Manchester City 2-1 Bournemouth · Premier League
Manchester City beat Bournemouth 2-1 in the Premier League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Manchester City and Bournemouth met in the Premier League at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday, 23 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Manchester City: M. Guéhi 84'; J. Gvardiol 90'. Bournemouth: M. Tavernier 26'.
How the match went
Manchester City saw more of the ball, 66% of it. Manchester City had 13 shots with 6 on target, Bournemouth 5 with 4 on target. There were 11 corners in total, 8 to Manchester City and 3 to Bournemouth. Manchester City conceded 11 fouls, Bournemouth 11. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Manchester City, 2 for Bournemouth).
Line-ups
Manchester City started in a 4-2-3-1: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rúben Dias, Joško Gvardiol, Elliot Anderson, Marc Guéhi, Phil Foden, Nico O'Reilly, Antoine Semenyo, Erling Haaland.
Bournemouth started in a 4-2-3-1: Đorđe Petrović, Adam Smith, James Hill, António Silva, Adrien Truffert, Lewis Cook, Alex Scott, Rayan, Justin Kluivert, Marcus Tavernier, Evanilson.
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