Arsenal will travel to the south coast on Saturday night for a tough draw against newly promoted Bournemouth in the Premier League.
The Cherries are looking for streak wins at Vitality Stadium following their opening weekend win over Aston Villa.
Los Cerezos were too good for Villa and won 2-0
But the Gunners had a great start to the campaign and won their first two games.
If they can beat Bournemouth, they will be at the top of the table at least until Manchester City play Newcastle on Sunday.
Gabriel Jesus was the hero last weekend, scoring two goals and providing two assists on his home debut.
The Cherries looked strong in the first weekend, but if the Gunners want to be in the top four or more this season, they need to collect three points from games like these.
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– Arsenal could not have wished for a better start to the season.
Bournemouth-Arsenal: date and how to follow
This Premier League clash is scheduled for Saturday 20 August.
Kick-off at Vitality Stadium will be at 5:30 pm.
It will air on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, with coverage from 5pm
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Bournemouth-Arsenal: team news
The hosts could give the first start to the new signing Marco Senesi after arriving from Feyenoord, while Neto awaits his debut.
Ryan Fredricks and Joe Rothwell are still waiting to make their Bournemouth debut due to injury.
The Cherries also have a late call to make to Dominic Solanke after he missed the 4-0 defeat to Manchester City over a minor problem.
The guests could give a first start to the new acquisition Fabio Vieira.
The Portuguese midfielder played in the Gunners’ Under 21 team this week and could earn a place on the Arteta squad.
Vieira has not yet made his debut with his new club after joining from Porto this summer.
Meanwhile, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Emile Smith Rowe will push to start after coming off the bench last weekend.
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– Could Vieira debut this weekend?
Bournemouth-Arsenal: What was said?
Bournemouth gaffer Scott Parker: “What Mikel has done in a short amount of time is fantastic. The progress they have made in terms of purchases has enriched them even more. They will be up to the task this season.
“We have a big challenge ahead of us. They are a good team and very technical in the whole field.
We will try to make him as uncomfortable as possible at the Vitality Stadium, aware of the challenges we will face ”.
Bournemouth vs Arsenal: party data
- Bournemouth have only won one of 10 Premier League games against Arsenal (P2 S7), a 2-1 victory in January 2018 with goals from Callum Wilson and Jordon Ibe.
- Arsenal have won nine of their 12 games against Bournemouth in all competitions (75%); of the teams that have met at least 10 times, they only have better winning ratios against Reading (100%, won 14/14) and Glossop North End (86%, won 12/14).
- Bournemouth are unbeaten in 11 league home games (W7 D4), winning their last three without conceding a goal. They haven’t won four in a row at home while keeping clean sheets every time since April 2010 in League Two.
- Arsenal are looking to win all of their first three Premier League games in a campaign for the first time since 2004-2005. Meanwhile, the Gunners could also win their first two league away games without conceding for the first time since 1993-94.
- Arsenal have named the same eleven starters in their first two Premier League games so far this season. The last time they did this in their first three games was in the last title-winning campaign of 2003-2004.
- Bournemouth have had fewer shots than any other Premier League team so far this season (10), while only Nottingham Forest (42) have faced more than Cherry so far (34).
- None of Arsenal’s last 19 Premier League games have been drawn (13 wins and 6 losses). It is the longest running streak without a draw among the teams currently competing, while only between January and October 2018 (25) did the Gunners get the longest streak without one.
- Kieffer Moore has scored in each of his last three league home games with Bournemouth: twice in his English league career he scored in four consecutive home appearances, in October 2017 with Rotherham and in March 2021 with Cardiff.
- Gabriel Martinelli has been involved in six goals in his last six Premier League appearances for Arsenal (3 goals, 3 assists). A goal in this match would make him the second youngest player to score in any of Arsenal’s first three Premier League games in a season, after José Antonio Reyes in 2004-2005.
- Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus has been involved in 10 goals in his last seven Premier League appearances (7 goals, 3 assists), being involved in all four of the Gunners’ goals in the win against Leicester last week.
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