Arsenal vs Bournemouth Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th May 2024

Arsenal enjoy home advantage, when visitors Bournemouth swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

The Gunners enjoy the view from the top of the table with 80 points after 35 matches. Bournemouth find themselves positioned as number 10 in the Premier League with 48 points following 35 rounds.

We are bound to see an exciting game on Saturday as both Arsenal and Bournemouth are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

There are no shortage of goals, when Arsenal enter the pitch, as they pulled off a formidable average of 2.7 goals per game. An excellent total of 27 goals scored, while allowing six goals against. The latter makes an average of 0.6 conceded per game. During this run, they fought their way to six clean sheets.

When it comes to goal-scoring Bournemouth are not the most prolific side. They scored a sustainable 19 times in their previous ten matches, making it 1.9 goals per game. They conceded 13 goals for an average of 1.3 a game, achieving a clean sheet in four of these matches.

Arsenal had a good reading on Bournemouth in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-2 and 4-0, respectively.

Arsenal vs Bournemouth Prediction

Arsenal Form

Arsenal are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 0-2 win against Wolverhampton. They went on to beat Chelsea by 5-0, before also getting the better of Tottenham in a 2-3 victory. Arsenal have been in potent form at Emirates Stadium, winning no less than five of the past six Premier League matches here. They also hammered in 16 goals, while letting in five as they also lost once.

Bournemouth Form

In their last three matches, Bournemouth lost against Aston Villa by 3-1, beat Wolverhampton by 0-1 winning 3-0 against Brighton. Bournemouth claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads ten goals conceded and eight scored.

Arsenal won eight matches, scored 34 goals and conceded 16 in their last 16 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. This earned them 28 points. Bournemouth took two wins from their last 16 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They collected 12 points, scored 17 goals and conceded 34. Arsenal claimed 25 wins, five draws as well as five defeats in the Premier League this season. Bournemouth enjoy a record of 13 wins, nine draws and 13 defeats in the Premier League.

Arsenal vs Bournemouth Squads

Arsenal Squad

Arteta will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Bournemouth from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Aaron Ramsdale (0/6), David Raya (0/29), James Hillson (0/0), Karl Hein (0/0), Ben White (4/34), Cedric Soares (0/3), Gabriel (4/33), Jakub Kiwior (1/19), Jurrien Timber (0/1), Oleksandr Zinchenko (1/26), Takehiro Tomiyasu (1/19), William Saliba (2/35), Declan Rice (6/35), Emile Smith Rowe (0/12), Fabio Vieira (1/11), Jorginho (0/23), Kai Havertz (12/34), Martin Oedegaard (8/32), Mohamed Elneny (0/3), Thomas Partey (0/11), Bukayo Saka (15/33), Edward Nketiah (5/27), Gabriel Jesus (4/24), Gabriel Martinelli (6/32), Leandro Trossard (10/31), Reiss Nelson (0/15).

Bournemouth Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Bournemouth players that the manager Andoni Iraola will choose from for the upcoming game:

Darren Randolph (0/0), Ionut Andrei Radu (0/2), Mark Travers (0/2), Neto (0/31), Adam Smith (0/26), Chris Mepham (0/10), Illia Zabarnyi (1/34), James Hill (0/5), Lloyd Kelly (0/21), Marcos Senesi (4/28), Max Aarons (0/18), Milos Kerkez (0/27), Ryan Fredericks (0/0), Alex Scott (1/20), Dango Ouattara (1/27), Dominic Sadi (0/0), Justin Kluivert (7/29), Lewis Cook (0/30), Marcus Tavernier (3/28), Philip Billing (2/27), Ryan Christie (0/34), Tyler Adams (0/2), Antoine Semenyo (8/30), Dominic Solanke (18/35), Enes Unal (2/13), Luis Sinisterra (2/20), Michael DaCosta (0/0), Romain Faivre (0/4).

Arsenal vs Bournemouth Team News

Arsenal could have up to six missing players for various reasons for their upcoming match against Bournemouth on Saturday.

Emile Smith Rowe, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gabriel Jesus, Fabio Vieira, Thomas Partey and Jurrien Timber are all absent from the Arsenal squad that faces Bournemouth at Emirates Stadium.

Bournemouth have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match on Saturday against Arsenal. Milos Kerkez is ineligible for selection in the Bournemouth squad, as he is suspended.

James Hill, Max Aarons, Darren Randolph, Tyler Adams and Ryan Fredericks all face a spell on the sidelines for Bournemouth due to various injuries.

Arsenal vs Bournemouth Lineups

Arsenal vs Bournemouth H2H

Arsenal won the last two meetings against Bournemouth, as they followed up a 3-2 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 4-0 score. Arsenal enjoy a good 7-2-1 advantage against Bournemouth, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 2/9.

Arsenal vs Bournemouth Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Arsenal and Bournemouth. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/11 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Arsenal vs Bournemouth Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Kai Havertz so far as he currently has 12 goals on his account during this season. He also hit the net four times in his last six games, leaving Arsenal hoping he delivers against Bournemouth on Saturday as well. Siding with him to score in the upcoming game seems like a reasonable choice.

Arsenal claimed all three points seven times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Bournemouth won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four in this series of matches. Who'll impose themselves on the match first at Emirates Stadium on Saturday? Arsenal scored the opening goal eight times in 10 home games, while Bournemouth did it in six of their last 10 away games.

Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between Arsenal and Bournemouth, while over 2.5 goals happened eight times. Arsenal managed an average of 2.6 goals, with Bournemouth averaging one goal in these. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Arsenal’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Bournemouth, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.9 times goals per game.