Man Utd vs Bournemouth Prediction & Preview - Premier League
Bournemouth 2-2 Manchester United, played on the south coast on 20 March 2026, is the only meeting either of these sides has to look back on before Sunday, and it landed 219 days before this one. Four goals, nothing settled. Manchester United and Bournemouth now meet again in the Premier League at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Sunday, 25 October 2026 at 14:00 GMT, and you can make your call on the Manchester United vs Bournemouth match page.
What time is Manchester United vs Bournemouth kick-off?
Manchester United vs Bournemouth kicks off at 14:00 GMT on Sunday, 25 October 2026 at Old Trafford in Manchester, in the Premier League.
- Fixture: Manchester United v Bournemouth
- Competition: Premier League
- Date: Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Kick-off: 14:00 GMT
- Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
What the last meeting between these sides suggests
That 2-2 in March is the one piece of recent evidence here, and it points at an open game rather than a comfortable home afternoon. Both sides scored. Neither held on.
It also fits what both teams have been producing since. Both sides scored in four of Manchester United's last six matches, and in three of Bournemouth's.
Three points against ten: how the two sides arrive
Manchester United have not won any of their last six. Three draws, three defeats, three points, five goals scored and nine conceded, and no clean sheet in any of them. They drew 1-1 away to Leeds United 7 days before this fixture, lost 0-2 away to Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, and drew 1-1 at home to Tottenham Hotspur. Of those six, they have won none of their three at home.
Bournemouth have taken 10 points from the same number of games - three wins, a draw, two defeats. They beat Sunderland 2-0 at home 7 days before this match and put three past SK Sturm Graz in the UEFA Europa League before that. They have scored two or more in four of six and kept two clean sheets.
The caveat sits in the middle of that run. Bournemouth were beaten 1-5 away at Chelsea on 10 October, and they have won one of their last two away matches. Their defence has conceded nine in six, exactly as many as United's.
Team news for Manchester United and Bournemouth
Michael Carrick's selection question is Lisandro Martínez, who went off at half-time at Leeds with a thigh problem and was due an update on Tuesday, with this weekend a possible return point LiveScore. Marco Rose, appointed as Bournemouth head coach for this season in place of Andoni Iraola NBC Sports, is without Alex Scott, Veljko Milosavljević, Julián Araujo and Eli Junior Kroupi, though Rose has said Scott's thigh injury is healing faster than the six to eight weeks first put on it Sports Mole.
Manchester United vs Bournemouth prediction
Bournemouth to win 2-1 at Old Trafford is our prediction for Manchester United vs Bournemouth in the Premier League on Sunday, 25 October 2026. Manchester United have drawn three and lost three of their last six, have failed to score in two of them, and have not won any of their three home games in that run. Bournemouth arrive with 10 points against United's three and have scored twice or more in four of six. The 2-2 in March says goals at both ends, and United's lack of a single clean sheet in six says the same.
Our prediction: Manchester United 1-2 Bournemouth
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