Having won just one of their first 14 Premier League games against Arsenal (D2 L11), Bournemouth did the double over the Gunners last season.
Arsenal have only failed to score in one of their 16 Premier League games against Bournemouth, though it was in a 2-0 defeat in this exact fixture last season.
Bournemouth have lost 12 of their 13 Premier League games against sides starting the day top of the table, with the exception being a 2-1 home win over Manchester City in November 2024.
Bournemouth beat Everton 1-0 in their first league game of 2025. They’ve not won their opening match in consecutive calendar years since 2011/2012, beating Swindon and Wycombe respectively in League One.
Arsenal have lost their opening league game in just one of the last 10 calendar years (W7 D2), going down 2-1 at home to Man City on New Year’s Day 2022.
Bournemouth are winless in their last 10 Premier League games (D5 L5). It’s their longest ever run without a win within the same top-flight campaign.
Arsenal have lost just one of their last 16 Premier League games (W12 D3), winning the last four in a row since a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa.
After losing four consecutive home league games between February and April last year, Bournemouth have lost just two of their last 13 (W6 D5). Indeed, they’ve only lost once at home so far this season, going down 1-0 against Everton in December.
No Bournemouth player has scored more goals (9), made more assists (3), had more shots (45), had more touches in the opposition box (86) or played more passes into the box (96) than Antoine Semenyo in the Premier League this season.
Leandro Trossard has the most assists (4) and joint-most goals (5) of any Arsenal player in the Premier League this season, with the Belgian both scoring and assisting against Aston Villa last time out.