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Bournemouth v Arsenal : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 3rd Jan, 17:30 BST, Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth

Andoni Iraola Sagarna's Bournemouth side enjoy home advantage in the English Premier League on Saturday evening, as Mikel Arteta Amatriain's Arsenal arrive at the Vitality Stadium. In this preview you'll find the best odds for 17 top betting markets as well as predictions, stats and head-to-head data for these two clubs. All can be selected using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be 3 goals or less scored by Bournemouth and Arsenal combined during the standard 90 minutes. Up to date form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to our prediction, and we think there's a 80% chance of it coming in. The top price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.40.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
Our predictive algorithm calculates that a draw is actually the most likely outcome in this fixture. There’s a 40% chance of Bournemouth and Arsenal ending level, and the bookies have it priced at 0.00.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bournemouth
28%
5/14/1
Draw
28%
31/1016/5
Arsenal
45%
8/158/13
Arsenal 1-0
13%
8/113/2
Draw 1-1
13%
15/213/2
Draw 0-0
10%
12/111/1
Bournemouth 1-0
10%
20/112/1
Arsenal 2-0
9%
15/27/1
Arsenal 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Bournemouth 2-1
6%
20/114/1
Bournemouth 2-0
5%
33/120/1
Draw 2-2
4%
16/112/1
Arsenal 3-0
4%
11/110/1
Arsenal 3-1
4%
12/110/1
Bournemouth 3-1
2%
50/128/1
Arsenal 3-2
2%
25/118/1
Bournemouth 3-0
2%
66/140/1
Bournemouth 3-2
1%
40/128/1
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
4/67/10
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
6/521/20
Home 1st Goal
43%
7/415/8
Away 1st Goal
51%
4/91/2
No 1st Goal
6%
12/110/1
BTTS - Yes
46%
3/44/5
BTTS - No
54%
1/119/20
BTTS - Home Win
11%
9/17/1
BTTS - Draw
18%
4/14/1
BTTS - Away Win
17%
21/1011/5
Home/draw
55%
11/85/4
Away/draw
72%
1/81/6
Home/away
72%
2/92/9
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
1/52/9
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
7/229/10
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
13/817/10
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
1/22/5
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
7/24/1
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
1/52/13
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
9/117/2
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/161/20
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/251/33
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
12/110/1
Home DNB
47%
7/227/10
Away DNB
64%
2/111/4
Bournemouth win to nil
17%
10/1-
Arsenal win to nil
28%
13/8-
Bournemouth / Bournemouth
9%
9/113/2
Bournemouth / Arsenal
4%
20/116/1
Bournemouth / Draw
5%
18/112/1
Draw / Bournemouth
7%
12/19/1
Draw / Arsenal
18%
7/27/2
Draw / Draw
13%
6/119/4
Arsenal / Bournemouth
2%
40/128/1
Arsenal / Arsenal
35%
11/811/8
Arsenal / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Bournemouth have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Bournemouth have conceded 30 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Bournemouth have played 9 games at home, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 11 goals, conceded 6 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Arsenal lay in 1st place on 45 points in the Premier League league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 14, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 37 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Arsenal have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Arsenal have played 9 away games, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bournemouth
Arsenal
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal1914322545 
Jan 3
Apr 11
-
-
2
Man City1813142640 
May 17
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
3
A Villa191234739 
Feb 7
l
 
4-0A
w
 
4-1F
l
 
2-1A
4
Liverpool181026432 
Jan 24
l
 
4-2A
Jan 8
l
 
1-0A
5
Chelsea198651130 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
Mar 1
d
 
1-1A
6
Man Utd19865430 
Mar 21
d
 
4-4A
Jan 25
w
 
0-1F
7
Sunderland18774228 
Feb 28
l
 
3-2F
Feb 7
d
 
2-2A
8
Everton19847028 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 10
Mar 14
w
 
0-1F
9
Newcastle19757226 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
Apr 25
w
 
