Arsenal continue their Premier League title push against Bournemouth in a huge Premier League clash.
Victory will move Arsenal 12 points clear of Manchester City at the summit until at least Sunday evening, whilst Bournemouth can climb to ninth for at least a few hours with a win.
Team News
Eberechi Eze is available for Arsenal after he missed their last three matches with a calf injury.
Martin Odegaard (knee), Jurrien Timber (ankle) and Bukayo Saka (fitness) could return if pass late fitness checks.
Piero Hincapie (muscle) and Mikel Merino (foot) remain absent.
Bournemouth will have Eli Kroupi and Alejandro Gimenez available after the pair recovered from knocks suffered on international duty.
Tyler Adams and Julio Soler (both unspecified) could return but Lewis Cook (hamstring) and Justin Kluivert (knee) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Arsenal host Bournemouth at Emirates Stadium on Saturday 10 April at 12:30pm BST, live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Arsenal have won five of their last seven meetings against Bournemouth (W5, L2).
- Bournemouth have won one of eight previous Premier League visits to Arsenal (W1, L7).
- Arsenal’s Declan Rice has scored three goals in his last two appearances against Bournemouth, during which Evanilson found the net for the Cherries in both clashes.
- Mikel Arteta’s Gunners have lost one of five league matches at home in 2026 (W3, D1, L1).
- Two of Bournemouth’s last three matches ended in 0-0 draws, whilst their recent clash resulted in a 2-2 draw at home to Man Utd.
Prediction
Having needed an injury-time winner to beat Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of their Champions League Quarter-Final, Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta now face a condundrum of how strong a team he fields in this game after last Saturday’s FA Cup shock with fringe players at Southampton.
Bournemouth on the other hand have had three weeks off to prepare for this tricky test in which they’re not totally not out of the hunt for an European spot in the run-in, especially after a spirited comeback twice to draw 2-2 at home to Manchester United.
Now if Arsenal continue to struggle to find their top firepower as has been the case in their last three matches, I really do think that Bournemouth can get a rare win over the Gunners if cut out the defensive mistakes which they made against United as they have the confidence and form to at least snatch a draw.
Prediction: Arsenal 1-1 Bournemouth