Arsenal vs Bournemouth LIVE commentary: Gunners look to continue title fight against high-flying Cherries – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Arsenal will look to extend their lead over Manchester City when they host Bournemouth this weekend, live on talkSPORT.

He gunners claimed a huge 3-2 victory over north London rivals Tottenham last weekend to move within a point. in front of the city at the top of the Premier League table.

Mikel ArtetaThe team is starting to get back to its best after a slip-up against Aston Villa, so home fans will have hope for another win.

However the Cherries They still have a slim chance of securing a European place and have enjoyed an incredible campaign under Andoni Iraola after a difficult start.

The Spaniard has his team playing effectively in the Premier League and they will enjoy the trip to north London.

Arsenal vs Bournemouth: pressure for the title

Since the start of 2024, Arsenal have only lost one Premier League match at home to Aston Villa.

After that defeat, the Gunners lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, leading to suggestions that the Gunners' season would implode.

But they have bounced back from those defeats with three straight league wins to put the pressure back on. city ​​man.

Arsenal know they must win their three remaining league games and expect City, who have a game in hand, to drop points in their last four.

And the fact that Arsenal can lose just one game in almost half a season and still not win the Premier League shows the standards needed to win the top flight when competing against pep guardiolaThe men.

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• Arsenal have won all six of their Premier League home games against Bournemouth. The Gunners have only played more home games against Stoke while maintaining a 100% record (10/10).
• Bournemouth have only picked up five points in 13 Premier League games against Arsenal (W1 D2 L10) and have never kept a clean sheet against the Gunners. The Cherries have only played more games against Man City (14) without recording a shutout.
• Arsenal have won 13 of their 15 Premier League games so far in 2024, dropping points only against Manchester City (0-0) and Aston Villa (0-2) this year. However, the Gunners have conceded four goals in their last four league games, as many as in their previous 11 combined.

Arsenal vs Bournemouth: team news

The Gunners have all their first team players available for this clash.

Jurrien Timber is now fully fit after missing most of the season with an ACL injury. He has played a few games with the U-21 and could be in the squad for the day.

Elsewhere, it will be interesting to see if Arteta chooses to pick an unchanged team for the third consecutive league game.

Meanwhile, the Cherries have plenty of problems.

Ryan Fredericks still hasn't played all year.

Antoine Semenyo suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury in the 3-0 win over Brighton and joins Luis Sinisterra, Marcus Tavernier and Tyler Adams on the sidelines.

Milos Kerkez is suspended after being sent off against Wolves.

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• Since Bournemouth achieved their first victory of the season in the Premier League at the end of October (against Burnley), they have collected 45 points from 26 games (13 wins, six draws and seven losses); only the top four current teams have more in this time. They have never won more games in a top-flight campaign than the 13 in 2023-24 (also 13 in 2018-19).
• Arsenal have scored 85 goals in their 35 Premier League games this season, their average of 2.4 goals per game being the highest in a single campaign since 1934-35, when they scored 115 goals in 42 games (2.7 per game).
• Bournemouth have won 1-0 against Wolves and 3-0 against Brighton in their last two Premier League games; They had never before won three consecutive games in the top flight without conceding goals.

Arsenal vs Bournemouth: What was said?

Arsenal fan and TalkTV presenter Piers Morgan is hoping to get one last push from the Gunners.

speaking to talkSPORT, said: “We are in very good shape. Arsenal, in 2024, are absolutely on fire. If you take out Villa's game we have been unbeatable.

“The only team that can stop us is Manchester City and I don't think they are going to win their remaining four games.

“I think Tottenham will do something on their pitch that will ruin the lives of all Tottenham fans, but will help us win the league.”

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• Arsenal have recorded the largest positive difference between their goals and expected goals of any team in the last two Premier League seasons: +15.4 this season (85 goals from 69.6 xG) and +15.7 this season passed (88 goals from 72.3 xG). . In fact, since the start of the 2022-23 season, Arsenal's difference of 31.1 between goals (173) and xG (141.9) is the largest of any team in Europe's big five leagues.
• Kai Havertz's first Premier League goal for Arsenal came in a 4-0 win at Bournemouth in the first leg. The German has been involved in 13 goals in his last 11 league games for the Gunners, scoring eight and assisting five.
• Bukayo Saka has scored 15 goals and assisted nine more in the Premier League this season. He could become the second Arsenal player to record double figures in goals and assists in consecutive Premier League campaigns (14W 11A last season) after Dennis Bergkamp in 1997-98 and 1998-99.
• Bournemouth's Justin Kluivert has recorded as many goal involvements in his last six Premier League games (4 – 3 goals, 1 assist) as he has in his first 23 in the competition (4 goals).

Arsenal vs Bournemouth: Date and how to follow

This Premier League match will take place on Saturday, May 4.

The start in the Emirates is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.

talkSPORT will have live coverage from north London, with Reshmin Chowdhury as presenter.

Commentary will then come from Sam Matterface and former England defender Stuart Pearce.

talkSPORT.com will also be publishing a live blog to keep you up to date with all the action.

To tune in to talkSPORT via the website, Click HERE to watch the live stream.

You can also listen through the talkSPORT appon DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.