Hello everyone and welcome along to this Saturday afternoon's Premier League live blog, as champions Manchester City have their first home game of the new season against newly promoted side Bournemouth.

Both these sides got off to good starts last weekend, as they each won 2-0. For Manchester City, they did so away at West Ham United, with Erling Haaland impressing and scoring both goals.

As for Bournemouth, they returned to the Premier League with a 2-0 victory at home to Aston Villa.

This Saturday's test will be much more challenging for Scott Parker's side, but Pep Guardiola has been full of praise for the young coach and also expects a tough game.

It should be good fun and you can follow along via our updates, which come below with the most recent entries coming nearest the top.

Manchester City vs Bournemouth LIVE - Latest Updates

This is our live blog for this Manchester City vs Bournemouth game, which is one of the many 15:00 BST kick-offs taking place this Saturday.

For those watching on from western Europe, that is a 16:00 CEST start time, while those watching Manchester City vs Bournemouth in the USA can tune in from 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT.

The 15:00 local kick-off time means this Premier League match comes under the UK's Saturday blackout and won't be shown live in the country.

You can follow along with our live text commentary, though, which will start with the confirmed line-ups whenever they are officially announced.

For now, these are the predicted line-ups for this Manchester City vs Bournemouth game.

Manchester City's predicted starting XI vs Bournemouth: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Stones, Cancelo; Gundogan, Rodri, De Bruyne; Foden, Haaland, Grealish.

Bournemouth's predicted starting XI vs Manchester City: Travers; Smith, Kelly, Mepham, Lerma, Zemura; Tavernier, Pearson, Billing, Solanke; Moore.