Arsenal 1-0 AFC Bournemouth: result and report
Premier League · Monday 28 December 2015
Result
Arsenal 1-0 AFC Bournemouth
Premier League · Monday 28 December 2015, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 1-0 AFC Bournemouth: match report
Arsenal beat AFC Bournemouth 1-0 in the Premier League on Monday 28 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
Gabriel Paulista opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gabriel Paulista (27') and M. Özil (63'). AFC Bournemouth did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 36 points from 18 and AFC Bournemouth 17th on 18 points from 18. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and AFC Bournemouth 16th with 38.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mesut Özil of Arsenal (10.0), ahead of Gabriel Paulista (8.7).
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-W-W-W-D and AFC Bournemouth's D-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Gabriel Paulista
- 30'Yellow card · Aaron Ramsey
- 61'Yellow card · C. Chambers
- 63'Goal · M. Özil
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Per Mertesacker, Gabriel Paulista, Kieran Gibbs, Calum Chambers, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mesut Özil, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud
AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-1-4-1)
Artur Boruc, Adam Smith, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Charlie Daniels, Andrew Surman, Matt Ritchie, Dan Gosling, Harry Arter, Marc Pugh, Joshua King