Arsenal have won all 6 of their Premier League home games against Bournemouth. The Gunners maintain a 100% record (10/10) and play extra games at home against Stoke.
Bournemouth have collected just 5 points in 13 Premier League games against Arsenal (D1 L10) and have never kept a clean sheet against the Gunners. The Cherries have played just as many games against Man City (14) without a win.
Arsenal have won 13 of their 15 Premier League games in 2024, drawing points 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; This is as many as 11 combined goals.
Bournemouth have collected 45 points from 26 matches (13 wins, 6 wins) since their first Premier League win of the season (against Burnley) at the end of October. Only the current top four sides have more in this period. In 13 of their 2023-24 campaigns (13 games in 2018-19), they have never won a top-flight campaign.
Arsenal have scored 85 goals in 35 Premier League games this season, their highest average of 2.4 goals per game since 1934-35, when they scored 115 goals in 42 games (2.7 per game).
Bournemouth have won 1-0 at Wolves and 3-0 at Brighton in their last two Premier League games – a run of 3 consecutive top-flight games without a goal.
Arsenal recorded the biggest positive difference between goals and expected goals in both Premier League seasons: +15.4 this season (85 goals at 69.6 xG) and +15.7 last season (88 goals at 72.3 xG) . Indeed, since 2022-23, Arsenal have the biggest difference between goals per goal (173) and xG (141.9) of any side in Europe’s big-five leagues at 31.1.
Kai Havertz scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal in the reverse fixture against Bournemouth 4-0. The German has scored 13 goals and provided 8 assists in his last 11 league appearances for the Gunners.
Bukayo Saka has scored 15 goals and assisted 9 more in the Premier League this season. He can become only the second Arsenal player to reach 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 been involved in the most goals in his last 6 Premier League games (4-3 goals, 1 assist) in his first 23 games (4 goals) in the competition.