Arsenal vs AFC Bournemouth Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Arsenal enter their home clash with AFC Bournemouth as favourites due to the overall quality of their squad, as well as the fact that they also sit 17 points ahead of the Cherries with just four games to go in the Premier League season.

On top of this, the Gunners have won all seven head-to-head clashes between these two sides at the Emirates Stadium, scoring 20 times across those meetings, while the Cherries have found the back of the net just four times in the red half of North London.

The Gunners also have the second-best home record in the Premier League this season, as they have racked up 36 points from 17 matches, while Bournemouth have the fifth-best away record, but, have won just six of their 17 games away from the Vitality Stadium.

At present, Mikel Arteta’s side average just shy of two goals per game in the Premier League (1.85), while conceding just 29 goals across 34 matches, hence why were are predicting a 2-0 win for the Gunners.

Prediction: Arsenal 2-0 AFC Bournemouth

Second-place Arsenal hosts 10th-place AFC Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium in Saturday’s late Premier League kick off, with Mikel Arteta’s men looking to consolidate their place in the Champions League qualification positions, while the Cherries are pushing for a potential Europa Conference League qualification place.

Date: 03/05/2025

Location: Emirates Stadium

Time: 5:30pm

The last head-to-head clash between these two sides actually resulted in a 2-0 win for Bournemouth back on 19th October, as Ryan Christie and Justin Kluivert both scored late on in the second half after William Saliba was shown a straight red card on the half four mark.

However, the last meeting at the Emirates Stadium on 4th May 2024 saw the Gunners earn a comfortable 3-0 victory as Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard and Declan Rice all got on the scoresheet.

Arteta’s men enter this game knowing that they realistically need just two wins to qualify for next season’s Champions League, as they are second in the table after seven points clear of sixth-place Nottingham Forest with just four matches to go.

Arsenal’s focus has seemingly been on the Champions League, as they have won just one of their last four league games. The Gunners managed to qualify for the semi-finals where they currently trail 1-0 to PSG after the first leg, having previously thrashed Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.

On the other hand, Bournemouth are enjoying a superb season under Andoni Iraola, as they are 10th in the table and within reach of eighth-place, as they sit just one point behind Fulham who occupies the Europa Conference League qualifying. At present, this league position would be enough to qualify for a place in Europe, however, if Crystal Palace defeat Manchester City in this year’s FA Cup final, then seventh-place would take the Europa Conference League qualification spot.

Arsenal versus AFC Bournemouth will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HD.

Arsenal

Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel, Jorginho, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus will all miss Arsenal’s home clash with Bournemouth due to injury.

AFC Bournemouth

Ryan Christie and Enes Unal are Bournemouth’s only injury doubts for this game. Brazilian striker Evanilson recently saw his red card against Manchester United overturned upon appeal and will be available for the Cherries trip to the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal

Arsenal suffered a 1-0 home defeat to PSG last time out as Ousmane Dembélé scored the only goal of the game in their Champions League semi-final first leg after just four minutes.

Prior to that match, the Gunners had drawn 2-2 at home with Crystal Palace, as goals by Jakub Kiwior and Leandro Trossard were cancelled out by superb strikes from Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Those games came after a thumping 4-0 win over Ipswich Town and a sensational 5-1 aggregate victory against Real Madrid, as well as a 1-1 home draw with Brentford.

AFC Bournemouth

AFC Bournemouth were held to a 1-1 draw by Manchester United at the weekend, despite taking the lead through Antoine Semenyo in the 23rd-minute of the game. The Red Devils capitalised on Evanilson’s red card in the 70th-minute as Rasmus Hojlund fired in a 96th-minute equaliser from close range.

In the run-up to that match, the Cherries had drawn 0-0 with Crystal Palace and 2-2 at West Ham United on either side of a slender 1-0 win against Fulham, where Semenyo was once again on target. At the start of this sequence of games, Iraola’s side suffered a shock 2-1 home loss to Ipswich Town.

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