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Saturday 3 January 2026 · 17:30 · HT 1-1 · Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Bournemouth v Arsenal: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Bournemouth's last 9 home games and Arsenal's last 9 away games in the Premier League before kick-off, both teams scored in 8 of 18, over 2.5 goals in 6 of 18, with 8.6 corners per match (league 9.9) and 3.9 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

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Form

Table

Match stats

Bournemouth v Arsenal, full match

43%

Possession

57%

1.43

Expected goals (xG)

1.13

15

Shots

12

3

Shots on target

5

7

Corners

5

13

Fouls

8

3

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

10'

Goal

Evanilson BOU

16'

Goal

Gabriel Magalhães ARS

26'

Yellow card

Antoine Semenyo BOU

54'

Goal

Declan Rice ARS

70'

Yellow card

Martín Zubimendi ARS

71'

Goal

Declan Rice ARS

76'

Goal

Eli Junior Kroupi BOU

80'

Yellow card

Eli Junior Kroupi BOU

90+1'

Yellow card

Amine Adli BOU

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Bournemouth's last 9 home games and Arsenal's last 9 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

44%

8/18 games · League 56%

Over 1.5 goals

56%

10/18 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

33%

6/18 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 goals

17%

3/18 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

33%

6/18 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

9/18 games · League 57%

Bournemouth clean sheet

44%

4/9 games · League 26%

Arsenal clean sheet

44%

4/9 games · League 26%

Bournemouth fail to score

33%

3/9 games · League 26%

Arsenal fail to score

11%

1/9 games · League 26%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.9

League 2.8

Corners

8.6

League 9.9

Cards

3.9

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

Bournemouth

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Đorđe Petrović

DEFENDERS

3

5

20

23

MIDFIELDERS

8

Alex Scott

16

Marcus Tavernier

19

Justin Kluivert

FORWARDS

7

David Brooks

9

Evanilson

24

Antoine Semenyo

SUBSTITUTES

17

6

15

18

4

21

22

26

50

Arsenal

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

David Raya

DEFENDERS

2

5

6

12

MIDFIELDERS

8

Martin Ødegaard

36

Martín Zubimendi

41

Declan Rice

FORWARDS

11

Gabriel Martinelli

14

Viktor Gyökeres

20

Noni Madueke

SUBSTITUTES

13

4

49

10

16

23

7

9

19

Referee: Chris Kavanagh

29 games in the Premier League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.1

Red cards per game

0.14

Fouls per game

22.4

League 21.6

Penalties per game

0.18

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

All Chris Kavanagh's stats ›

Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BOU

ARS

Match

League

Win

26%

5/19

74%

14/19

38%

Draw

42%

8/19

16%

3/19

29%

11/38

24%

Loss

32%

6/19

11%

2/19

38%

Bet

BOU

ARS

League

Clean sheet

26%

5/19

47%

9/19

27%

Win to nil

16%

3/19

47%

9/19

20%

To score

79%

15/19

95%

18/19

73%

Fail to score

21%

4/19

5%

1/19

27%

Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Bournemouth

Last 5 games before this match

30 Dec

Chelsea

(A)

2-2

D

27 Dec

Brentford

(A)

1-4

L

20 Dec

Burnley

(H)

1-1

D

15 Dec

Manchester United

(A)

4-4

D

6 Dec

Chelsea

(H)

0-0

D

Arsenal

Last 5 games before this match

30 Dec

Aston Villa

(H)

4-1

W

27 Dec

Brighton & Hove Albion

(H)

2-1

W

20 Dec

Everton

(A)

1-0

W

13 Dec

Wolverhampton

(H)

2-1

W

6 Dec

Aston Villa

(A)

1-2

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Bournemouth and Arsenal haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Premier League table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Arsenal

38

26

7

5

71

27

+44

85

W

2

Manchester City

38

23

9

6

77

35

+42

78

L

D

W

D

3

Manchester United

38

20

11

7

69

50

+19

71

W

D

W

4

Aston Villa

38

19

8

11

56

49

+7

65

W

D

L

5

Liverpool

38

17

9

12

63

53

+10

60

D

L

D

L

W

6

Bournemouth

38

13

18

7

58

54

+4

57

D

W

D

7

Sunderland

38

14

12

42

48

-6

54

W

D

L

8

Brighton & Hove Albion

38

14

11

13

52

46

+6

53

L

W

L

W

9

Brentford

38

14

11

13

55

52

+3

53

D

L

W

L

10

Chelsea

38

14

10

14

58

52

+6

52

L

W

D

L

11

Fulham

38

15

7

16

47

51

-4

52

W

D

L

W

12

Newcastle United

38

14

7

17

53

55

-2

49

L

W

D

W

L

13

Everton

38

13

10

15

47

50

-3

49

L

D

L

14

Leeds United

38

11

14

13

49

56

-7

47

L

W

D

W

D

15

Crystal Palace

38

11

12

15

41

51

-10

45

L

D

L

D

L

16

Nottingham Forest

38

11

16

48

51

-3

44

D

L

D

W

17

Tottenham Hotspur

38

10

11

17

48

57

-9

41

W

L

D

W

18

West Ham United

38

10

9

19

46

65

-19

39

W

L

W

19

Burnley

38

4

10

24

38

75

-37

22

D

L

D

L

20

Wolverhampton

38

3

11

24

27

68

-41

20

D

L

D

L

Champions League

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Bournemouth v Arsenal: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Bournemouth

Arsenal

Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Bournemouth

Arsenal

Head to head

Premier League table