Premier League LIVE: Bournemouth v Arsenal after Wolves 3-0 West Ham, Brighton 2-0 Burnley, Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest – score, stats & updates

Having won only one of their first 14 Premier League matches against Arsenal (D2 L11), Bournemouth achieved the double against the Gunners last season.

Arsenal have only managed to score in one of their 16 Premier League matches against Bournemouth, although it was a 2-0 defeat in that exact game last season.

Bournemouth have lost 12 of their 13 Premier League matches against teams starting the day top of the table, with the exception of a 2-1 home win over Manchester City in November 2024.

Bournemouth beat Everton 1-0 in their first league match of 2025. They have not won their opening match in consecutive calendar years since 2011/2012, beating Swindon and Wycombe respectively in League One.

Arsenal have only lost their first league match in one of the last 10 calendar years (W7 D2), losing 2-1 at home to Man City on New Year’s Day 2022.

Bournemouth are winless in their last 10 Premier League matches (D5, L5). This is their longest run without a win in a single top-flight campaign.

Arsenal have lost just one of their last 16 Premier League matches (W12 D3), winning the last four games in a row since a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa.

After losing four consecutive league matches at home between February and April last year, Bournemouth have lost just two of their last 13 (W6 D5). Indeed, they have only lost once at home so far this season, losing 1-0 to Everton in December.

No Bournemouth player has scored more goals (9), made more assists (3), taken more shots (45), made more touches in the opponent’s box (86) or played more passes into the box (96) than Antoine Semenyo in the Premier League this season.

Leandro Trossard has the most assists (4) and most joint goals (5) of any Arsenal player in the Premier League this season, with the Belgian both scoring and assisting against Aston Villa last time out.