Bournemouth vs Manchester City

Manchester City have qualified for the FA Cup semi-finals for the 20th time in their history, with eight of those 20 having been achieved under Pep Guardiola. Indeed, this is the most by any side since the Spaniard took charge of the club in 2016.

Bournemouth haven’t won any of their five FA Cup home games as a top-flight side against fellow top-flight opposition (D1 L4), while they’ve now lost all three of their quarter-final matches in the competition (v Manchester United in 1957, Southampton in 2021, and Manchester City in 2025).

Manchester City restricted Bournemouth to just five shot attempts, the joint-fewest for the Cherries in a game under Andoni Iraola, and with both instances coming against Man City (previously five in a Premier League meeting in November 2023).

Bournemouth won 2-1 against Manchester City the last time they faced in November, having not won any of their first 21 meetings with the Citizens in all competitions (D2 L19).

This is the first ever FA Cup meeting between Bournemouth and Manchester City. It’s just the third time the Cherries have faced the reigning English champions in the competition after March 1957 (1-2 v Manchester United) and January 1961 (0-1 v Burnley).

This is just Bournemouth’s third appearance in the FA Cup quarter-finals, losing 2-1 against Manchester United in 1956-57 and 3-0 against Southampton in 2020-21.

Manchester City have won their last seven FA Cup quarter-final ties, with these coming in the last eight campaigns (exception being 2017-18). Their run of reaching the semi-final in six consecutive campaigns is already a record in the competition.

Bournemouth have progressed from their last two FA Cup ties against top-flight opponents (against Everton and Wolves in this season’s fourth and fifth rounds), as many as they had in their previous 17 such ties.