Manchester United will be hosting Bournemouth on Saturday, March 4th, and they will be coming into this match after capturing the League Cup against Southampton mid-week. Bournemouth are on a 7 match winless streak, and they look unable to challenge United, who captured their first silverware of the season.
Manchester United (13-3-9) are coming into this match with quite some momentum, as they managed to capture the League Cup mid-week, after defeating Southampton by 2-3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the man of the match with two personal goals, while he scored his second at the 87th minute to give his team the trophy. Manchester United have now won their last 6 matches in all competitions, while they are still competing for the FA Cup and the Europa League as well. As far as the Premier League is concerned, Manchester United are currently sitting at the 6th spot with 48 points, 1 point behind the 5th Liverpool, and 5 point behind the 2nd Tottenham. but with a match in hand. They have been amazing the past 4 months with a 19-1-6 record in all competitions, while they have been undefeated at home in that span (11-0-4).
On the other hand, Bournemouth (7-14-5) are still struggling to pull themselves out of the slump, as they were defeated once again, this time by 1-2 in the hands of West Brom. Even though they took the lead at the 5th minute, their opponents had managed to overturn the result in their favour by the 21st minute. That was their 4th consecutive loss, and their 7 match without winning (0-5-2), as they moved ever closer to the red line. They are currently sitting at the 14th spot of the Premier League with 26 points, just 4 points away from the relegation zone. Their biggest problem this season has been their ineffective defense, as they have the worst defense in the league with 51 conceded goals, 20 of which have came at the last 7 matches. They are pretty bad on the road (2-9-2), where they have already conceded 30 goals in 13 matches so far.