Bournemouth vs MU Prediction, 08:30 July 31: The Red Devils fall

TPO - Football commentary on the MU vs Bournemouth match, a club friendly, at 8:30 a.m. on July 31 - Information on squad, expected lineup, form, and history of confrontation. Bournemouth showed their strength against Everton with a convincing victory, and a similar scenario could happen against a MU that is likely to rotate its lineup compared to the victory over West Ham.

Pre-match review

After both winning their opening matches, Bournemouth and MU will face off at Soldier Field (Chicago, USA) in the Premier League Summer Series - an important test before the new season.

Bournemouth, the highest-ranked team in the Premier League last season, started the tournament with a dominant win over Everton. On the other side, Manchester United also showed many positive signs when they beat West Ham 2-1, a performance that improved significantly compared to a series of poor friendlies, including an unbelievable defeat to the ASEAN All-Stars XI during the Asian tour.

However, the overall picture at Old Trafford is still very grey. Coach Ruben Amorim, who was expected to revive the Red Devils after replacing Erik ten Hag last November, is under huge pressure after a disastrous season, where MU only finished 15th, the worst result in Premier League history.

The gap of exactly half the points compared to Liverpool last season is a warning: if MU does not improve strongly, Amorim's seat will not be stable for much longer.

Before entering the difficult Premier League opening match against Arsenal, MU will test Bournemouth, Everton and Fiorentina in turn at the Summer Series.

The first challenge is Bournemouth, which is quite difficult. MU has not won against this opponent in the last 4 matches, including 2 consecutive 0-3 defeats at Old Trafford.

As for Bournemouth, coach Andoni Iraola is proving that last season's 9th place was no coincidence. Despite parting ways with Dean Huijsen and Milos Kerkez, the team has maintained a stable performance, winning consecutively against Hibernian, Bristol City and most recently Everton 3-0.

If they continue to maintain their winning streak, Bournemouth will have a perfect start before meeting Real Sociedad and entering the away match at Anfield in the opening round of the Premier League.

Form, head-to-head history

Recent encounters also show that Bournemouth is slightly better. In the last 5 confrontations, they won 2, drew 2 and lost only 1 to MU.

The last time the Red Devils defeated Bournemouth was more than 2 years ago, on May 20, 2023.

Force information

MU will be without Lisandro Martinez, Noussair Mazraoui, Joshua Zirkzee and new signing Bryan Mbeumo.

For Bournemouth, coach Iraola has the strongest squad with two new players Djordje Petrovic and Adrien Truffert likely to continue to play in the starting lineup. After being given extra rest due to international duty, Alex Scott and Julian Araujo could be named in the starting lineup for this match.

Expected lineup:

Bournemouth : Petrovic; Araujo, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Truffert; Billing, Scott, Brooks; Semenyo, Evanilson, Ouattara

MU: Bayindir; Yoro, Maguire, Heaven; Dalot, Casemiro, Mount, Shaw; Fernandes, Hojlund, Cunha

Score prediction: Bournemouth 2-1 MU

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