1-2A
10
Brentford18828226 
Mar 4
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-0F
Feb 12
11
C Palace18756126 
May 2
d
 
3-3F
w
 
1-0F
May 24
12
Fulham18828-126 
w
 
3-1A
May 9
May 2
w
 
0-1F
13
Spurs18747425 
Jan 7
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-1F
Feb 22
14
Brighton19676125 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 19
w
 
2-1F
Mar 4
15
Bournemouth19586-623 
-
-
Apr 11
Jan 3
16
Leeds18558-720 
Apr 25
d
 
2-2F
w
 
5-0F
Jan 31
17
Nottm Forest195311-1218 
w
 
2-0F
May 24
w
 
3-0F
Jan 17
18
West Ham193511-1714 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 21
w
 
2-0F
May 9
19
Burnley193313-1712 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 14
May 17
w
 
0-2F
20
Wolves190316-293 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
w
 
2-1F
Mar 21
Win / draw / win form
4
Arsenal have won 4 consecutive league games
Bournemouth 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bournemouth1 - 1Burnley
Bournemouth0 - 0Chelsea
Bournemouth0 - 1Everton
Bournemouth2 - 2West Ham
Bournemouth2 - 0Nottm Forest
Bournemouth3 - 1Fulham
Bournemouth0 - 0Newcastle
Bournemouth2 - 1Brighton
Bournemouth1 - 0Wolves
Bournemouth2 - 0Leicester
Bournemouth0 - 1A Villa
Bournemouth1 - 1Man Utd
Bournemouth1 - 0Fulham
Bournemouth1 - 2Ipswich
Bournemouth1 - 2Brentford
Bournemouth0 - 1Wolves
Bournemouth0 - 2Liverpool
Bournemouth5 - 0Nottm Forest
Bournemouth1 - 0Everton
Bournemouth0 - 0C Palace
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABournemouth2 - 2Chelsea
ABournemouth1 - 4Brentford
HBournemouth1 - 1Burnley
ABournemouth4 - 4Man Utd
HBournemouth0 - 0Chelsea
HBournemouth0 - 1Everton
ABournemouth2 - 3Sunderland
HBournemouth2 - 2West Ham
ABournemouth0 - 4A Villa
ABournemouth1 - 3Man City
HBournemouth2 - 0Nottm Forest
ABournemouth3 - 3C Palace
HBournemouth3 - 1Fulham
ABournemouth2 - 2Leeds
HBournemouth0 - 0Newcastle
HBournemouth2 - 1Brighton
ABournemouth1 - 0Spurs
HBournemouth1 - 0Wolves
ABournemouth2 - 4Liverpool
HBournemouth2 - 0Leicester
Arsenal 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
Draw
7
L
2
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Everton0 - 1Arsenal
A Villa2 - 1Arsenal
Chelsea1 - 1Arsenal
Sunderland2 - 2Arsenal
Burnley0 - 2Arsenal
Fulham0 - 1Arsenal
Newcastle1 - 2Arsenal
Liverpool1 - 0Arsenal
Man Utd0 - 1Arsenal
Southampton1 - 2Arsenal
Liverpool2 - 2Arsenal
Ipswich0 - 4Arsenal
Everton1 - 1Arsenal
Man Utd1 - 1Arsenal
Nottm Forest0 - 0Arsenal
Leicester0 - 2Arsenal
Wolves0 - 1Arsenal
Brighton1 - 1Arsenal
Brentford1 - 3Arsenal
C Palace1 - 5Arsenal
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
15
D
3
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HArsenal4 - 1A Villa
HArsenal2 - 1Brighton
AArsenal1 - 0Everton
HArsenal2 - 1Wolves
AArsenal1 - 2A Villa
HArsenal2 - 0Brentford
AArsenal1 - 1Chelsea
HArsenal4 - 1Spurs
AArsenal2 - 2Sunderland
AArsenal2 - 0Burnley
HArsenal1 - 0C Palace
AArsenal1 - 0Fulham
HArsenal2 - 0West Ham
AArsenal2 - 1Newcastle
HArsenal1 - 1Man City
HArsenal3 - 0Nottm Forest
AArsenal0 - 1Liverpool
HArsenal5 - 0Leeds
AArsenal1 - 0Man Utd
AArsenal2 - 1Southampton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Bournemouth since 2016
Bournemouth
Arsenal
Goals: Scored
9
16
Games: Scored
5 / 8
7 / 8
Clean sheets
1 / 8
3 / 8
BOU
2
D
2
ARS
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bournemouth
Bournemouth2 - 0
0 - 4Arsenal
0 - 3Arsenal
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Arsenal
Bournemouth2 - 1
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 2Arsenal
League games at Arsenal since 2015
Arsenal
Bournemouth
Goals: Scored
21
6
Games: Scored
8 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
0 / 8
BOU
1
ARS
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Arsenal
1 - 2Bournemouth
Arsenal3 - 0
Arsenal3 - 2
Arsenal1 - 0
Arsenal5 - 1
Arsenal3 - 0
Arsenal3 - 1
Arsenal2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Arsenal's defensive record is very strong, M. Arteta's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive English Premier League games. An average PG rating of 1.0 for Bournemouth makes sense in this context.

