AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal, 26 December 2019

Score1-1
RefereeStuart Attwell
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVitality Stadium
Attendance10,234
Kick-off: 3.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 10 AFC Bournemouth won: 1 Drawn: 2 Arsenal won: 7 AFC Bournemouth scored: 9 Arsenal scored: 23 Arsenal continued their record of scoring in each of the 11 meetings in all competitions.

1 AFC Bournemouth

Manager: Eddie Howe

1 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Dan Gosling 35 G

Goals:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 63 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Steve Cook
Defender Chris Mepham
Defender Jack Simpson
Defender/Midfielder Dan Gosling
Defender/Midfielder Jack Stacey
Midfielder Lewis Cook
Midfielder Ryan Fraser
Midfielder Jefferson Lerma
Forward Josh King
Forward Callum Wilson

Starting lineup:

Bernd Leno Goalkeeper
David Luiz Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Bukayo Saka Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Reiss Nelson Midfielder
Lucas Torreira Midfielder
Ainsley Maitland-Niles Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Harry Wilson for Josh King 66
Philip Billing for Dan Gosling 70

Substitutions:

Joe Willock for Mesut Özil 75
Shkodran Mustafi for Sokratis Papastathopoulos 77
Nicolas Pépé for Reiss Nelson 82

Cards:

Jefferson Lerma 53 Y
Chris Mepham 84 Y
Lewis Cook 85 Y
Callum Wilson 90 Y

Cards:

Lucas Torreira 54 Y
Ainsley Maitland-Niles 55 Y
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 64 Y
Alexandre Lacazette 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Artur Boruc
Midfielder Philip Billing
Midfielder Gavin Kilkenny
Midfielder Junior Stanislas
Midfielder Drew Surman
Midfielder Harry Wilson
Forward Dominic Solanke

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Dinos Mavropanos
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Midfielder Mattéo Guendouzi
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Midfielder Joe Willock
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Pépé

Comments:

League position: 16th AFC Bournemouth had now avoided defeat in two of their last eight games in the Premier League (won one). The Cherries avoided losing four consecutive home league games for the first time since September 2011 in League One. They remained without a win in the five games they had played in the Premier League on Boxing Day (lost two).

Comments:

League position: 11th This was new manager Mikel Arteta's first game in charge. At the age of 37 years and 275 days, he became the youngest manager to take charge of the Gunners since Terry Neill (aged 34 years and 105 days at the time of his first game in August 1976). Arsenal had now drawn nine of their last 14 games in all competitions (won one). Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had now scored 11 of the Gunners' last 16 goals in away games in the Premier League, including seven of their last nine.

1 AFC Bournemouth

Manager: Eddie Howe

Goals:

Dan Gosling 35 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Steve Cook
Defender Chris Mepham
Defender Jack Simpson
Defender/Midfielder Dan Gosling
Defender/Midfielder Jack Stacey
Midfielder Lewis Cook
Midfielder Ryan Fraser
Midfielder Jefferson Lerma
Forward Josh King
Forward Callum Wilson

Substitutions:

Harry Wilson for Josh King 66
Philip Billing for Dan Gosling 70

Cards:

Jefferson Lerma 53 Y
Chris Mepham 84 Y
Lewis Cook 85 Y
Callum Wilson 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Artur Boruc
Midfielder Philip Billing
Midfielder Gavin Kilkenny
Midfielder Junior Stanislas
Midfielder Drew Surman
Midfielder Harry Wilson
Forward Dominic Solanke

Comments:

League position: 16th AFC Bournemouth had now avoided defeat in two of their last eight games in the Premier League (won one). The Cherries avoided losing four consecutive home league games for the first time since September 2011 in League One. They remained without a win in the five games they had played in the Premier League on Boxing Day (lost two).

1 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 63 G

Starting lineup:

Bernd Leno Goalkeeper
David Luiz Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Bukayo Saka Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Reiss Nelson Midfielder
Lucas Torreira Midfielder
Ainsley Maitland-Niles Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Joe Willock for Mesut Özil 75
Shkodran Mustafi for Sokratis Papastathopoulos 77
Nicolas Pépé for Reiss Nelson 82

Cards:

Lucas Torreira 54 Y
Ainsley Maitland-Niles 55 Y
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 64 Y
Alexandre Lacazette 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Dinos Mavropanos
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Midfielder Mattéo Guendouzi
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Midfielder Joe Willock
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Pépé

Comments:

League position: 11th This was new manager Mikel Arteta's first game in charge. At the age of 37 years and 275 days, he became the youngest manager to take charge of the Gunners since Terry Neill (aged 34 years and 105 days at the time of his first game in August 1976). Arsenal had now drawn nine of their last 14 games in all competitions (won one). Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had now scored 11 of the Gunners' last 16 goals in away games in the Premier League, including seven of their last nine.