Arsenal 1-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2026

Result

Arsenal 1-2 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2026, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 1-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Arsenal lost to AFC Bournemouth 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

Eli Kroupi opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Viktor Gyökeres (35', penalty). AFC Bournemouth scored through Eli Kroupi (17') and Alex Scott (74').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; AFC Bournemouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 70 points from 31 and AFC Bournemouth 13th on 42 points from 31. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and AFC Bournemouth 6th with 57.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Declan Rice of Arsenal (7.4), ahead of Evanilson (7.3).

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

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-W-D and AFC Bournemouth's D-D-D-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Eli KroupiAFC Bournemouth · 0-1
  • 35'Penalty goal · Viktor GyökeresArsenal · 1-1
  • 74'Goal · Alex ScottAFC Bournemouth · 1-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Adrien TruffertAFC Bournemouth
  • 79'Yellow card · Eli KroupiAFC Bournemouth
  • 80'Yellow card · Viktor GyökeresArsenal
  • 90+6'Yellow card · James HillAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli, Viktor Gyökeres

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Djordje Petrovic, Alejandro Jiménez Sánchez, James Hill, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, Alex Scott, Ryan Christie, Rayan, Junior Kroupi, Marcus Tavernier, Evanilson