Fresh from booking their spots in the fourth annular of the EFL Cup, Bournemouth and Arsenal acknowledgment to Premier League activity with a showdown at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Cherries put two changing goals accomplished Stoke City on Wednesday night, while Mikel Arteta’s men captivated out for a cheeky 1-0 celebration over London rivals Brentford.
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Bournemouth administrator Andoni Iraola on July 25, 2023© Reuters
Unlike in their best contempo Premier League showdown with Brighton & Hove Albion, Bournemouth did not collapse afterwards demography the advance adjoin a confidence-depleted Stoke in the EFL Cup, although Andoni Iraola did accept to about-face to his bank for a birr of inspiration.
Having been alien at bisected time, Dominic Solanke fabricated his attendance acquainted beeline abroad with a brittle bang into the basal corner, alone three account afore Joe Rothwell’s chargeless bang from the larboard evaded anybody and nestled into the aback of the net.
By absolute their aboriginal win aback advantageous Swansea City in the additional annular of the EFL Cup, the Cherries accept been adored with a fourth-round tie adjoin Liverpool, by which point the Vitality Stadium affectionate will achievement to accept apparent their ancillary get off the mark in the top flight.
Still afterwards a best booty afterwards six amateur of the new term, Bournemouth are aerial aloof aloft the crisis area in 17th place, with adolescent winless abandon Luton Town, Sheffield United and Burnley the alone teams to accept performed worse than them at this beginning stage.
Showdowns with Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley in October will accommodate Iraola’s ancillary with three prime opportunities to belatedly appear up trumps, but their winless run in the top flight now stands at 10 amateur aback a 4-1 thrashing of Leeds United in April, aback aback they accept denticulate aloof alert in 450 account of Premier League home football.
Arsenal’s Reiss Nelson celebrates scoring their aboriginal ambition on September 27, 2023© Reuters
Bournemouth’s contempo abridgement of abomination at home will acutely arrest their affairs of abashing an Arsenal ancillary with an affection for apple-pie bedding abroad from their Emirates headquarters, although Mikel Arteta’s men absolutely rode their luck a brace of times during their attenuate celebration over Brentford.
Reiss Nelson capitalised on a Zanka aberration with aloof eight account gone to breach the deadlock for the Gunners, who were accountable to some acute stops from abiding goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale and a beauteous Jakub Kiwior block from Keane Lewis-Potter’s goal-bound bang in the additional half.
A additional alternating EFL Cup London derby abroad from home now awaits the Gunners, who accept been fatigued to face West Ham United in the fourth annular and arch south accepting kept three apple-pie bedding in three abroad amateur this season, additionally shutting out Crystal Palace and Everton on adverse territory.
However, connected rearguard frailties amount Arsenal baby in aftermost weekend’s North London derby, area Tottenham Hotspur came from abaft alert to snatch a point acknowledgment to a Son Heung-min brace, bumping Arteta’s men bottomward to fifth in the table, although their best almanac charcoal intact.
A account of 11 goals is the joint-worst advancing almanac central the top eight alongside West Ham, but the Gunners put three accomplished Bournemouth afterwards acknowledgment at the Vitality Stadium aftermost appellation afore an amazing 3-2 Emirates victory, area Nelson – the hero of the hour on Wednesday – sparked dizzying anarchy with a 97th-minute winner.
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Arsenal’s Declan Rice in activity on August 2, 2023© Reuters
Solanke’s ablaze adornment concluded in agitation for the Bournemouth striker on Wednesday, as he was taken off in the 85th minute with an abate injury, and Iraola has conceded that he does not apperceive whether his arch marksman to agitate off the affair in time for the weekend.
Solanke has been accustomed into the dispensary by Emiliano Marcondes (foot), Alex Scott (knee), Ryan Fredericks (calf), Lloyd Kelly (calf) and Chris Mepham (unspecified) – the closing two of whom accept abundantly abbreviate affairs of comebacks actuality – but on a absolute note, Tyler Adams came off the bank for his delayed admission adjoin Stoke afterwards afraid off a hamstring injury.
Unless Solanke makes a quicker-than-expected recovery, Kieffer Moore and Antoine Semenyo will action for the appropriate to spearhead the hosts’ attack, while Neto, Max Aarons, Philip Billing and Marcus Tavernier are all in band for allotment to the aboriginal XI.
While Arsenal came out of Wednesday’s bold safe – barring the atomic of knocks to Emile Smith Rowe – it was a altered adventure in the North London derby, area Declan Rice (back) and Bukayo Saka (calf) were both aloof afore the full-time blare sounded.
Neither man had accomplished by the time Arteta conducted his pre-match columnist appointment on Friday, while Leandro Trossard (thigh), Gabriel Martinelli (hamstring) are in the aforementioned boat, and the duo of William Saliba and Fabio Vieira are beginning doubts due to knocks of their own.
Alongside the visitors’ deluge of doubts, Jurrien Timber (knee) and Thomas Partey (groin) are abiding absentees and will abide out of altercation for the time being.
Despite sending Arteta a loud alternative bulletin at the Gtech, Ramsdale will acceptable abalienate his abode in ambition to a well-rested David Raya, while Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard are amid the visitors’ approved first-teamers set to acknowledgment to the fold.
Bournemouth accessible starting lineup:
Neto; Aarons, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez; Cook, Billing; Tavernier, Christie, Ouattara; Moore
Arsenal accessible starting lineup:
Raya; Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Jorginho, Havertz; Nelson, Nketiah, Jesus
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We say: Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal
Even admitting Arsenal accept not set the apple afire on the advancing advanced this season, the Gunners accept apparent admirable animation in the face of affliction abroad from home, and their diffuse abrasion account is not such a account for affair any added accustomed their added band depth.
Meanwhile, a Bournemouth ancillary who accept already struggled for goals on home clay assume set to accomplish do afterwards their capital focal point in Solanke, and as such, Arteta’s men should biking aback to North London with addition three credibility and apple-pie area in the bag.