AFC Bournemouth vs Arsenal Preview

AFC Bournemouth vs Arsenal

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Vitality Stadium

Date:  19th October 2024

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

After the second international break of the season, the Premier League returns this Saturday with Arsenal travelling to the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth.

Bournemouth would have welcomed the international break as a chance to regroup following a run of three defeats from their four most recent Premier League matches (W1). The most recent was away to Leicester City (1-0). They did record a 3-1 victory at home over Southampton prior to that though, and that win handed the Cherries what was just a second win from their previous six home league matches (D2, L2).

While manager Andoni Iraola has had a largely positive impact at Bournemouth since his appointment, there’s no denying that his side have struggled to upset the odds. Each of his side’s last ten Premier League wins was against teams sitting in the bottom half of the table at the time, highlighting a concerning record against the division’s elite, which is compounded by their record of five straight defeats against Arsenal.

Meanwhile, the Gunners are looking strong after registering ten straight competitive games unbeaten (W7, D3). This is thanks in part to the comforts of each of their last four fixtures coming at the Emirates.

That means this contest is their first away test since a 2-2 draw with Manchester City, and there’s a chance Mikel Arteta’s men could go three competitive away games without an away win for the first time this calendar year. having drawn 0-0 in the Champions League at Atalanta before that.

Having not lost to Bournemouth since January 2018 (W8, D1 since), Arsenal will likely be confident even despite having to monitor the fitness of several players such as Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka. Not that it should be needed, but added motivation could be found in the fact the North London club are looking to become the second side after Liverpool to record 2,000 top-flight wins.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

April 5, 2025
Everton 12:30 Arsenal
Crystal Palace 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Aston Villa 17:30 Nottingham Forest
April 6, 2025
Brentford 14:00 Chelsea
Fulham 14:00 Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Southampton
Manchester United 16:30 Manchester City
April 7, 2025
Leicester City 20:00 Newcastle United
April 12, 2025
Manchester City 12:30 Crystal Palace
Brighton & Hov… 15:00 Leicester City
Nottingham Forest 15:00 Everton
Southampton 15:00 Aston Villa
Arsenal 17:30 Brentford
April 13, 2025
Chelsea 14:00 Ipswich Town
Liverpool 14:00 West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 14:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:30 Manchester United
April 14, 2025
AFC Bournemouth 20:00 Fulham

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 30 22 7 1 70 27 +43 73
2 Arsenal 30 17 10 3 55 25 +30 61
3 Nottingham Forest 30 17 6 7 50 35 +15 57
4 Chelsea 30 15 7 8 54 37 +17 52
5 Manchester City 30 15 6 9 57 40 +17 51
6 Newcastle United 29 15 5 9 49 39 +10 50
7 Aston Villa 30 13 9 8 44 45 -1 48
8 Brighton & Hov… 30 12 11 7 48 45 +3 47
9 Fulham 30 12 9 9 44 40 +4 45
10 AFC Bournemouth 30 12 8 10 49 38 +11 44
11 Brentford 30 12 5 13 51 47 +4 41
12 Crystal Palace 29 10 10 9 37 34 +3 40
13 Manchester United 30 10 7 13 37 41 -4 37
14 Tottenham Hotspur 30 10 4 16 55 44 +11 34
15 Everton 30 7 13 10 32 37 -5 34
16 West Ham United 30 9 7 14 33 50 -17 34
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 8 5 17 41 58 -17 29
18 Ipswich Town 30 4 8 18 30 63 -33 20
19 Leicester City 30 4 5 21 25 67 -42 17
20 Southampton 30 2 4 24 22 71 -49 10

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