Arsenal vs Bournemouth Matchday Stats Preview

Arsenal have won all six of their home Premier League matches against Bournemouth. The Gunners have only played more home games against Stoke while maintaining a 100% record (10/10).

Bournemouth have only picked up five points in 13 Premier League matches against Arsenal (W1 D2 L10) and have never kept a clean sheet against the Gunners. The Cherries have only played more games against Man City (14) without recording a shutout.

Arsenal have won 13 of their 15 Premier League games so far in 2024, dropping points only against Manchester City (0-0) and Aston Villa (0-2) this year. However, the Gunners have conceded four goals in their last four league games, as many as in their previous 11 combined.

Since Bournemouth picked up their first Premier League win of the season at the end of October (v Burnley), they have picked up 45 points in 26 matches (W13 D6 L7); only the current top four sides have more in this time. They have never won more matches in a top-flight campaign than their 13 in 2023-24 (also 13 in 2018-19).

Arsenal have scored a league-high 85 goals in their 35 Premier League games this season, with their average of 2.4 goals-per-game their highest across a single campaign since 1934-35, when they scored 115 goals in 42 matches (2.7 per game).

Bournemouth have won 1-0 at Wolves and 3-0 against Brighton in their last two Premier League games – never before have they won three consecutive top-flight games without conceding.

Arsenal have recorded the biggest positive difference between their goals and expected goals by any side in both of the last two Premier League seasons: +15.4 this season (85 goals from 69.6 xG), and +15.7 last term (88 goals from 72.3 xG). Indeed, since the start of 2022-23 Arsenal’s difference of 31.1 between goals (173) and xG (141.9) is the largest of any side in Europe’s big-five leagues.

Kai Havertz’s first Premier League goal for Arsenal came in their 4-0 win at Bournemouth in the reverse fixture. The German has been involved in 13 goals in his last 11 league games for the Gunners, scoring eight and assisting five.

Bukayo Saka has scored 15 goals and assisted nine more in the Premier League this season. He could become only the second Arsenal player to register double figures for both goals and assists in consecutive Premier League campaigns (14G 11A last term) after Dennis Bergkamp in 1997-98 and 1998-99.

Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert has registered as many goal involvements in his last six Premier League games (4 – 3 goals, 1 assist) as he had in his first 23 in the competition (4 goals).