AFC Bournemouth 2-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 January 2026

Result

AFC Bournemouth 2-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 3 January 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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AFC Bournemouth 2-3 Arsenal: match report

AFC Bournemouth were beaten by Arsenal 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Evanilson opened the scoring in the 10th minute. AFC Bournemouth's goals came from Evanilson (10') and Eli Kroupi (76'). Arsenal scored through Gabriel Magalhães (16'), Declan Rice (54') and Declan Rice (71').

Discipline: AFC Bournemouth received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game AFC Bournemouth were 15th on 23 points from 19 and Arsenal 1st on 45 points from 19. AFC Bournemouth went on to finish that season 6th with 57 points, and Arsenal 1st with 85.

AFC Bournemouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Declan Rice of Arsenal (8.4), ahead of Bukayo Saka (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 AFC Bournemouth wins, 1 draw and 7 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · EvanilsonAFC Bournemouth · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Gabriel MagalhãesArsenal · 1-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Antoine SemenyoAFC Bournemouth
  • 54'Goal · Declan RiceArsenal · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Martín ZubimendiArsenal
  • 71'Goal · Declan RiceArsenal · 1-3
  • 76'Goal · Eli KroupiAFC Bournemouth · 2-3
  • 80'Yellow card · Eli KroupiAFC Bournemouth
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Amine AdliAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: AFC Bournemouth 2, draws 1, Arsenal 7.

Team news

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AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Djordje Petrovic, Alejandro Jiménez Sánchez, James Hill, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, Alex Scott, Marcus Tavernier, Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert, David Brooks, Evanilson

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Jurriën Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel, Piero Hincapié, Martin Ødegaard, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyökeres, Gabriel Martinelli