Arsenal vs Bournemouth live score, updates, highlights as visitors take shock lead, Trossard out injured
Leaders Arsenal need to continue their winning streak to keep hopes of winning the Premier League alive and end a nearly two-decade drought. A home game against bottom-placed Bournemouth on Saturday is a must in that regard.
The Gunners responded well to defeat by challengers Manchester City on February 15, clinching three straight wins to maintain their league lead. City won their game the previous Saturday and reduced the deficit to just two points.
Meanwhile, Bournemouth have recorded just one win in their last nine Premier League games, dropping them to the dreaded bottom three. After last week’s narrow home loss to Man City (4-1), the formula will be the same: to defend their lives and hope they can score at the other end.
Sporting News is following the Arsenal v Bournemouth game live with live score updates and commentary.
Live Premier League table
| position | team | Points | matches played |
Goals achieved |
Goal Difference |
Next game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | arsenal | 60 | 26 | 56 | +32 | vs. BOU, March 4th |
| 2. | man city | 58 | 26 | 66 | +41 | @CRY, March 11th |
| 3. | man united | 49 | 24 | 41 | +13 | @LIV March 5th |
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Arsenal vs Bournemouth Live Score
| 1H | 2H | final | |
| arsenal | 0 | — | — |
| Bournemouth | 1 | — | — |
Goals:
BOU – Philip Billing (Dango Ouattara) – 1st min.
Lineups:
Arsenal (4-3-3, right to left): 1-Ramsdale (GK) – 18-Tomiyasu, 12-Saliba, 6-Gabriel, 35-Zinchenko – 8-Odegaard, 5-Partey, 21-Vieira – 7-Saka, 19-Trossard (10-Smith Rowe, 22′ ), 11-Martinelli
Bournemouth (5-4-1, right to left): 13-Neto (GK) — 15-A. Smith, 6-Mepham, 3-Stephens, 25-Senesi, 33-Zemura – 11-Ouattara, 14-Rothwell, 29-Billing, 24-Semenyo – 9-Solanke.
Arsenal vs Bournemouth live updates, Premier League highlights
35 minutes: Arsenal penalty appeal! The VAR checks a ball that fell on the arm of Bournemouth defender Chris Mepham, who mistimed his header inside the box and saw the ball hit his arm. But the officials did not see it as a criminal offence.
33 minutes: It is Gabriel Martinelli who now acts as a center forward for Arsenal. Emile Smith Rowe has gone well to the left, where Martinelli usually works his magic. That could make things harder for the Gunners as Martinelli is better at beating defenders at a 1-on-1 pace.
30 minutes: Arsenal are struggling to get past the five-man backline set up by Bournemouth. And they’re definitely not going to be able to pull through there. The Gunners may need to find a way through a set piece, although the Cherries defended that one well too.
22 minutes: SUB arsenal. Arsenal forward Leandro Trossard is injured and has to be replaced by Emile Smith Rowe. Let’s see who plays as center forward. As a reminder, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus are not in the squad due to injuries.
20 minutes: Bournemouth chance! What a stop from Arsenal keeper Aaron Ramsdale! The visitors with a clinical runaway led by Philip Billing and Dominic Solanke. The cross into the box goes to a wide-open Dango Ouattara, but Ramsdale closes the angle with the close-range shot.
16 minutes: Bournemouth have absorbed everything Arsenal have thrown at them since Neto’s double save. And interestingly, Bournemouth look like they could injure Arsenal on transition if they get the ball.
4th minute: Arsenal chance! The Gunners’ response is quick, with a double Neto save against Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka to follow up.
1st minute: Goal Bournemouth! Bournemouth Score after just 11 seconds! Bournemouth step out and Dango Ouattara brings up the right flank and his cross makes it through a maze of Arsenal legs. Philip Billing ghosted the run into the pits and finished all alone for a shock lead!
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5 minutes after kick-off: We’re just ready to go. Arsenal are under pressure to react to Manchester City’s home win over Newcastle.
45 minutes after kick-off: The lineups are in place. Three new regulars have been brought in for Arsenal while Eddie Nketiah is absent from the squad through injury. Adding to their six injuries, Bournemouth are further weakened without starters Jefferson Lerma and Hamed Traore in their squad.
75 minutes after kick-off: A little more than an hour before kick-off, the hustle and bustle of fans in front of the stadium.
