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Arsenal vs Bournemouth preview: Team news and form guide for Saturday early kick-off

Luke Oluoch 10th April, 2026 04:31 PM

The race for the 2025/26 Premier League title intensifies this weekend as league action resumes with match week 32 fixtures on Saturday, April 11, 2026.

This comes after a lengthy break in international action, followed by an upset-filled round of FA Cup quarter-final action.

Heading the final decisive fixtures, Arsenal enjoys a solid nine-point cushion after 31 games, placing the Londoners in line for a first major silverware since lifting the FA Cup in 2020 under Mikel Arteta.

Early kickoff

Arsenal will host AFC Bournemouth in an early Saturday kickoff at 2:30 pm as they seek to take advantage of taking to the pitch earlier and widen the gap between them and Manchester City.

Arsenal Coach Mikel Arteta and goalkeeper David Raya. PHOTO/Screengrab by K24 Digital/https://x.com/Arsenal/X

Citizens will face Chelsea on Sunday, April 12, 2026.

Unbeaten streaks

The fixture comes with its own intrigue, with the visitors taking a record of an unbeaten 11-game streak to Arsenal on a four-game run.

Ranked 13^th on the pile, the Cherries seemed to have mastered the art of draws, with their recent outcomes against Manchester United, Burnley, and Brentford all ending in stalemates.

First win at Arsenal

Andoni Iraola’s men are eager to continue their winning run at the Emirates, where they broke their duck with a first top-flight away win over Arsenal last season.

Evanilson and Dean Huijsen struck in the second half in a 2-1 comeback victory.

The first leg match-up, however, affirmed Arsenal’s dominance in the fixture. On January 3, 2026, Arsenal mounted a fightback to emerge 2-3 winners, cementing their dominance in this fixture.