Premier League LIVE: Arsenal vs Bournemouth, Man City vs Wolves, Burnley vs Newcastle – score, commentary & updates

Arsenal have won all six of their Premier League home matches against Bournemouth. The Gunners have only played more home games against Stoke while maintaining a 100% record (10/10).

Bournemouth have collected just five points in 13 Premier League matches against Arsenal (W1, D2, L10) and have never kept a clean sheet against the Gunners. The Cherries have only played more games against Man City (14) without recording a shutout.

Arsenal have won 13 of their 15 Premier League games so far in 2024, dropping points only against Manchester City (0-0) and Aston Villa (0-2) this year. However, the Gunners have conceded four goals in their last four league matches, as many as in their previous 11 combined.

Since Bournemouth secured their first Premier League win of the season at the end of October (against Burnley), they have collected 45 points from 26 matches (W13, D6, L7); only the current top four teams have more during that time. They have never won more matches in a top-flight campaign than their 13 in 2023-24 (also 13 in 2018-19).

Arsenal have scored a league-high 85 goals in their 35 Premier League matches this season, averaging 2.4 goals per game, the highest in a single campaign since 1934-35, when they scored 115 goals in 42 matches (2.7 per match). game).

Bournemouth have won 1-0 against Wolves and 3-0 against Brighton in their last two Premier League games – never before have they won three consecutive top-flight games without conceding.

Arsenal have recorded the biggest positive difference between their goals and expected goals of any team over the last two Premier League seasons: +15.4 this season (85 goals from 69.6 xG) and +15.7 the last season (88 goals from 72.3 xG). Indeed, since the start of the 2022-2023 season, Arsenal’s difference of 31.1 between goals (173) and xG (141.9) is the largest of any team in Europe’s big five leagues.

Kai Havertz’s first Premier League goal for Arsenal came in their 4-0 win at Bournemouth in the reverse fixture. The German has been involved in 13 goals in his last 11 league matches for the Gunners, scoring eight and providing five assists.

Bukayo Saka has scored 15 goals and assisted nine others in the Premier League this season. He could become only the second Arsenal player to record double goals and assists in consecutive Premier League campaigns (14G 11A last season) after Dennis Bergkamp in 1997-98 and 1998-99.

Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert has recorded as many goals in his last six Premier League games (4-3 goals, 1 assist) as he did in his first 23 games in the competition (4 goals).