AFC Bournemouth vs Arsenal FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2025-26

AFC Bournemouth

2 – 3

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Arsenal FC

Sat 3 Jan 2026 · 17:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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AFC Bournemouth vs Arsenal FC — Premier League .

AFC Bournemouth 10 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
Arsenal FC 10 games · 27 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Chris Kavanagh

9 games this season 🟨 5.6/game ⚽ 16.0 goals/game 🟥 4 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Arsenal FC	10	27
2	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	10	22
3	Manchester City FC	10	21
4	Liverpool FC	10	18
5	Chelsea FC	10	16
6	Everton FC	10	16
7	AFC Bournemouth	10	15
8	Brentford FC	10	14
9	Leeds United FC	10	14
10	Aston Villa FC	10	13
11	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10	12
12	Newcastle United FC	10	12
13	Hull City AFC	10	11
14	Ipswich Town FC	10	11
15	Fulham FC	10	10
16	Nottingham Forest FC	10	9
17	Coventry City FC	10	9
18	Manchester United FC	10	8
19	Sunderland AFC	10	8
20	Crystal Palace FC	10	7

Head-to-Head

AFC Bournemouth 12 games · Avg 3.3 goals Arsenal FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-03 AFC Bournemouth 2–3 Arsenal FC 2025-05-03 Arsenal FC 1–2 AFC Bournemouth 2024-10-19 AFC Bournemouth 2–0 Arsenal FC 2024-05-04 Arsenal FC 3–0 AFC Bournemouth 2023-09-30 AFC Bournemouth 0–4 Arsenal FC

Recent Form

AFC Bournemouth

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Jan	Arsenal FC	H	2–3	L
30 Dec	Chelsea FC	A	2–2	D
27 Dec	Brentford FC	A	1–4	L
20 Dec	Burnley FC	H	1–1	D
15 Dec	Manchester United FC	A	4–4	D
06 Dec	Chelsea FC	H	0–0	D

Arsenal FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Jan	AFC Bournemouth	A	3–2	W
30 Dec	Aston Villa FC	H	4–1	W
27 Dec	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	H	2–1	W
20 Dec	Everton FC	A	1–0	W
13 Dec	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	H	2–1	W
10 Dec	Club Brugge KV	A	3–0	W

Season Stats

AFC Bournemouth		Arsenal FC
#7	Position	#1
15	Points	27
10	Played	10
4 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	9 / 0 / 1
16	Scored	15
14	Conceded	5
+2	GD	+10
1.50	PPG	2.70
40%	Win %	90%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

30% Clean Sheets
AFC Bournemouth this season

70% Clean Sheets
Arsenal FC this season

AFC Bournemouth are 7th (15 pts). Arsenal FC are 1st (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

AFC Bournemouth

0-15

3/2

16-30

1/–

31-45

5/2

46-60

3/3

61-75

1/3

76+

1/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Arsenal FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

3/–

31-45

–/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

4/–

76+

2/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AFC Bournemouth

Evanilson	5 G	4 A
Marcus Tavernier	5 G
Alex Scott	1 G

Arsenal FC

Martin Odegaard	3 G
Kai Havertz	3 G
Bukayo Saka	3 G
Bruno Guimaraes	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal FC is underway.
It finishes all square. AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal FC share the spoils 2-3.

Lineups

AFC Bournemouth Lineups

Arsenal FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Martin Odegaard	3
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	3
Ben White	2
Bukayo Saka	2
Declan Rice	2
Martin Odegaard	2
William Saliba	1
Ryan Christie	1

Head to Head

AFC Bournemouth Form

2026-01-03 AFC Bournemouth 2–3 Arsenal FC L 2025-12-30 Chelsea FC 2–2 AFC Bournemouth D 2025-12-27 Brentford FC 4–1 AFC Bournemouth L 2025-12-20 AFC Bournemouth 1–1 Burnley FC D 2025-12-15 Manchester United FC 4–4 AFC Bournemouth D 2025-12-06 AFC Bournemouth 0–0 Chelsea FC D

Arsenal FC Form

2026-01-03 AFC Bournemouth 2–3 Arsenal FC W 2025-12-30 Arsenal FC 4–1 Aston Villa FC W 2025-12-27 Arsenal FC 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2025-12-20 Everton FC 0–1 Arsenal FC W 2025-12-13 Arsenal FC 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC W 2025-12-10 Club Brugge KV 0–3 Arsenal FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.93 AFC Bournemouth xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.84 Arsenal FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

AFC Bournemouth21% Draw26% Arsenal FC53%

Actual: Arsenal FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

AFC Bournemouth or Draw

47%

Draw or Arsenal FC

79%

AFC Bournemouth or Arsenal FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

AFC Bournemouth15% Draw45% Arsenal FC40%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

0 – 1

10.8%

0 – 2

10.4%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 0

8.1%

0 – 3

6.2%

1 – 3

5.8%

1 – 0

2 – 1

4.8%

2 – 2

4.4%

0 – 4

2.9%

2 – 3

Actual

Asian Handicap — AFC Bournemouth

Handicap	AFC Bournemouth covers	Push	Arsenal FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	11%	82%
-0.5	18%	—	82%
+0.5	43%	—	57%
+1	43%	24%	34%
+1.5	66%	—	34%
+2	66%	18%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

AFC Bournemouth keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Arsenal FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.