Bournemouth vs Man City LIVE early team news, predicted line up and score predictions

Manchester City make the long trip down south this teatime as they face AFC Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.

City are looking to bounce back after surrendering slender leads in their last two matches in all competitions. Last weekend, despite dominating against Nottingham Forest, Pep Guardiola's side had to settle for a point following a late goal by Chris Wood.

In midweek, the Blues restarted their Champions League campaign in Germany against RB Leipzig. Once again, City led at the interval thanks to a Riyad Mahrez strike.

However, the Bundesliga hosts managed to find an equaliser in the second half thanks to a close range header from Josko Gvardiol. City now travel to Dorset hoping to keep up the pressure on leaders Arsenal, who face Leicester earlier in the afternoon.

Guardiola will be without the services of centre-backs Aymeric Laporte and John Stones but in his press conference on Friday, the Catalan manager appeared to suggest that Kevin De Bruyne could be fit enough to make his return. Although, a final decision was expected to be made after yesterday's training session.

Follow all the updates and analysis from Bournemouth below.

It has not been a good week for Erling Haaland, and that means it has also not been a good week for anyone sick of the debate over whether he fits into the team or should be at another club. It's probably not the best time for another away game, and one against a club who were one of the few who stopped him scoring in the first round of fixtures! Or maybe it is, and come this evening everyone will be talking about how good he is again.

Wednesday night saw substitutions - or lack of - become a talking point again. It pops up intermittently for Guardiola and the manager always hates