Bournemouth vs Man City - Kick-off time, TV and live stream details
Manchester City buckled under the pressure as they failed to keep pace with Arsenal last weekend and face a similar scenario when they travel to the south coast to meet Bournemouth.
Pep Guardiola's men had already seen Arsenal escape Villa Park with all three points last Saturday, just days after City had earned a huge win on the Gunners' patch. But City failed to retain their joint-top of the table status as they dropped two points against Nottingham Forest due to a late Chris Wood equaliser.
City again head into this weekend with a later kick-off time than Arsenal, who meet Leicester, but will be looking for an improved performance against relegation battlers Bournemouth, though the Cherries' have picked up four points in their previous two games.
Here is all you need to know about the showdown.
When is Bournemouth vs Man City?
The two sides will meet at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday, February 25, with kick-off slated for the evening time of 5:30pm.
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Guardiola would gladly take a repeat of the previous meeting between the sides from the fixture earlier this season back in August. City ran out 4-0 winners against what was then Scott Parker's team.
Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden were all on target before Jefferson Lerma's late own goal compounded the rout.
Bournemouth have endured indifferent fortunes since, though a crucial win against Wolves last time out leaves them just outside of the drop zone and has brought some renewed optimism under the management of Gary O'Neill.
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Kevin De Bruyne scored in Man City's win over Bournemouth in August (Getty Images)What channel is it on?
The match will be screened live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League with coverage getting under way from 5pm.
Subscribers can also stream the match via the Sky Go app.
Bournemouth vs Man City odds from Betfred
Bournemouth - 9/1
Draw - 9/2
Man City - 2/7
*odds subject to change
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Team news
City are waiting on the fitness of De Bruyne and Aymeric Laporte after both missed the midweek Champions League draw with RB Leipzig, but both could be in line to return against Bournemouth.
John Stones is still ruled out, but Guardiola could ring the changes after not making a single substitution during the Leipzig clash. Phil Foden was one of the players who did not see any action, which could put him in prime position to start.
Bournemouth, meanwhile, have had a long line of injury issues and are also sweating on the fitness of several players to face City. Lerma, Marcus Tavernier and Jordan Zemura all started the win over Wolves and will be assessed ahead of Saturday as they nurse a mixture of minor injuries and illness.
Lloyd Kelly, Illia Zabarnyi and Junior Stanislas are all also nearing returns and could be in contention.
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