Premier League Round 8 2026-10-25 · 14:00 UTC finished
Prediction
52% Manchester United (home) Model favorite
24% Draw
24% Bournemouth (away)
Expected goals 1.7 — 1.25 Over 2.5 goals: 56% Both teams to score: 58%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Manchester United Bournemouth
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.072.26
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.560.69
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 43
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 12.5 10.0
Matches in the last 7 days 33
Matches in the next 7 days 23
Travel to this match (km) 1178305

What the data says

Match data Moderate evidence

Manchester United vs Bournemouth: what the data says

Home last five: 0.80 points, 1.18 xG for, 1.47 against per game. Away: 1.00 / 2.24 / 0.86.

Manchester UnitedBournemouth
1.4 Big chances created per match 3.2
2.4 Big chances faced per match 1.2
1.18 xG per match 2.24

What is worth noting before kickoff?

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability is below 70%; in backtests matches in this band end as predicted about 53.4% of the time.

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Manchester United

  • injured Benjamin Sesko return: Late October 2026
  • injured Kobbie Mainoo return: About a week
  • injured Luke Shaw return: A few days
  • injured Manuel Ugarte return: Early April 2027
  • injured Marcus Rashford return: doubtful
  • injured Patrick Dorgu return: Late October 2026

Bournemouth

  • injured Alex Scott return: Early November 2026
  • injured Alex Tóth return: Early November 2026
  • injured Julián Araujo return: Late November 2026
  • injured Veljko Milosavljević return: doubtful

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Manchester United 10 · 5 5 draws · 4 Bournemouth

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-03-20AFC Bournemouth 2 - 2Manchester United
2025-12-15Manchester United 4 - 4AFC Bournemouth
2025-07-31Manchester United 4 - 1AFC Bournemouth
2025-04-27AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1Manchester United
2024-12-22Manchester United 0 - 3AFC Bournemouth
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Data coverage

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