Bournemouth vs Man City live early team news plus kick-off time and how to watch

Manchester City will take a battered and bruised squad to Bournemouth - but Pep Guardiola insists they will still do everything to win the game.

Bournemouth beat Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium in their last home game and took a point at Aston Villa last time out. City lost their first game of the season in midweek when a much-changed side were narrowly beaten at Tottenham in the Carabao Cup. They remain the only side unbeaten in the Premier League and will stay top if they win at Bournemouth.

Pep Guardiola has at least six players out, with Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku not expected back before the international break. Rodri and Oscar Bobb are long-term absentees, while Savinho was stretchered off at Spurs. Manu Akanji, Josko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias all reported minor concerns this week, too.

Guardiola said at Spurs he only had 13 players to pick from, so today's squad could include some academy players again. Erling Haaland was rested in the Carabao Cup so is expected to come in and lead the line.

Today's game is not broadcast live in the UK, so follow below for pre-match build-up, live match updates and post-match reaction from the Vitality Stadium.

This would be a nightmare fixture schedule even before the injuries mounted up, with four away games in 11 games and 4500 miles travelled.

Tottenham, Sporting and Brighton away are tricky at any time of the year, while Bournemouth have shown continued progress under Andoni Iraola, taking four points against Arsenal and Aston Villa in their last two outings.

City were beaten at Tottenham but not disgraced, so should be able to bounce back. There were smiles on faces at full time on Wednesday, perhaps seeing the benefits of going out of the