SportsMall previews Saturday's Premier League clash between Bournemouth and Arsenal, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Arsenal Saturday afternoon will be spent at the summit. Premier League standings must pass Bournemouth Test at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
The Gunners produced four hits in a spin Coming back to win 3-1 Against Southampton two weekends ago The Cherries took a 1-0 lead For Leicester City that has never won.
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The front row against Southampton a fortnight ago evoked painful memories for the Cooners, who saw their team's Premier League title charge slip away in a vibrant 3-3 draw with the Saints in 2022-23. Michael ArtetaWin's older and wiser team avoided the six-goal rule this time.
After Cameron Archer sent the result into a temporary stupor, Bugayo Saka – who else – marked a surprising turnaround for the Championship-chasing Gunners Kai Howards AND Gabriel MartinelliYour efforts before putting the icing on the cake lately.
Arteta's vintage has come a long way since the usual comebacks of 2022-23, the most memorable of which came against this weekend's opponents, and with Manchester City and Liverpool not playing until Sunday, the third-placed hosts will be promoted. Summit with three points in Vitality.
While it may be too early to talk about a repeat of the Invisibles, Arsenal are yet to lose a game this season and are already unbeaten in 16 games in all competitions; their last defeat was against Bayern Munich in April.
As well as being at the top of the table for a few hours, Arsenal will reach an important milestone if they win on Saturday; They are currently in the English top flight with 1,999 wins and could become the second team to reach 2,000 wins in the division after Liverpool.
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The Bournemouth faithful will be waiting a while for their team to reach that four-figure milestone, but Leicester City need a significant improvement on the Cherries' trip to the King Power Stadium, where they claimed their first league win. against the season Antonio Raiolapage of
Bright Brighton & Hove Albion are on loan Facundo good night Airola's side suffered a third defeat in their last four games, despite conceding the only goal of the competition in the first half that sent Bournemouth home empty-handed, the other two being against Chelsea and Liverpool.
Airala rued his team's wasted openings in Leicestershire, and Bournemouth find themselves in an unremarkable 13th place in the Premier League standings, although three points ahead of eighth-placed Fulham at this embryonic stage.
First-half teams have proven to be the Cherries' kryptonite of late, with each of the hosts' last 10 Premier League wins coming against teams ranked 11th or lower; They are winless in their last 11 games against first-half teams.
Furthermore, a defeat 3-0 At the Emirates in May, it represented Bournemouth's fourth consecutive top-flight defeat at the hands of Arsenal (all of those wins were scored at least three times), although the Vitality was the scene of the Cherries' only victory against the Gunners in January. 2018.
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Arteta's pleas for an injury-free international break fell on deaf ears and Sacha continued A thigh problem Martinelli injured his calf while on duty with England and representing Brazil The first is obviously optimistic. On his chances of being fit for the weekend.
it's the same Tomas Party and Havertz, despite their absence at the national team concentrations, but the captain Martin Odegaard (ankle) and protector Takero Tomiyasu (knee) It is reported that there has been a setback. And he will be out for at least another month.
Kieran Tierney (thigh muscle), Oleksandr Zinchenko (calf), ben white (hip) and jurian tree (Unspecified) When the substitute goalkeeper is in the hospital net His parents could not face the club, so the 16-year-old Jack Porter can act David RayáThe companion is due this weekend. Tommy Sedfordown injury.
With Arsenal currently reduced to no fewer than 11 concerns, Bournemouth can go into the weekend in good health, and Irola said he was confident ahead of the international break. tyler adamsChances of returning from a back injury against the Gunners
With almost all of his troops in place, Airala might consider one or two changes after his King Power horror show, mainly after the attack. Justin Kluivert Leicester were withdrawn at half-time after the defeat.
Luis Sinistera AND Dango Ouattara Both are alternatives to the Dutchman's attack (the former is a bright spark after his performance against the Foxes), but evanilson Still to have Enes Unal In the ninth bay.
Bournemouth's possible starting line-up:
Geba; Smith, Zabarni, Senasi, Gerges; Cook, Christy; Semenyo, Tavernier, Sinistera; evanilson
Arsenal's probable starting lineup:
stripe; Tree, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Howards, party, rice; Saga, Trassart, Martinelli
We say: Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal
With Arsenal's first-half game against Southampton, Arteta kept his big hitters in reserve before calling in the cavalry in the second half, and there are hopes that both Sacha and a fit Martinelli will be given the green light. Here is the feature.
The Gunners will have to pick up where they left off before the break as Bournemouth have been sloppy in front of goal and flattered against top 10 teams in 2024.
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