Bournemouth v Manchester City Betting Tips [30 March 2025]

For the first time this season, Manchester City meet a topflight side in the FA Cup, when they travel to Bournemouth. They will be facing off in the quarter-finals this Sunday, both looking to rise from recent shaky runs. Below is our prediction for this match.

Bournemouth’s last act before the international break was a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Brentford. They are now winless in regular time in the last five matches.

Their only victory in that period came through post-match penalties, against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup. In the Cherries’ last four matches, both teams scored, and they managed two clean sheets only in the last 10 matches.

Manchester City haven't kept a lot of clean sheets either. In their last 10 matches, they managed just two. In one of their recent matches, they had to rise from a goal down to beat Championship side Plymouth 3-1 in the last round of the FA Cup.

As it happens, that was the last time they won; their last two matches have ended winless. The most recent saw Brighton claw back twice to secure a 2-2 draw before the international break.

In Manchester City’s last 10 matches, both teams scored in six. The losing finalists in this competition last season, City will be keen on going all the way this time.

Manchester City and Bournemouth are meeting for the second of three scheduled meetings this season. City lost the first at this same venue that will host the second, but at least they managed to score. In this fixture, both teams failed to score in just two of the last eight meetings.

With both sides shaky defensively but doing fairly well in attack, we will back the same in the goals market. Our prediction for Bournemouth v Manchester City is for both teams to score.