agüero of Manchester City (9.5), ahead of Nicolás Otamendi (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Adam SmithAFC Bournemouth
  • 79'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 3-0
  • 85'Goal · DaniloManchester City · 4-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester City 5, draws 0, AFC Bournemouth 0.

Team news

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Vincent Kompany, Nicolás Otamendi, Fabian Delph, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané

AFC Bournemouth line-up (3-4-2-1)

Asmir Begović, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Jack Simpson, Adam Smith, Dan Gosling, Andrew Surman, Ryan Fraser, Jordon Ibe, Junior Stanislas, Callum Wilson