AFC Bournemouth 1-4 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2023

Result

AFC Bournemouth 1-4 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-3

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AFC Bournemouth 1-4 Manchester City: match report

AFC Bournemouth were beaten by Manchester City 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 February 2023. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Julián Alvarez opened the scoring in the 15th minute. AFC Bournemouth's goal came from Jefferson Lerma (83'). Manchester City scored through Julián Alvarez (15'), Erling Haaland (29'), Phil Foden (45') and an own goal by Chris Mepham (51').

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

Going into the game AFC Bournemouth were 19th on 21 points from 23 and Manchester City 2nd on 52 points from 24. AFC Bournemouth went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Manchester City 1st with 89.

AFC Bournemouth lined up in a 5-4-1 and Manchester City in a 3-2-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Phil Foden of Manchester City (8.8), ahead of Julián Alvarez (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 AFC Bournemouth wins, 0 draws and 10 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Julián AlvarezManchester City · 0-1
  • 29'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 0-2
  • 45'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 0-3
  • 47'Yellow card · Dango OuattaraAFC Bournemouth
  • 51'Own goal · Chris MephamManchester City · 0-4
  • 58'Yellow card · Chris MephamAFC Bournemouth
  • 60'Yellow card · Kalvin PhillipsManchester City
  • 63'Yellow card · Manuel AkanjiManchester City
  • 83'Goal · Jefferson LermaAFC Bournemouth · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: AFC Bournemouth 0, draws 0, Manchester City 10.

Team news

AFC Bournemouth line-up (5-4-1)

Neto, Adam Smith, Chris Mepham, Jack Stephens, Marcos Senesi, Jordan Zemura, Dango Ouattara, Jefferson Lerma, Philip Billing, Hamed Traoré, Dominic Solanke

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

Ederson, Manuel Akanji, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Rico Lewis, Rodri, Phil Foden, Julián Alvarez, İlkay Gündoğan, Jack Grealish, Erling Haaland