Manchester City logo
EFL Cup | Third Round
Sep 24, 2020 at 7.45pm UK
Etihad Stadium
Bournemouth logo

Man City
2 - 1
Bournemouth

Delap (18'), Foden (75')
Delap (79')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Surridge (22')
Zemura (70'), Cook (90+2')

The Match

Match Report

City will now take on Burnley in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's EFL Cup third-round tie between Manchester City and Bournemouth, including team news and predicted lineups.

Injuries & Suspensions

Sports Mole rounds up Manchester City's latest injury and suspension news ahead of their EFL Cup third-round tie with Bournemouth.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Manchester City win with a probability of 70.27%. A draw had a probability of 17.2% and a win for Bournemouth had a probability of 12.56%.

The most likely scoreline for a Manchester City win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.57%) and 1-0 (8.62%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.94%), while for a Bournemouth win it was 1-2 (3.65%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Manchester City would win this match.

Result
Manchester CityDrawBournemouth
70.27%17.17%12.56%
Both teams to score 54.78%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
64.67%35.32%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
42.64%57.35%
Manchester City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
91.02%8.98%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
69.37%30.62%
Bournemouth Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
60.18%39.81%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
23.52%76.48%
Score Analysis
    Manchester City 70.26%
    Bournemouth 12.56%
    Draw 17.17%
Manchester CityDrawBournemouth
2-0 @ 10.38%
2-1 @ 9.57%
1-0 @ 8.62%
3-0 @ 8.35%
3-1 @ 7.69%
4-0 @ 5.03%
4-1 @ 4.63%
3-2 @ 3.54%
5-0 @ 2.42%
5-1 @ 2.23%
4-2 @ 2.13%
5-2 @ 1.03%
6-0 @ 0.97%
Other @ 3.68%
Total : 70.26%
1-1 @ 7.94%
2-2 @ 4.4%
0-0 @ 3.58%
3-3 @ 1.09%
Other @ 0.17%
Total : 17.17%
1-2 @ 3.65%
0-1 @ 3.29%
0-2 @ 1.52%
2-3 @ 1.35%
1-3 @ 1.12%
Other @ 1.63%
Total : 12.56%

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