Bournemouth vs Arsenal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 19th October 2024

Arsenal are highly favoured to claim a win against Bournemouth, whom they face on Saturday. In their current shape, a win at Vitality Stadium seems to be the obvious outcome.

Placed 13th in the table Bournemouth have amassed eight points after seven matches. On 17 points, Arsenal rank threeth with seven matches played this season.

Three points for Bournemouth could go a long way in their quest to reach the top half of the Premier League table. As difficult task awaits, though, as Arsenal won't go down without a fight.

Bournemouth are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady ten goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of one per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 17 goals, or an average of 1.7 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to zero clean sheets in this run.

Arsenal scored 21 goals, conceded seven and held on for a clean sheet in five of their last ten matches.

Arsenal beat Bournemouth twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-0 and 4-0, respectively.

Bournemouth vs Arsenal Prediction

Bournemouth Form

Bournemouth are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Liverpool by a 3-0 score, before winning 3-1 against Southampton. They were back on the losing side in a 1-0 defeat against Leicester. Bournemouth claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Premier League. They also drew two and lost two, scored ten goals and conceded seven.

Arsenal Form

In their last three matches, Arsenal first beat Leicester 4-2, then Paris Saint-Germain by 2-0 and finally Southampton by 3-1. Arsenal have been outstanding on their travels lately, winning five of their previous six away matches in the Premier League. They remained undefeated as they also drew once, while scoring 11 and conceding four goals.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Bournemouth and Arsenal.

Bournemouth fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last two games against teams inside the top six. They were on target zero times in these matches, but also let in four goals. Bournemouth claimed two wins, two draws as well as three defeats in the Premier League this season. Arsenal enjoy a record of five wins, two draws and zero defeats in the Premier League.

Bournemouth vs Arsenal Squads

Bournemouth Squad

The 42-year-old coach of the home team, Andoni Iraola, will select the lineup against Arsenal from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Kepa Arrizabalaga (0/4), Mark Travers (0/1), Will Dennis (0/0), Adam Smith (0/7), Dean Huijsen (0/3), Illia Zabarnyi (0/7), James Hill (0/0), Julian Araujo (0/5), Marcos Senesi (0/5), Max Aarons (0/0), Milos Kerkez (0/7), Alex Scott (0/7), Dango Ouattara (1/6), David Brooks (0/1), Justin Kluivert (0/7), Lewis Cook (1/7), Marcus Tavernier (1/7), Philip Billing (0/2), Tyler Adams (0/0), Antoine Semenyo (3/7), Enes Unal (0/4), Evanilson (1/6), Luis Sinisterra (1/7), Ryan Christie (0/7).

Arsenal Squad

Here is the full team squad of Arsenal. The 42 year-old Mikel Arteta will select his starting lineup from the following players:

David Raya (0/7), Neto (0/2), Ben White (0/5), Gabriel (2/7), Jakub Kiwior (0/2), Jurrien Timber (0/6), Kieran Tierney (0/0), Oleksandr Zinchenko (0/2), Riccardo Calafiori (1/5), Takehiro Tomiyasu (0/1), William Saliba (0/7), Declan Rice (0/6), Jorginho (0/2), Martin Oedegaard (0/3), Mikel Merino (0/1), Thomas Partey (1/7), Bukayo Saka (2/7), Gabriel Jesus (0/5), Gabriel Martinelli (2/7), Kai Havertz (4/7), Leandro Trossard (2/7), Raheem Sterling (0/3).

Bournemouth vs Arsenal Team News

Arsenal just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. Leandro Trossard is ineligible for selection in the Arsenal squad, as he is suspended.

Bournemouth vs Arsenal Lineups

Bournemouth vs Arsenal H2H

Arsenal beat Bournemouth twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-0 and 4-0, respectively. In total, they have played five matches in past seasons with Arsenal running away with most of the points. They won four encounters, with Bournemouth stealing all 3 points in zero matches. Naturally, the last one game ended all square. The bookies have Arsenal to win this match at best price odds of 4/7.

Bournemouth vs Arsenal Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Bournemouth welcome Arsenal as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/13 with the bookies on Saturday.

Bournemouth vs Arsenal Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Antoine Semenyo, who is performing well for Bournemouth. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Arsenal.The visitors will be looking to Kai Havertz to find the net once again, after managing three Premier League goals for Arsenal in recent matches.

Bournemouth claimed six wins, drew two and lost two of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Arsenal won six, drew two and lost two of their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Bournemouth on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened three times for Arsenal in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Bournemouth managed an average of 0.7 goals, with Arsenal averaging 2.6 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Bournemouth’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in four of the last ten matches that Arsenal played across all tournaments. They scored 2.2 times on average in the process.