Manchester City v Bournemouth (2024-25)

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Manchester City v Bournemouth (2024–25)

Manchester City Bournemouth 3 1
HT:2–0 Report
Event	Premier League 2024-25
Date	Tuesday 20 May 2025
Venue	Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Player of the Match	Omar Marmoush
Referee	Thomas Bramall
Attendance	52,487
Weather	15 °C (59 °F)
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Manchester City v Bournemouth was a match which took place at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 20 May 2025. The match was shown live on at 8:00pm BST.

Team News

Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is likely to make changes following the FA Cup final defeat by Crystal Palace, with first-choice goalkeeper Ederson amongst those who may be recalled.

Midfielder Mateo Kovacic is a doubt after missing Saturday's game with an unspecified fitness issue, while 19-year-old Claudio Echeverri, who made his City debut at Wembley, could make his first Premier League appearance.

Bournemouth

Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott is ruled out by a fractured jaw and is also expected to miss the game against Leicester on the final day.

Luis Sinisterra, Enes Unal, Ryan Christie and Dango Ouattara remain sidelined.

Defeat for City would leave Champions League qualification out of their hands. Victory for the Cherries, meanwhile, would send them up to eighth place, which still has an outside chance of being worth a Europa Conference League place at the end of the season.

Match facts

Head-to-head

• Manchester City have won all seven of their Premier League home games against Bournemouth, scoring a total of 10 goals in the past two such fixtures.
• The Cherries have lost 10 of 11 matches away to City in all competitions, only avoiding defeat in a 3-3 draw at Maine Road on 6 May 1989 in the second tier.
• Bournemouth won November's reverse fixture 2-1 and are vying for their first league double against City, though they also lost 2-1 when the sides met in an FA Cup quarter-final at the Vitality Stadium in March.

Manchester City

• City have failed to score in back-to-back league and cup games for the first time since October 2022.
• The last time they went goalless in three consecutive matches in all competitions within a single season was in March 2016, under Manuel Pellegrini.
• They also did so in three straight games, spanning two campaigns, between May and August 2021 under Pep Guardiola.
• Manchester City have won their final home league fixture in 10 of the past 11 seasons, including each of the previous eight. Their last such defeat was a 3-2 loss to Norwich in May 2013.
• City have scored 13 goals from outside the box in the Premier League this season, more than any other side.
• Kevin de Bruyne is set to make his 142nd and final home league appearance for City. Only David Silva (160) has played more Premier League games at the Etihad Stadium.

Bournemouth

• Bournemouth have lost just one of their last 12 top-flight away matches (W6, D5), a 2-1 defeat at Brighton in February.
• The Cherries have had 65 shot-ending high turnovers in this season's Premier League, more than any other side.
• Andoni Iraola's side have hit the woodwork 22 times, the highest figure in the top flight this term.
• Evanilson has scored six goals in his last nine Premier League away starts, including five in his last five.

Match Report

Kevin de Bruyne signed off from his last home game for Manchester City on a high, as they beat Bournemouth to close in on a place in the Champions League next season - and both sides finished with 10 men.

City were stunned by Crystal Palace in Saturday's FA Cup final and desperately needed victory against the Cherries to help ensure they finish in the top five in an otherwise miserable season.

Pep Guardiola's men are now in a strong position heading into Sunday's last game of the season at Fulham, where a point should be enough to ensure a return to Europe's top table.

While all eyes were on De Bruyne on his final appearance at Etihad Stadium, a huge roar greeted the return from injury of Rodri, who last featured back in September.

Striker Omar Marmoush opened the scoring with a sensational 30-yard strike which swerved and crashed into the net via the post.

De Bruyne, though, was sniffing a goal and should have converted when Marmoush laid the ball to him a couple of yards out with an open net to aim at, but to the astonishment of all in attendance, he somehow scooped his effort on to the crossbar.

Bernardo Silva poked home a second but City showed their vulnerabilities at the back in between the goals, as Evanilson stretched a foot out at a cross and rattled the post.

Substitute Nico Gonzalez lashed in the third, and although Dan Jebbison grabbed a late consolation, the loss ended Bournemouth's hopes of qualifying for Europe next season.

