Arsenal vs Bournemouth

4 March 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Thomas Partey 62’
Ben White 70’
Reiss Nelson 90+7’

Philip Billing 1’
Marcos Senesi 57’

Match summary

Arsenal came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Bournemouth, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Bournemouth led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Philip Billing put Bournemouth ahead in the first minute. In the second half, Marcos Senesi made it 0-2 with a header in the 57th minute, set up by Joe Rothwell, Thomas Partey pulled one back to make it 1-2 from a corner in the 62nd minute, set up by Emile Smith-Rowe, Ben White equalised in the 70th minute, set up by Reiss Nelson, and Reiss Nelson won it from a corner in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.49 expected goals (xG) from 30 shots to Bournemouth's 1.74 from 4.

Match stats

31 Shots 4

9 Shots on Target 4

17 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.46 xG 1.74

2.46 Non-penalty xG 1.74

31 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Arsenal Bournemouth

Kick-off

1’

Philip Billing

0-1

Half-time0-1

57’

Marcos Senesi
Assist: Joe Rothwell

0-2

Thomas Partey
Assist: Emile Smith-Rowe

1-2

62’

Ben White
Assist: Reiss Nelson

2-2

70’

Reiss Nelson

3-2

90+7’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bournemouth

Neto
Chris Mepham

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 2.49 xGBournemouth 1.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bournemouth attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	49			1	0.01	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.15	2
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.11	4
Thomas Partey	MID	90	1		1	0.55	0.12	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			11	0.53	0.09	3
Fábio Vieira	MID	87			2	0.07	0.07	3
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90			4	0.73	0.11	3
Leandro Trossard	FWD	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90			4	0.30	0.17	2
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	51		1	1	0.04	0.59	2
Ben White	Sub	41	1		1	0.05	0.13	2
Reiss Nelson	Sub	18	1	1	2	0.06	0.13	2
Granit Xhaka	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Neto	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Smith	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcos Senesi	DEF	90	1		1	0.44	0.00	0
Jack Stephens	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Mepham	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Zemura	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dango Ouattara	MID	85			1	0.62	0.00	0
Philip Billing	MID	90	1		1	0.55	0.62	1
Joe Rothwell	MID	74		1	0	0.00	0.58	2
Antoine Semenyo	MID	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominic Solanke	FWD	90			1	0.13	0.00	0
Jaidon Anthony	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Fredericks	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Cook	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Christie	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 79% Avg odds 1.22

Draw 14% Avg odds 6.78

Bournemouth win 7% Avg odds 13.69

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal D L W W W

Bournemouth D L D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bournemouth 0-3 Arsenal, 20 Aug 22 Next meeting: Bournemouth 0-4 Arsenal, 30 Sep 23 All Arsenal vs Bournemouth meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.