Arsenal vs Bournemouth predictions: Hosts to edge high-scoring clash
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- Arsenal have won each of their last three league games, scoring 10 times
- Bournemouth have scored in 16 of their 17 away games this season
- Recommended bet: Arsenal to win and both teams to score
Arsenal continue their title push when Bournemouth come to town on Saturday afternoon, with the Gunners a point clear at the top of the Premier League table, having played a game more than Manchester City.
The Cherries travel north hoping to secure a top-10 finish, having already posted their record points tally in the Premier League and won their last two matches without conceding a goal.
Team news
Arsenal’s only absentee this weekend is Jurrien Timber, who continues to work his way back following his injury on the opening day.
Bournemouth have some key absentees, with Milos Kerkez suspended and both Antoine Semenyo and Marcus Tavernier ruled out. The Cherries could be without as many as nine players in total, with Illia Zabarnyi a doubt.
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The stats
The Cherries have scored 26 times on their travels this season and have scored in all seven of their visits to teams above them..
Bournemouth have lost and scored in each of their visits to the top five and have lost eight of their nine clashes with the top five.
Arsenal have won 13 of their 17 home league games so far, while the Gunners have won and conceded on seven occasions at home this term.
Prediction
Arsenal have one of the strongest home records in the Premier League this term, with their 41 points from 17 at the Emirates putting them at the summit with just a couple of weeks left to go.
The Gunners face their penultimate home game of the campaign this weekend and welcome a Bournemouth side who are thriving, pushing themselves into the top 10.
While the Cherries' hopes of Europe seem to have faded, this has been a fantastic debut season in England for Andoni Iraola.
However, Bournemouth have understandably struggled to bridge the gap between themselves and the league’s elite. They head into this weekend having lost eight of nine clashes with the top five, including four defeats from four on the road.
The visitors have at least provided a scoring threat on their travels, finding the net in all but one of their trips this term and have scored in all their visits to the sides above them in the table, including each of those losses at the top five.
The visitors enter this weekend having scored in each of their last 13 away trips, while they’ve notched in 10 consecutive Premier League games.
They can trouble an Arsenal side who have shipped 15 goals in 17 home games, but the Gunners should have enough to claim all three points.
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