Bournemouth vs Arsenal

30 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Bukayo Saka 17’
Martin Odegaard 44’ (pen)
Kai Havertz 53’ (pen)
Ben White 90+3’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 4-0 away at Bournemouth. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 17th minute and Martin Odegaard made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 44th minute. In the second half, Kai Havertz made it 0-3 from the penalty spot in the 53rd minute and Ben White made it 0-4 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Martin Odegaard.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 4.14 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Bournemouth's 0.64 from 8.

Match stats

8 Shots 15

1 Shots on Target 8

6 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.64 xG 4.07

0.64 Non-penalty xG 2.55

13 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Bournemouth Arsenal

Kick-off

17’

Bukayo Saka

0-1

44’

Martin Odegaard
Penalty

0-2

Half-time0-2

53’

Kai Havertz
Penalty

0-3

90+3’

Ben White
Assist: Martin Odegaard

0-4

Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Kai Havertz

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.

Bournemouth 0.64 xGArsenal 4.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Bournemouth attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Neto	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Aarons	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.07	1
Marcos Senesi	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Illia Zabarnyi	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Milos Kerkez	DEF	88	1	0.07	0.00	0
Lewis Cook	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Christie	MID	88	1	0.06	0.07	1
Marcus Tavernier	MID	64	1	0.03	0.09	1
Philip Billing	MID	80	2	0.15	0.00	0
Justin Kluivert	MID	64	0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominic Solanke	FWD	90	2	0.21	0.14	2
Dango Ouattara	Sub	26	1	0.11	0.00	0
Luis Sinisterra	Sub	26	0	0.00	0.08	1
Joe Rothwell	Sub	10	0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Smith	Sub	2	0	0.00	0.00	0
Antoine Semenyo	Sub	2	0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90	1		1	0.34	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	74			2	0.13	0.14	2
Martin Odegaard	MID	90	1	1	1	0.76	0.88	3
Kai Havertz	MID	86	1		2	0.82	0.00	0
Declan Rice	MID	86			0	0.00	0.03	1
Bukayo Saka	FWD	81	1		3	1.33	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	FWD	74			2	0.15	0.00	0
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	90			2	0.10	0.17	2
Takehiro Tomiyasu	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Reiss Nelson	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.38	1
Fábio Vieira	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.09	1
Jorginho	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	4			2	0.49	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bournemouth win 16% Avg odds 6.03

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.55

Arsenal win 63% Avg odds 1.53

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

Form going into the game

Bournemouth L L D D L

Arsenal W D W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 3-2 Bournemouth, 04 Mar 23 Next meeting: Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth, 04 May 24 All Bournemouth vs Arsenal 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.