Bournemouth 15th Arsenal 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Bournemouth scoring 1 goal or less
0
26%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Arsenal will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-28
Bournemouth have scored 28% fewer goals at home than predicted
+2
Arsenal’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.2
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
0.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
Bournemouth
PG (predicted goals)
Arsenal
1
1.3
Attack rating
BOU
ARS
24%
better
view stats
Games scored14
17
Failed to score4
1
Scored first8
12
Goals scored27
33
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.7
Avg. shots per game10
10
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
17
Avg. XG for1.6
2
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
BOU
ARS
42%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
9
Clean sheets5
9
Conceded first8
6
Goals conceded33
11
Avg. goals conceded1.7
0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded8
4
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
8
Conversion rate against21%
13%
Avg. XG against1.4
0.8
KickOff rating
+42%

Bournemouth v Arsenal Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Bournemouth Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19936
Đorđe PetrovićA SemenyoM SenesiM Senesi
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Đorđe Petrović GLK19
1
-
A Truffert DEF191
3
-
A Scott MID191
1
-
M Tavernier MID1942
3
-
M Senesi DEF183
6
-
A Semenyo FWD1893
4
-
J Kluivert MID172
4
-
D Brooks  FWD1711
6
-
Evanilson  FWD172
1
-
B Diakité DEF15
1
-
A. Jiménez Sánchez DEF151
4
-
T Adams MID1521
5
-
A Adli FWD151
-
E Kroupi FWD145
1
-
R Christie MID111
1
-
A Smith DEF101
1
-
J Hill DEF10
1
-
L Cook MID9
2
E Ünal  FWD71
1
-
V. Milosavljević DEF5
-
B Doak FWD41
-
J Soler DEF3
-
Arsenal Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19545
D RayaV GyökeresL TrossardR Calafiori
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Raya GLK19
1
-
M Zubimendi MID1931
3
-
J Timber DEF1823
2
-
M Merino MID1833
1
-
D Rice MID1823
1
-
V Gyökeres FWD175
3
-
B Saka FWD1742
1
-
R Calafiori DEF1612
5
-
W Saliba DEF15
-
L Trossard FWD1554
-
E Eze MID1442
-
G Martinelli FWD141
1
-
M. Lewis-Skelly DEF13
3
-
G Magalhães DEF1322
1
-
M Ødegaard MID1312
-
C Mosquera DEF10
1
-
P Hincapié DEF10
2
-
N Madueke FWD10
-
E Nwaneri MID6
-
B White DEF51
-
G Jesus  FWD41
1
-
C Nörgaard MID3
-
M. Dowman FWD2
-
K Havertz FWD1
-