Several Manchester City players will be bidding to atone for underwhelming FA Cup final performances in Tuesday's Premier League showdown with Bournemouth at the Etihad Stadium, and Erling Haaland is one of them.
The Norway international was powerless to prevent Pep Guardiola's men from falling to a crushing 1-0 loss to Crystal Palace at Wembley, where he gave up a first-half penalty to Omar Marmoush.
A penny for Haaland's thoughts when Dean Henderson guessed the right way and kept out the Egyptian's effort, although he then failed to make the most of the follow-up, seemingly getting caught in two minds over whether to shoot or cross.
However, Haaland should hold his place up top for City's final home game of the season, where the former Borussia Dortmund starlet aims for better fortunes against Andoni Iraola's team.
Here, Sports Mole takes a look at the striker's record against Bournemouth, including overall wins, goals and assists.
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Erling Haaland's record vs. Bournemouth
Played: 6
Won: 5
Drawn: 0
Lost: 1
Goals: 2
Assists: 1
Since joining Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2022, Haaland has faced Bournemouth competitively six times, five in the Premier League and one in the FA Cup, and has helped the Citizens come out on top on five occasions.
City have scored an impressive 18 goals across the six matches that Haaland has played in against the Cherries, but the Norwegian - to the surprise of many - has only contributed to three of those, scoring two and assisting one.
Haaland was unable to mark his home debut in the Premier League in August 2022 with a goal against Bournemouth, but he did register a 19th-minute assist with his first touch of the game, as the Citizens ran out comfortable 4-0 winners.
Six months later, Haaland scored his first and only goal to date against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, tapping home from close range Man City's second goal in a 4-1 victory.
The following campaign, Haaland failed to make the net ripple during the first 45 minutes of a thumping 6-1 home win against the Cherries in November 2023.
City's No.9 then played for 75 minutes in the reverse fixture at the Vitality Stadium three months later, but once again drew a blank in front of goal as teammate Phil Foden scored the only goal in a narrow 1-0 victory.
Haaland failed to score during 90 minutes in a 2-1 Premier League defeat for the Citizens in November 2024, but he was on target in the 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final win a few months later.
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Oliver Thomas
