Arsenal 3-1 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 27 November 2016

Result

Arsenal 3-1 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Sunday 27 November 2016, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

Arsenal · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 3-1 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Arsenal won against AFC Bournemouth 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 27 November 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Arsenal's goals came from A. Sánchez (12'), T. Walcott (53') and A. Sánchez (90+1'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Callum Wilson (23', penalty).

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 25 points from 12 and AFC Bournemouth 11th on 15 points from 12. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and AFC Bournemouth 9th with 46.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal (9.0), ahead of Theo Walcott (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 0 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Steve CookAFC Bournemouth
  • 7'Yellow card · Simon FrancisAFC Bournemouth
  • 12'Goal · A. SánchezArsenal · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal
  • 23'Penalty goal · Callum WilsonAFC Bournemouth · 1-1
  • 53'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · A. SánchezArsenal
  • 73'Yellow card · Harry ArterAFC Bournemouth
  • 80'Yellow card · Brad SmithAFC Bournemouth
  • 88'Yellow card · Dan GoslingAFC Bournemouth
  • 90+1'Goal · A. SánchezArsenal · 3-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Gabriel PaulistaArsenal

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Arsenal 2, draws 0, AFC Bournemouth 0.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Mathieu Debuchy, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexis Sánchez

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

Adam Federici, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Brad Smith, Dan Gosling, Harry Arter, Adam Smith, Joshua King, Junior Stanislas, Callum Wilson