Bournemouth vs Manchester City: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

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Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Bournemouth's home clash with Manchester City. 

Bournemouth vs Manchester City (Vitality Stadium)

Team news

Bournemouth

Jermain Defoe could retain his place up front when Bournemouth host Manchester City.

Defoe played 90 minutes at Birmingham in the Carabao Cup in midweek and Cherries boss Eddie Howe was impressed with his performance.

Jermain Defoe could start against Manchester City at home on Saturday afternoon

Howe has no fresh injury concerns but captain Simon Francis (hamstring) and midfielder Junior Stanislas (groin) remain sidelined, along with long-term absentee Callum Wilson (knee).

Provisional squad: Begovic, Boruc, Ake, Daniels, S Cook, A Smith, B Smith, Mings, Surman, Pugh, Fraser, L Cook, Arter, King, Defoe, Mousset, Gosling, Ibe, Afobe.

Manchester City

Manchester City will be without Kyle Walker through suspension for Saturday's Premier League trip to Bournemouth.

The right-back was controversially sent off in Monday's draw against Everton and is set to be replaced in the line-up by fellow new signing Danilo.

Kyle Walker will be missing for City after picking up a red card against Everton on Monday

Left-back Benjamin Mendy (thigh) will travel with the squad but the game may come too soon, while midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (knee) will feature for the elite development squad.

Provisional squad: Ederson, Bravo, Danilo, Kompany, Otamendi, Stones, Adarabioyo, Mangala, Sane, Gundogan, Toure, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, D Silva, B Silva, Sterling, Foden, Diaz, Jesus, Aguero.

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

Eddie Howe’s side have lost all four of their Premier League meetings with Man City with a combined scoreline of 1-15.

Manchester City are one of only two clubs to have won away at Bournemouth in both 2015-16 and 2016-17 in the Premier League (the other being Chelsea).

Bournemouth have faced Manchester City on 10 occasions in league football previously, but haven’t won any of these games (W0 D2 L8).

The Cherries have a 0% win ratio against five different clubs in league football (Arsenal, Man City, Spurs, Wimbledon & Kidderminster) & Manchester City are the team that they have faced the most without winning (10 games).

Bournemouth have lost both of their opening two Premier League games this season – they haven’t lost their first three league games in a campaign since 1994-95 in the third tier.

Manchester City have won all four of their Premier League meetings with Bournemouth

The Cherries have won just one of their previous nine Premier League matches in the month of August and have picked up just five points from these games (W1 D2 L6).

Manchester City have won eight and drawn one of their Premier League matches in the month of August since 2015-16.

Manchester City have had a possession figure of at least 55% in all 40 of their Premier League games under Pep Guardiola. Their two games so far this season have seen them post 78.2% (vs Brighton) and 65.3% (vs Everton).

Sergio Aguero has scored in seven successive Premier League away appearances – only one player has enjoyed a better run than this in the competition; Robin van Persie with a nine-game run between December 2010 and May 2011.

Raheem Sterling has scored five Premier League goals against Bournemouth; more than versus any other club in the competition. This includes his only Premier League hat-trick, netted in October 2015 at the Etihad Stadium.