Arsenal 1-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2025

Result

Arsenal 1-2 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2025, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Arsenal · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 1-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Arsenal lost to AFC Bournemouth 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 May 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Declan Rice opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Declan Rice (34'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Dean Huijsen (67') and Evanilson (75').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 67 points from 34 and AFC Bournemouth 10th on 50 points from 34. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and AFC Bournemouth 9th with 56.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Declan Rice of Arsenal (8.1), ahead of Martin Ødegaard (7.6).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Declan RiceArsenal · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · EvanilsonAFC Bournemouth
  • 64'Yellow card · Dango OuattaraAFC Bournemouth
  • 67'Goal · Dean HuijsenAFC Bournemouth · 1-1
  • 75'Goal · EvanilsonAFC Bournemouth · 1-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli

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

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Julián Araujo, Ilya Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, Tyler Adams, Lewis Cook, Marcus Tavernier, Justin Kluivert, Dango Ouattara, Evanilson