115 minutes after kick-off: A walk down memory lane for Arsenal fans for Bukayo Saka’s first senior goal:
120 minutes after kick-off: Thanks to their 1W-8N-2D record, the Cherries have been in the relegation zone in all competitions since the end of the World Cup break. These included failures in both the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup.
The many injuries haven’t helped, and neither has the schedule: they’ve had to play against Manchester City and Arsenal in back-to-back weeks, with Liverpool next up.
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Arsenal vs Bournemouth lineups, team news
With a game last Wednesday and another on Thursday in the Europa League, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is changing the staff. Be right back Ben White gets a breather Takehiro Tomiyasu beginning and Fabio Viera gets a start as Xhaka granite sits on the bench. Thomas Partey also regains his role in central midfield Jorginho. What will worry fans is this Eddie Nketiah is nowhere on the squad list due to injury.
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3, right to left): 1-Aaron Ramsdale (GK) – 18-Takehiro Tomiyasu, 12-William Saliba, 6-Gabriel, 35-Oleksandr Zinchenko – 8-Martin Odegaard, 5-Thomas Partey, 21-Fabio Vieira – 7-Bukayo Saka, 19-Leandro Trossard, 11-Gabriel Martinelli
Arsenal substitutions (9): 30-Matt Turner (GK), 4-Ben White, 15-Jakub Kiwior, 16-Rob Holding, 3-Kieran Tierney, 20-Jorginho, 34-Granite Xhaka, 10-Emile Smith Rowe, 24-Reiss Nelson
Bournemouth manager Gary O’Neil will be delighted Lewis Koch back in the squad after missing six weeks with a knee injury. But the sicklist is still long with six confirmed players: Illia Zabarnyi (Ankle), Markus Tavernier (paralyze), David Brooks (paralyze), Matthew Vina (Knee), Junior Stanislaus (muscle) and Lloyd Kelly (Calf). Hamed Traore and Jefferson Lerma are not in the squad
Bournemouth line-up (5-4-1, right to left): 13-Neto (GK) – 15-Adam Smith, 6-Chris Mepham, 3-Jack Stephens, 25-Marcos Senesi, 33-Jordan Zemura – 11-Dango Ouattara, 14-Joe Rothwell, 29-Philip Billing, 24-Antoine Semenyo — 9-Dominic Solanke.
Bournemouth substitutes (9): 1-Mark Travers (GK), 12-Darren Randolph (GK), 17-Jack Stacey, 2-Ryan Fredericks, 10-Ryan Christie, 4-Lewis Cook, 21-Kieffer Moore, 32-Jaidon Anthony, 41-Euan Pollock .
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Arsenal vs Bournemouth Live Stream, TV Channels
Arsenal have a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 2 defeats at the Emirates in all competitions so far in the 2022/23 season and they will be looking to book a second straight home game against a dated 2022/23 after beating Everton 4-0 Relegation-threatened team to use in the middle of the week.
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| Date | Time | TV | stream | |
| Australia | Sun, March 5th | 02:00 AEDT | — | Opus Sport |
| Canada | Sat, March 4th | 10:00 a.m. ET | — |
fuboTV Canada |
| Hong Kong Kong |
Sun, March 5th | 23:00 CET | Premier League now (chap. 620-621) |
Now E, now player |
| India | Sat, March 4th | 20:30 IST | Star Sports Select | Hotstar, JioTV |
| Malaysia | Sat, March 4th | 23:00 CET | — | go astro |
| New Zealand |
Sun, March 5th | 04:00 NZDT | sky sports 1 | Sky sports now |
| Singapore | Sat, March 4th | 23:00 CEST | Hub Premier (chap. 221) |
StarHub TV+ |
| United Kingdom | Sat, March 4th | 15:00 GMT | — | — |
| USA | Sat, March 4th | 10:00 a.m. ET | — | peacock |
UNITED KINGDOM: The game will not be televised in the UK due to the lockdown on Saturday at 15:00 GMT.
UNITED STATES: This game between Arsenal and Bournemouth will be available exclusively on NBC streaming platform Peacock.
Canada: Every Premier League game this season will be streamed live exclusively via fuboTV in Canada.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every Premier League game live and on demand on Optus Sport.
India: Star Sports Network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. In addition to an English broadcast on Star Sports Select, some matches are available via regional feeds on Star Sports 3 (Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam), Star Sports 1 (Bangla) and Star Sports 1 (Tamil).