{"id":1966,"date":"2026-04-11T20:22:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:22:36","slug":"arsenal-vs-bournemouth-premier-league-preview-team-news-and-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1966","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal vs Bournemouth Premier League preview, team news and prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_b6bb55\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The Gunners will be looking to secure a fifth successive league win as they welcome a Bournemouth side still in the mix for a European spot<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque Byline_affiliate__x6U8c\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"DisclosureNotice_disclosure-notice__LgLFU\">This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36990975\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mikel Arteta during Sporting CP vs Arsenal\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36990975.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Sporting-Clube-de-Portugal-v-Arsenal-FC-UEFA-Champions-League-202526-Quarter-Final-First-Leg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36990975.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Sporting-Clube-de-Portugal-v-Arsenal-FC-UEFA-Champions-League-202526-Quarter-Final-First-Leg.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36990975.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Sporting-Clube-de-Portugal-v-Arsenal-FC-UEFA-Champions-League-202526-Quarter-Final-First-Leg.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36990975.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Sporting-Clube-de-Portugal-v-Arsenal-FC-UEFA-Champions-League-202526-Quarter-Final-First-Leg.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Mikel Arteta faces a big few weeks with Arsenal\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Mikel Arteta faces a big few weeks with Arsenal<cite aria-label=\"Image: UEFA via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: UEFA via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Arsenal are one win away from matching their best Premier League winning streak of the 2025-26 season as they host Bournemouth at the Emirates in Saturday\u2019s lunchtime kickoff. The Gunners have won four league games in a row, while the Cherries have become draw specialists, recording five consecutive stalemates in the top flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">With domestic cup frustration and Champions League momentum dominating the narrative, Arsenal\u2019s league position has almost flown under the radar. Mikel Arteta\u2019s side have put together four straight Premier League victories to move beyond the 70-point mark, seeing off Tottenham, Chelsea, Brighton and Everton in the process. Against Everton last time out, Viktor Gyokeres finished from close range before Max Dowman struck a landmark goal, as Arsenal extended their advantage over Manchester City to nine points \u2014 albeit having played a game more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Saturday\u2019s match ends a near month-long wait for Arsenal\u2019s next league fixture. They have already won five Premier League games in a row twice this season, and only in 2013-14 and 2022-23 have they managed three separate runs of five or more league wins in a single campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Silverware in the EFL Cup and FA Cup may not be forthcoming, but Arsenal are well placed in Europe after Tuesday\u2019s hard-fought 1-0 first-leg win over Sporting Lisbon, ahead of next Wednesday\u2019s return leg at the Emirates. Before attention shifts to a potential semi-final meeting with Atletico Madrid, Arteta\u2019s team are targeting an eighth straight home win in all competitions, with six of their last seven at the Emirates featuring at least two Arsenal goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It is a Basque-on-Basque battle at 12:30pm, with Andoni Iraola attempting to guide Bournemouth to their longest unbeaten Premier League run. The visitors are unbeaten in 11 league matches \u2014 their best such sequence in the competition \u2014 though seven of those games have ended level, including each of the last five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Bournemouth drew with West Ham, Sunderland, Brentford, Burnley and Manchester United before the international break, results that have done little to shift their position in 13th but have kept slim European hopes alive. A four-point gap to seventh-placed Brentford remains bridgeable, and Iraola\u2019s side are unbeaten in their last five away league games, even if their last two trips have finished 0-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Cherries have caused Arsenal problems since the start of last season, winning twice in that period \u2014 including a shock 2-1 victory at the Emirates last spring, their first-ever away win over the Gunners. However, Arsenal had the last word in January with a dramatic 3-2 win at the Vitality Stadium, where Declan Rice scored twice to seal the points.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"HeadingTwo_heading-two__4TTeG  __className_e65c2b\">Arsenal vs Bournemouth Prediction<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Arsenal to win and both teams to score &#8211; 19\/10 ( <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betgoodwin.co.uk\/en\/page\/new-sportsbook-welcome-offer?btag=104749680_488485\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">BetGoodwin<\/a> )<\/li>\n<li class=\"LiItem_li-item__IF4xI\">Junior Kroupi to score anytime &#8211; 12\/5 ( <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betgoodwin.co.uk\/en\/page\/new-sportsbook-welcome-offer?btag=104749680_488485\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">BetGoodwin<\/a> )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><em>18+ | Gamble responsibly |<\/em> <a aria-label=\"(object Object) Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/begambleaware.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\"><em>gambleaware.org<\/em> <\/a><em>| Odds subject to change<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"HeadingTwo_heading-two__4TTeG  __className_e65c2b\">Arsenal vs Bournemouth Team News<\/h2>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Declan Rice, Gabriel Magalhaes and Leandro Trossard all shook off knocks to feature in the win over Sporting, but Trossard and Martin Odegaard both picked up new problems that must be assessed ahead of the weekend. Arsenal will definitely be without Piero Hincapie (unspecified), Eberechi Eze (calf) and Mikel Merino (foot). There are also doubts over Bukayo Saka (unspecified) and Jurrien Timber (groin).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Any issues for Odegaard and Trossard could, however, open the door for Arteta to start the two players who made the decisive impact off the bench on Tuesday night: Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Bournemouth also had a minor concern over the international break, with Eli Junior Kroupi withdrawing from France\u2019s Under-21 camp, but the 19-year-old is expected to be fit for the trip to the Emirates. Kroupi has nine Premier League goals this season and could become the first teenager in 26 years to reach double figures in his debut Premier League campaign, following Robbie Keane for Coventry City in 1999-00.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Tyler Adams (unspecified) and Lewis Cook (thigh) are still being monitored and have not been definitively ruled out, while Justin Kluivert (knee) and Julio Soler (thigh) are not expected back until next month.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"HeadingTwo_heading-two__4TTeG  __className_e65c2b\">Football Betting Offers<\/h2>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">If you are on the lookout for the latest free bet offers, then look no further. Here, not only do we bring you numerous free bet offers, but all from the very best betting sites in the industry. 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