Man City v Bournemouth Hospitality Tickets & Packages

The Etihad Stadium Hospitality Dress Code

At the Etihad Stadium, guests are wanted to feel that ‘warm welcome’ from the staff. The dress code for Man City home games at the Etihad Stadium is smart casual, which is great for those in need of an action-packed day. The Etihad Stadium strictly prohibits:

• Tracksuits
• Caps
• Shorts
• Offensive clothing and away tops are strictly prohibited

However, the clothing listed below is acceptable

• Jeans
• Smart, clean trainers
• Home jersey tops

Please be aware that these rules do not apply to children under the age of 12 years old.

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are set to welcome a Bournemouth side led by fellow Spaniard Andoni Iraola at the iconic Etihad Stadium located in the heart of the city of Manchester during the 2025/26 Premier League season.

The ambition for this season for City is to go on to win the title and become the reigning Champions of England by dethroning the winners of last season’s Premier League title, Arne Slot’s Liverpool. They can take a crucial step closer to achieving this goal by defeating their South Coast counterparts here. It would also create momentum, which is always important for any team participating in a title race.

The current Head Coach of Manchester City Football Club is of course Pep Guardiola, and he has been in charge since he took over officially from his predecessor Manuel Pellegrini just before the start of the 2016/17 season. Confirmation of his appointment was received on 1st February 2016, with his Chilean counterpart, Pellegrini, in charge for the remainder of that campaign.

Last season (2024/25), Guardiola and his City side were unable to retain the title with them having to settle for what was a 3rd place finish in the end for the Cityzens after they had managed to accumulate a grand total of 71 points from their 38 games overall. They did lose out on the title to Arne Slot’s Liverpool, but their top five finish did at least ensure that they had a spot in the 2025/26 edition of the highly prestigious UEFA Champions League.

Over the course of his tenure as Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has led the club to an era of domestic and European dominance. Whilst in charge, he has led his team to no less than 18 trophies to date, which includes 6 Premier League titles (2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22/ 2022/23 & 2023/24), 2 FA Cups (2018/19 & 2022/23), 4 Carabao Cup titles (2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21), 3 FA Community Shield titles (2018, 2019 & 2024), 1 UEFA Champions League title (2022/23), 1 UEFA Super Cup title (2023), and finally 1 FIFA Club World Cup (2023).

Moving on to Bournemouth, their Spanish Head Coach Andoni Iraola has been in charge of the Cherries ever since he was appointed to replace Gary O’Neil on Monday 19th June 2023. By the end of his first season in charge, they had finished up in 12th place after accumulating a grand total of 48 points from their 38 games in charge.

Then last season (2024/25), the South Coast club made history when Iraola’s side broke the club record for points in a top flight season when the Cherries got 56 points in total from their 38 games last term with them having been amongst the clubs battling for European Football ahead of the 2025/26 season. In the end, they had missed out on a place in the top seven by a margin of 9 points overall.

The last time that these two clubs came face to face competitively in all competitions was in the Premier League back on Tuesday 20th May 2025 at the Etihad Stadium in what was a comfortable 3 -1 triumph for the Cityzens. City got their goals through the likes of Omar Marmoush (14’), Bernardo Silva (38’), and Nico Gonzalez (89’), whilst the Cherries got their goal through Daniel Johnson in the latter stages of stoppage time in the second half (90+6’).

Overall, Manchester City and Bournemouth have met competitively in all competitions on no less than 24 occasions, and it is City with the most wins in this fixture to date with as many as 21 victories compared with the Cherries’ total of 1 overall. There have also been 2 draws so far between these two teams.

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