Arsenal vs Bournemouth

27 February 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Mesut Özil 4’
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 27’
Laurent Koscielny 47’
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 59’
Alexandre Lacazette 78’

Lys Mousset 30’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Bournemouth. Arsenal led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mesut Özil put Arsenal ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Sead Kolasinac, Henrikh Mkhitaryan made it 2-0 in the 27th minute, set up by Mesut Özil, and Lys Mousset pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 30th minute, set up by Dan Gosling. In the second half, Laurent Koscielny made it 3-1 in the 47th minute, set up by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made it 4-1 in the 59th minute, set up by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Alexandre Lacazette made it 5-1 with a direct free kick in the 78th minute.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 3.19 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Bournemouth's 0.89 from 13.

Match stats

16 Shots 13

6 Shots on Target 5

9 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.19 xG 0.89

3.19 Non-penalty xG 0.89

13 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Arsenal Bournemouth

Kick-off

Mesut Özil
Assist: Sead Kolasinac

1-0

4’

Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Assist: Mesut Özil

2-0

27’

30’

Lys Mousset
Assist: Dan Gosling

2-1

Half-time2-1

Laurent Koscielny
Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan

3-1

47’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan

4-1

59’

Alexandre Lacazette

5-1

78’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Sokratis
Lucas Torreira

Bournemouth

Joshua King
Charlie Daniels

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 3.19 xGBournemouth 0.89 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
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Laurent Koscielny	DEF	90	1		1	0.57	0.00	0
Sokratis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho Monreal	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carl Jenkinson	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Sead Kolasinac	MID	59		1	1	0.03	0.34	2
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	90			3	0.12	0.13	1
Lucas Torreira	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Mesut Özil	MID	90	1	1	2	0.75	0.73	4
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	MID	66	1	2	1	0.41	1.28	4
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	73	1		4	0.90	0.49	1
Alex Iwobi	Sub	31			1	0.13	0.02	1
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	24	1		2	0.24	0.00	0
Denis Suárez	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Artur Boruc	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Nathan Aké	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Mepham	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Smith	DEF	72			0	0.00	0.07	2
Jordon Ibe	MID	58			1	0.05	0.00	0
Andrew Surman	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Dan Gosling	MID	90		1	3	0.11	0.35	1
Ryan Fraser	MID	82			2	0.13	0.02	1
Lys Mousset	FWD	90	1		1	0.35	0.00	0
Joshua King	FWD	90			3	0.11	0.16	2
Charlie Daniels	Sub	32			1	0.02	0.00	0
Diego Rico	Sub	18			1	0.06	0.04	1
Sam Surridge	Sub	8			1	0.05	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 68% Bet365 odds 1.44

Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.00

Bournemouth win 13% Bet365 odds 7.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal W W L W W

Bournemouth W W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal, 25 Nov 18 Next meeting: Arsenal 1-0 Bournemouth, 06 Oct 19 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.