{"id":1971,"date":"2026-04-11T20:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:41:23","slug":"arsenal-xi-vs-bournemouth-predicted-lineup-and-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal XI vs Bournemouth \u2013 Predicted lineup and team news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Arsenal host Bournemouth tonight, aiming to maintain their nine-point lead at the Premier League summit.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Gunners have won four consecutive league matches and seek further consistency today. Manager Mikel Arteta oversaw a vital 1\u20130 win in Lisbon on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Notably, the squad recently celebrated teenage star Max Dowman scoring his first Premier League goal. A victory today would secure a fifth straight league win for the third time this season.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Arsenal team news<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">Mikel Arteta manages a squad facing significant fitness doubts over several key senior players. Bukayo Saka, Martin \u00d8degaard, and Riccardo Calafiori are all under investigation by the medical staff. Accordingly, Arteta has hinted that late changes will be made before kick-off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">However, Eberechi Eze is fit to feature after a month on the sidelines. Mikel Merino remains out but is no longer using a protective boot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">David Raya will start in goal behind a defence anchored by William Saliba and Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es. In midfield, Declan Rice will look to extend his fine record against the Cherries. He has seven goal involvements in his last eight appearances against today\u2019s visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Notably, Viktor Gy\u00f6keres leads the line following his recent winning goal against Everton. The Gunners must overcome their nerves to ensure they remain in the title race driving seat.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Arsenal predicted lineup<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Arsenal Predicted XI (4-2-3-1):<\/b> Raya; Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke, Havertz, Martinelli; Gy\u00f6keres<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>When will the match kick off?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Premier League fixture officially begins this Saturday, 11 April, at 12:30 BST.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>How to watch Arsenal vs Bournemouth?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">UK fans can watch the match live on TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Read more-\u00a0Fantasy Premier League: The best chip strategies ahead of the double and blank gameweeks<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>See Also-\u00a0Why Mo Salah didn\u2019t play a single minute against PSG in the Champions League<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FootyFaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefootballfaithfull\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUgN0WQEhxRbfTdlbkEG7zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefootballfaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">TikTok<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal host Bournemouth tonight, aiming to maintain their nine-point lead at the Premier League summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}