City’s last five meetings with Bournemouth | OneFootball

Ahead of this weekend’s clash, we look back to our recent games against Bournemouth.

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Analysing Bournemouth ahead of this weekend’s Premier League opener

City enjoy a spectacular record against the Cherries in the Premier League, winning 16 of our 18 meetings in the top-flight.

We have won all nine of our Premier League home games against them by an aggregate score of 34-6.

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In that time we’ve averaged 3.8 goals per game; our highest average against any opponent on home soil.

We’ve also played each other once in each of the domestic cups, with City victorious on both occasions.

The two sides meet again this Sunday in the first Premier League game of the season, with a 14:00 (UK) kick-off at the Etihad Stadium.

Here’s what happened the last few times we came together…

Bournemouth 1-1 City, 19 May 2026

The only Premier League draw between the sides was the last time we met.

And it was a fateful night, with the dropped points guaranteeing Arsenal would win last season’s Premier League.

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Junior Kroupi put the home side ahead as they chased a win to keep alive their outside chance of Champions League qualification before Erling Haaland got a leveller with around 90 seconds remaining.

It wasn’t enough though on a frustrating night that proved to be Pep Guardiola’s final away game in charge.

City 3-1 Bournemouth, 2 November 2025

Erling Haaland was at his clinical best in this one with a brace that was backed up by Nico O’Reilly.

Haaland’s opener came as he was set free into the Bournemouth half with a smart Rayan Cherki header. He ran straight at goal and fired under Djordje Petrovic.

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Tyler Adams got a leveller for the visitors soon after but Haaland put us back ahead soon after.

O’Reilly sealed the points in the second half by driving into the box and hitting the ball low and hard into the far corner.

City 3-1 Bournemouth, 20 May 2025

Our final home game of 2024/25 is most remembered for Kevin De Bruyne’s goodbye after a dazzling decade at City.

There was so much emotion in the Etihad Stadium but first of all it was down to business, with City still not certain of Champions League qualification.

Our opener on the evening was spectacular, with Omar Marmoush stepping up to hit it from 30 yards into the top corner. The strike even earned our Goal of the Season award.

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Somehow De Bruyne missed perhaps the easiest chance of his City career soon after but it mattered little in the end, with Bernardo Silva squeezing home and Nico curling in from outside the area.

Bournemouth got a consolation through Daniel Jebbison before the focus turned entirely to De Bruyne.

Bournemouth 1-2 City, 30 March 2025

A game that proved crucial in Nico O’Reilly’s emergence as one of the game’s best left-backs.

City were 1-0 down at the break after an Erling Haaland missed penalty before Evanilson put the home side up by forcing the ball over the line.

O’Reilly came on for the second half and was a bundle of energy immediately. One of his lung busting runs down the left ended with a pass across goal for Haaland to slide home.

He then cut inside and played a reverse pass for Omar Marmoush to squeeze a shot beneath Kepa Arrizabalaga and ensure safe passage into the FA Cup semi-finals.

Bournemouth 2-1 City, 2 November 2024

Our only Premier League defeat to Bournemouth came at the start of the dreaded run in the autumn and winter of 2024/25.

Our man Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring for his former side, turning and shooting from less than 10 yards out to beat Ederson.

Evanilson got the second, racing in behind to latch on to Milos Kerkez’s cross before Josko Gvardiol gave us some hope with a towering header having ventured forward from left-back.

It wasn’t enough though and we were consigned to our first Premier League loss of the season.

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