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Manchester City vs Bournemouth Prediction & Betting tips
Manchester City is on the hunt for the fourth Carabao Cup in a row. Pep Guardiola’s team will be the first to deal with relegating AFC Bournemouth, which will probably be presented with a youth team from The Citizens on Thursday evening.
Manchester City:
Many top clubs from England do not take the tournament for the Carabao Cup seriously. Clubs like Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool consider the FA Cup a lot more important than the Carabao Cup. At Manchester City they make no distinction: The Citizens managed to win no fewer than five of the last seven editions of the Carabao Cup. In fact, Manchester City has won England’s second cup tournament in the last three seasons. The Guardiola team hopes to win the Carabao Cup again this season.
Manchester City also won on Monday evening. Their first game of the season was scheduled for The Citizens. With Wolverhampton away, that was certainly not an easy game for the club from Manchester. Nevertheless, Manchester City recorded a 1-3 victory at the Molineux: Kevin de Bruyne, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus scored the three City goals in the industrial city. Last season, Manchester City lost twice to Wolverhampton’s league, so the Citizens will be only too happy with the win earlier this week. For Pep’s team, the cup match with Bournemouth is nothing more than a snack, because with Leicester City at home, a much more important game is scheduled for Manchester City on Sunday. Guardiola literally takes it this way: the Spaniard indicated this week that the “children” from his selection will get a chance on Thursday evening.
AFC Bournemouth:
At Bournemouth, they also know what track record Manchester City currently has in the Carabao Cup. Jason Tindall’s side will have to have a really great day if it wants to normally knock out Manchester City in the Carabao Cup. However, the Manchester City that is expected to kick off on Thursday evening is a completely different Manchester City than we are used to. Perhaps there is something to gain for Bournemouth, which also managed to eliminate Crystal Palace in the previous round after penalties.
Last weekend, Bournemouth played its second league game of the season. The Cherries had to visit Middlesbrough and got one point from the game at the Riverside Stadium. A week earlier, Bournemouth managed to score a 3-2 victory over Blackburn Rovers and The Cherries are now in fourth place in the Championship. Tindall will probably also start rotating at Bournemouth, but the Cherries are expected to start with a reasonable team in Manchester. Especially since it is an ideal opportunity for Bournemouth to really stunt in the Carabao Cup.
Manchester City vs Bournemouth head to head matches
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23.12.17 PL Manchester City Bournemouth 4 : 0