📏 Form Guide

Arsenal

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Arsenal won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 0-1 Champions League loss in their previous game against Paris Saint-Germain.

In that game, Arsenal had 48% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For their opponents, Paris Saint-Germain got 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Ousmane Dembélé (4') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal have scored a sum total of 12 times over their last 6 outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those same games stands at 5.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Arsenal:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league games.

Bournemouth

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In their previous fixture, Bournemouth drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Manchester United.

In that game, Bournemouth managed 39% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Bournemouth was Antoine Semenyo (23'). On the other side, Manchester United had 25 shots on goal with 6 on target. Rasmus Højlund (96') scored for Manchester United.

In the course of their 6 most recent matches, Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth have found the net 6 times therefore yielding them a goals per game average of 1.

Leading up to this clash, Bournemouth:

• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.
• are without an away win for the past 4 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 27/01/2020 shows that Arsenal have won 5 of these and Bournemouth 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

A combined total of 20 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 15 for The Gunners and 5 belonging to The Cherries. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was Premier League match day 8 on 19/10/2024 when it ended Bournemouth 2-0 Arsenal.

On that day, Bournemouth had 48% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The goalscorers were Ryan Christie (70') and Justin Kluivert (79').

On the other side, Arsenal got 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Robert Jones.

🗞️ Team News: Arsenal

Kai Havertz (Hamstring injury), Jorginho (Chest injury), Riccardo Calafiori (Knee injury), Gabriel Magalhães (Hamstring injury), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Knee surgery) and Gabriel Jesus (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.

It looks as if The Gunners may well go for a 4-3-3 system in the match, utilising David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior, Kieran Tierney, Declan Rice, Thomas Partey, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ethan Nwaneri, Leandro Trossard and Raheem Sterling.

ℹ️ Team News: Bournemouth

Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has a number of players out of action. Ryan Christie (Groin injury) and Enes Ünal (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

From our viewpoint, The Cherries could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, Alex Scott, Tyler Adams, Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert, Dango Ouattara and Evanilson.

⚡ Prediction

In this game, Bournemouth have enough to find the back of the net against this Arsenal outfit, although it possibly won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We think that it’s going to be both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Arsenal by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Lucas Pereira, 16:03 03/05/2025