Bournemouth vs Arsenal | Premier League | Gameweek 8 - Live Match, Team News, Match Summary & Highlights

The Premier League match between Bournemouth and Arsenal takes place on October 19, 2024, at 16:30 UTC at the Vitality stadium in Bournemouth, England. The game features Premier League play.

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If Arsenal passes the Bournemouth test on Saturday evening at the Vitality Stadium in the 5.30 p.m. kickoff, they will end the evening atop the Premier League standings.

With their strong play this season, Arsenal is presently sitting in third position in the Premier League rankings. In their last match, the Gunners easily defeated Southampton 3-1, and they'll aim for a repeat performance this weekend.

Conversely, Bournemouth has not been at their best this season and currently sit in 13th place in the league rankings. The Cherries will need to win this game after suffering an unexpected 1-0 loss to Leicester City the previous week.

The Gooners' sad memories of watching their team's Premier League title charge crash and burn in a thrilling 3-3 draw with the Saints in 2022–2023 were brought back by their first-leg loss to Southampton a fortnight ago. However, Mikel Arteta's more experienced and wiser team managed to escape that six-goal fate this time around.

Bukayo Saka, of all people, led the championship-chasing Gunners to a stunning comeback after Cameron Archer drove the away end into a brief state of excitement. He first set up Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli's attempts before adding the icing late in the game.

With Manchester City and Liverpool off the field until Sunday, Arteta's crop has improved significantly since their legendary comebacks of 2022–2023—the most memorable of which, undoubtedly, came against this weekend's opponents. With all three points, the third-place hosts will take the lead at the Vitality.

Even though it's still much too early to talk about an Invincibles comeback, Arsenal has won 16 straight events without losing; their last loss came against Bayern Munich in April. The team hasn't lost in any competition this season.

If Arsenal wins on Saturday, they will not only take the top spot in the standings for a few hours but also accomplish a major milestone. They now have 1,999 wins in the English Premier League and might become only the second team in the division, after Liverpool, to reach 2,000 emerges victorious.

When is Bournemouth vs Arsenal?

Bournemouth vs Arsenal is scheduled for an 5:30pm UK kick-off on Saturday, Oct 19, 2024.

How to watch?

Hotstar in India, Sky Go, NOW, Sky Go Extra, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Ultra HD in UK, fuboTV, Peacock, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, NBC, Telemundo in US & fuboTV, Fubo Sports Network in Canada will all be airing live coverage of the event.

Match Details:
NAME: Bournemouth vs Arsenal
DATE: Oct 5=19, 2024
TIME: 5:30pm UK
VENUE: Vitality Stadium

Live Match

Bournemouth vs Arsenal Team News

Bournemouth Team News

Although there aren't many injury concerns for the hosts going into the game on Saturday, Tyler Adams' back issue has kept him out of the lineup for the entire match.

Iraola has chosen his starting lineup for the upcoming campaign, but there may be a few alterations from the squad that lost against Leicester before to the break.

Dean Huijsen, who joined in the summer, might make a comeback to the defensive line, and Alex Scott will be looking to start in midfield.

Arsenal Team News

Saka had a hamstring injury while playing for England, and Martinelli hurt his calf while playing for Brazil, therefore Arteta's requests for an injury-free international break were ignored. Despite this, Saka appears confident that he will be fine for the weekend.

Despite their departure from their national team camps, Thomas Partey and Havertz are also out. Meanwhile, takehiro Tomiyasu, the defender, and captain Martin Odegaard, the ankle, are said to have experienced setbacks and will miss at least another month of action.

Since second-choice goalkeeper Neto is unable to play for his parent club this weekend due to Tommy Setford's own injury, 16-year-old Jack Porter may fill in for David Raya this weekend. Other injured players include Kieran Tierney (hamstring), Oleksandr Zinchenko (calf), Ben White (groin), and Jurrien Timber (unspecified).

Bournemouth vs Arsenal Match Summary

Highlights - Bournemouth vs Arsenal