Bournemouth v Arsenal Betting Tips [20 August 2022]

Bournemouth have another tough outing as they return home to take on second placed Arsenal in the third round of matches in the Premier League. Ahead of this game, Bournemouth, who have three points, are placed 11th. Arsenal are on six points and joint top with Manchester City, the team Bournemouth faced in their last game. Bournemouth will be looking to rise from their 4-0 defeat to Manchester City as they face another side on a good start to the season. The newly promoted sides started their campaign with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa at home and they will want to build on that win as they return home. In light of their recent run, this will be a tough task for the home team – they have four losses in their last five matches, failed to score in two of the five and conceded two or more in three. Three of their last five matches have produced over 2.5 goals.

Arsenal are on a fine run and all seems to be functioning well at the club, save for a few defensive jitters that were witnessed in their 4-2 win over Leicester City in their last game. Compared to last season, they are a much stronger side, and they go into this game undefeated in their last five meetings with Bournemouth. Arsenal have straight wins in their last eight matches and in each of these games, they have scored at least two goals. In their opening two league matches, they have six goals, and they should be high in confidence after carrying to the season their preseason form. Gabriel Jesus has been a true revelation for the Gunners and his involvement in all four goals in the Leicester City win is enough to list him as the player to watch in this game.

Arsenal have the better run going into this game and in 11 meetings with Bournemouth, they have only one loss. Bournemouth are struggling a bit, as per their recent results, and this could continue here as they go through a run of tough games in the initial weeks of the Premier League. Arsenal have established leads going into the break in their opening games and in their form, we will back them to go to the break leading here as well.