Man City have faced Bournemouth 14 times since 2015, winning every single time. What’s potentially even more impressive is that across those 14 meetings, Man City have averaged 3.29 goals scored per game, conceding an average of just 0.57.

This season Man City are once again on strong goalscoring form. They have scored the joint-second highest goals in the Premier League, just one behind Liverpool, and boast the league’s current top goalscorer: Haaland.

Bournemouth have been conceding the most goals of any Premier League side (excluding the newly promoted teams), averaging 1.92 goals against per game. In their last game against Man City, Bournemouth let six goals slip past. It was Jeremy Doku who caused the Cherries the most problems in that one, contributing to five of the goals (1G 4A).

Given Man City’s perfect record against Bournemouth and their strong goalscoring form this season, the handicap markets look attractive for this clash. If you’re unfamiliar with this market, it requires a team to win by a certain margin for the selection to land. For example, Man City (-1.0) would need the visitors to win by two or more goals; effectively starting one goal behind.

Phil Foden has the most consistent record against Bournemouth out of Man City’s current starting XI, having scored in each of his last four matches against them. Furthermore, Foden is arguably having his best season so far with 15 goals across all competitions. He seems to have also earned a permanent spot in the team, escaping ‘Pep Roulette’, having now started 23 of Man City’s 25 Premier League games.

Over his last five league appearances, Foden has seen at least one shot on target on four occasions. He also contributed to five goals in that timeframe, notably bagging himself a hat-trick away at Brentford at the start of the month. Foden also ranks third in shots on target per 90 for Man City, averaging 1.19 in the Premier League. Surprisingly this average rises to 1.36 when looking only at his away fixtures.

Not only has Foden found himself on the scoresheet plenty of times this season, but he has also demonstrated his creative flair. He has the most assists for Man City in the Premier League (7).

In their last meeting, Man City managed 12 corners to Bournemouth’s one. In fact, over the last four times these two teams have met, Man City have taken at least six corners per match and had more corners than Bournemouth, thus winning in the ‘Corner Match Bet’.

So far this season, Man City have been averaging 7.68 corners per game – the most of any Premier League side. When playing away this average only marginally drops to 7.50. On the other hand, Bournemouth have seen an average of 5.67 corners against per game. History is most likely to repeat itself on Saturday with Man City taking the most corners.

Justin Kluivert has been playing in a central attacking midfield role regularly for the Cherries this season, finding himself committing an average of 2.72 fouls per game – the most of any Bournemouth player. He has also committed at least one foul in each of his last ten Premier League starts.

Lewis Cook has committed at least one foul in four of his last five Premier League starts, with a current season average of 1.29 fouls per game. Alongside this, he has three yellows and a red card to his name, one of two Bournemouth players to have been sent off this season.

Finally, Ryan Christie has an average of 1.47 fouls per game, but is currently fouling at a much higher rate. Christie has committed three or more fouls in three of his last four starts, earning himself a booking on two of those occasions.

These three midfielders are in for a tough time on Saturday as they will likely face Foden, Bernardo Silva, Kevin de Bruyne, and Rodri. Picking any of the Bournemouth boys for fouls or bookings is a great way to add some value to your Bournemouth v Man City bet builder.