Both sides had players sent off as last man Mateo Kovacic was dismissed for a tug on Evanilson, while Lewis Cook was also given a red card for a lunge on Gonzalez.

Guardiola has said this campaign has not been good enough for his side, relinquishing their four-year hold on the Premier League trophy, being knocked out early from the Champions League and shocked by Palace at Wembley.

Few would have predicted at the start of the season that City would not only fail to claim any major silverware but also struggle to finish in the Champions League places.

But the three points against potentially tricky opponents Bournemouth means that avoiding defeat at Craven Cottage on Sunday should provide a modicum of satisfaction to an otherwise substandard campaign.

Marmoush set the hosts on their way with an incredible long-range strike which was a joy to behold - the Egyptian's eighth goal for City since joining from Eintracht Frankfurt in January.

Silva added a second to put the home side in control before Gonzalez converted his first City goal, but the evening belonged to the departing De Bruyne.

The Belgian featured in his 142nd and final home league appearance for City, and should have marked the occasion with a goal but conspired to hit the frame of the goal when it seemed easier to score.

The 33-year-old lasted until the 69th minute when he was replaced by Gonzalez, and was given a standing ovation as he exited at home for the last time.

Bournemouth's faint hopes of competing in Europe next season were extinguished and they may now face having a talented squad taken apart this summer.

Dean Huijsen has already agreed to join Real Madrid, while left-back Milos Kerkez has been linked with a move to opponents City and champions Liverpool.

But the Cherries showed few signs of making a comeback once they fell behind, though striker Evanilson did strike the post - with Bournemouth hitting the woodwork a league-high 23 times this season.

Kovacic's straight red card for pulling back Brazilian striker Evanilson when through on goal provided a glimmer of hope, but they too went down to 10 men after skipper Cook's mistimed challenge.

Jebbison scored in stoppage time but Bournemouth, who have had an impressive season, fell flat at the wrong time, winning just one of their past five games and lying 11th in the table, five points adrift of eighth-placed Brighton.

Match

Details

20 May 2025 20:00 BST 15 °C (59 °F) live on	Manchester City	3–1	Bournemouth	Etihad Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 52,487 Referee: Thomas Bramall
	Marmoush  14' Silva  38' Kovačić  67' González  89'	HT:2–0 Report	Cook  73' Jebbison  90+6'

Manchester City

Bournemouth

31 Ederson 67' 27 Matheus Nunes 03 Rúben Dias 25 Manuel Akanji 24 Joško Gvardiol 08 Mateo Kovačić  67' 19 İlkay Gündoğan 90+2' 20 Bernardo Silva 90+2' 17 Kevin De Bruyne 69' 07 Omar Marmoush 90+1' 09 Erling Haaland 83' Substitutes: 06 Nathan Aké 10 Jack Grealish 90+2' 11 Jérémy Doku 90+2' 14 Nico González 69' 16 Rodri 83' 18 Stefan Ortega 47 Phil Foden 52 Oscar Bobb 90+1' 75 Nico O'Reilly Manager: Pep Guardiola

13 Kepa Arrizabalaga 22 Julián Araujo 69' 44' 27 Illya Zabarnyi 02 Dean Huijsen 36' 03 Milos Kerkez 83' 04 Lewis Cook  73' 12 Tyler Adams 24 Antoine Semenyo 19 Justin Kluivert 45' 16 Marcus Tavernier 88' 09 Evanilson 83' Substitutes: 05 Marcos Senesi 07 David Brooks 45' 15 Adam Smith 69' 20 Julio Soler 83' 21 Daniel Jebbison 83' 40 Will Dennis 43 Zain Silcott-Duberry 45 Matai Akinmboni 47 Ben Winterburn Manager: Andoni Iraola

Man of the Match: Omar Marmoush Assistant referees: Nick Hopton Derek Eaton Fourth official: Robert Jones VAR: Paul Tierney Assistant VAR: Craig Taylor

Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time or penalties. Three points awarded to winner, none to loser. One point awarded to each in the event of a draw. Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Match Stats

Manchester City	Bournemouth

Possession ball
58%	42%

Shots
12	8

Shots on target
5	2

Corners
3	1

Fouls
7	13

See also

• 2024–25 Premier League: Match day 37

External links

• Match report at BBC.co.uk
• Match report at Premier League.com

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