Arsenal 3-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2023

Result

Arsenal 3-2 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Arsenal · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 3-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Arsenal won against AFC Bournemouth 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 March 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Philip Billing opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thomas Partey (62'), Ben White (70') and Reiss Nelson (90+7'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Philip Billing (1') and Marcos Senesi (57').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 60 points from 25 and AFC Bournemouth 19th on 21 points from 24. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and AFC Bournemouth 15th with 39.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and AFC Bournemouth in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Reiss Nelson of Arsenal (8.6), ahead of Martin Ødegaard (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Philip BillingAFC Bournemouth · 0-1
  • 57'Goal · Marcos SenesiAFC Bournemouth · 0-2
  • 62'Goal · Thomas ParteyArsenal · 1-2
  • 64'Yellow card · NetoAFC Bournemouth
  • 70'Goal · Ben WhiteArsenal · 2-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Chris MephamAFC Bournemouth
  • 90+7'Goal · Reiss NelsonArsenal · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 2, AFC Bournemouth 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Fábio Vieira, Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli

AFC Bournemouth line-up (5-4-1)

Neto, Adam Smith, Chris Mepham, Jack Stephens, Marcos Senesi, Jordan Zemura, Dango Ouattara, Joe Rothwell, Philip Billing, Antoine Semenyo, Dominic Solanke