AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2019

Result

AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Arsenal: match report

AFC Bournemouth drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 26 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Dan Gosling opened the scoring in the 35th minute. AFC Bournemouth's goal came from Dan Gosling (35'). Arsenal scored through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (63').

Discipline: AFC Bournemouth received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game AFC Bournemouth were 14th on 19 points from 18 and Arsenal 11th on 23 points from 18. AFC Bournemouth went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Arsenal 8th with 56.

AFC Bournemouth lined up in a 4-5-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Granit Xhaka of Arsenal (8.0), ahead of Jack Stacey (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 AFC Bournemouth win, 1 draw and 7 for Arsenal.

Going into the match AFC Bournemouth's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Arsenal's D-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Dan GoslingAFC Bournemouth · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · J. LermaAFC Bournemouth
  • 54'Yellow card · Lucas TorreiraArsenal
  • 55'Yellow card · A. Maitland-NilesArsenal
  • 63'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal
  • 84'Yellow card · Chris MephamAFC Bournemouth
  • 85'Yellow card · Lewis CookAFC Bournemouth
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Callum WilsonAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

9 meetings: AFC Bournemouth 1, draws 1, Arsenal 7.

Team news

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-5-1)

Aaron Ramsdale, Jack Stacey, Steve Cook, Chris Mepham, Jack Simpson, Ryan Fraser, Lewis Cook, Jefferson Lerma, Dan Gosling, Joshua King, Callum Wilson

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernd Leno, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, David Luiz, Bukayo Saka, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Reiss Nelson, Mesut Özil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette