Manchester City 2-1 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 August 2026

Result

Manchester City 2-1 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Sunday 23 August 2026, 13:00 UTC · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · half-time 0-1

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Manchester City 2-1 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Manchester City defeated AFC Bournemouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 August 2026 at Etihad Stadium. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Marc Guéhi (84') and Josko Gvardiol (90+1'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Marcus Tavernier (26').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards.

In the current table Manchester City are 2nd on 21 points and AFC Bournemouth are 8th on 12 points.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc Guéhi of Manchester City (7.8), ahead of Rayan Cherki (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Marcus TavernierAFC Bournemouth · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · EvanilsonAFC Bournemouth
  • 78'Yellow card · Phil FodenManchester City
  • 84'Goal · Marc GuéhiManchester City · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · António SilvaAFC Bournemouth
  • 90+1'Goal · Josko GvardiolManchester City · 2-1

Form and table

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2Manchester City97022010+1021WWWLL
8AFC Bournemouth93331413+112LLWWW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 8, draws 1, AFC Bournemouth 1.

Team news

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Elliot Anderson, Marc Guéhi, Phil Foden, Nico O'Reilly, Antoine Semenyo, Erling Haaland

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

Djordje Petrovic, Adam Smith, James Hill, António Silva, Adrien Truffert, Lewis Cook, Alex Scott, Rayan, Justin Kluivert, Marcus Tavernier, Evanilson

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