AFC Bournemouth: Ryan Christie (70'), Justin Kluivert (79' Pen)
Arsenal:
Competition: English Premier League
Kickoff: 16:30+UTC
Venue: Vitality Stadium - Bournemouth England
Head referee: Robert Jones
AFC Bournemouth form [old → recent]: ✅️❌️❌️✅️❌️
Arsenal form [old → recent]: ➖️✅️✅️✅️✅️
Head to head [recent → old]: (BOU-ARS): 1-1, 0-3, 0-4, 2-3, 0-3
Lineups
AFC Bournemouth 4-2-3-1:
Kepa Arrizabalaga(13) - Marcos Senesi(5) - Illia Zabarnyi(27) - Milos Kerkez(3) - Julián Araujo(22) ⇆ Adam Smith(15) - Marcus Tavernier(16) ⇆ Ryan Christie(10)⚽️ - Lewis Cook(4) - Alex Scott(8) ⇆ Justin Kluivert(19)⚽️ - Evanilson (9) ⇆ Enes Ünal(26) - Antoine Semenyo(24)🟨 - Dango Ouattara(11) ⇆ Luis Sinisterra(17)
Bench: Mark Travers - Dean Huijsen - David Brooks - Tyler Adams - Ryan Christie - Adam Smith - Enes Ünal - Justin Kluivert - Luis Sinisterra
Arsenal 4-2-3-1:
David Raya(22) - Gabriel Magalhães(6) - William Saliba(2)🟥 - Riccardo Calafiori(33) - Ben White(4)🟨 - Mikel Merino(23) ⇆ Ethan Nwaneri(53) - Declan Rice(41) - Thomas Partey(5) - Kai Havertz(29) - Leandro Trossard(19) ⇆ Gabriel Martinelli(11) - Raheem Sterling(30) ⇆ Jakub Kiwior(15) ⇆ Gabriel Jesus(9)
Bench: Jorginho - Tommy Setford - Oleksandr Zinchenko - Ismeal Kabia - Myles Lewis-Skelly - Jakub Kiwior - Ethan Nwaneri - Gabriel Martinelli - Gabriel Jesus
Match Stats
Possession: 48%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴52%
Shots On Goal: 4 - 1
Shots Attempted: 13 - 6
Fouls: 12 - 11
Yellow Cards: 1 - 1
Red Cards: 0 - 1
Corners: 7 - 4
Saves: 1 - 2
Match Events
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
First Half begins.
6' - Alex Scott (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
6' - Foul by Ben White (Arsenal).
9' - Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by William Saliba.
10' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Marcos Senesi.
11' - Attempt blocked. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross.
15' - Foul by Raheem Sterling (Arsenal).
15' - Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16' - Attempt missed. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alex Scott.
20' - Declan Rice (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20' - Foul by Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth).
22' - Alex Scott (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22' - Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).
23' - Offside, Bournemouth. Antoine Semenyo is caught offside.
27' - Foul by Dango Ouattara (Bournemouth).
27' - Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27' - Evanilson (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27' - Foul by William Saliba (Arsenal).
29' - VAR Decision: Card upgraded William Saliba (Arsenal).
30' - 🟥 William Saliba (Arsenal) is shown the red card.
33' - Attempt blocked. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Evanilson.
33' - Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Gabriel Magalhães.
35' - Attempt missed. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
36' - Attempt blocked. Evanilson (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Tavernier.
36' - Attempt saved. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lewis Cook.
36' - Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by David Raya.
37' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Jakub Kiwior replaces Raheem Sterling.
37' - Attempt blocked. Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Milos Kerkez.
37' - Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Mikel Merino.
41' - Attempt saved. Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
41' - Attempt blocked. Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Scott.
42' - Foul by Evanilson (Bournemouth).
42' - Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45' - Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
45'+1' - Attempt missed. Thomas Partey (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
45'+2' - Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Jakub Kiwior.
45'+3' - Ben White (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+3' - Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth).
45'+5' - First Half ends, Bournemouth 0, Arsenal 0.
45' - Second Half begins Bournemouth 0, Arsenal 0.
45' - 🔄 Substitution, Bournemouth. Adam Smith replaces Julián Araujo.
47' - Attempt missed. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Dango Ouattara with a cross.
48' - Alex Scott (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48' - Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal).
50' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Milos Kerkez.
51' - Attempt missed. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner.
52' - Attempt blocked. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Cook.
56' - Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
56' - Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57' - Declan Rice (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57' - Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth).
59' - Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
59' - Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60' - Attempt missed. Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Antoine Semenyo with a cross.
62' - Declan Rice (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62' - Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth).
63' - 🟨 Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card.
63' - 🔄 Substitution, Bournemouth. Luis Sinisterra replaces Dango Ouattara.
63' - 🔄 Substitution, Bournemouth. Justin Kluivert replaces Alex Scott.
63' - 🔄 Substitution, Bournemouth. Ryan Christie replaces Marcus Tavernier.
64' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Leandro Trossard.
65' - Foul by Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth).
65' - Thomas Partey (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
66' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Marcos Senesi.
68' - 🟨 Ben White (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
69' - Attempt saved. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mikel Merino.
69' - Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
70' - Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Ben White.
70' - ⚽️ Goal! Bournemouth 1, Arsenal 0. Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Justin Kluivert following a corner.
76' - Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Riccardo Calafiori.
76' - Attempt missed. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
77' - Penalty Bournemouth. Evanilson draws a foul in the penalty area.
77' - Penalty conceded by David Raya (Arsenal) after a foul in the penalty area.
79' - 🥅⚽️ Goal! Bournemouth 2, Arsenal 0. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
81' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus replaces Jakub Kiwior.
81' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Ethan Nwaneri replaces Mikel Merino.
81' - Offside, Arsenal. Ethan Nwaneri is caught offside.
82' - Foul by Evanilson (Bournemouth).
82' - Thomas Partey (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
So I'm not saying the PGMOL is out to get us (because everyone gets mad at us when we say that) but we sure have been denied like 4 corners this match. I wonder what effect this would have on a team that's very good from corners?
Genuinely I was ready to say that today has been our fault, but the ref is sure swinging the pendulum back to "what the fuck is this refereeing, we might have had a chance if we hadn't been fucked over constantly"
Probably shouldn't have been brought on at all, but we didn't have much of a choice. Pretty humiliating to be brought on and then taken off within 45 minutes.
Unfortunately Trossard has a track record of being clinical, and that's what we need up top today. I was hoping Sterling would ramp up today, but it wasn't to be.
We haven't got our metronome (Ødegaard) or our holdup player (Saka) and for some reason Arteta just thought we'd get through. Partey and Rice aren't doing enough.
It's going to be difficult to displace Havertz at this point. If he gets subbed on and manages to regain whatever it is he is missing, confidence, etc, he's in with a chance
I know people keep talking up these Arteta selections, but Partey has been underwhelming for me and our midfield has been unbalanced with him and Rice together. Add to that the absence of Odegaard and the team looks a mess. We need someone who can dictate play in the middle and someone who can beat people in place of Trosaard.