Bournemouth will look to do the impossible when they travel to London to face the in-form Premier League leaders Arsenal.
The Gunners are a team in good form, having dispatched three Premier League teams in a row. Their latest victim was Everton, who they defeated 4-0 in midweek.
That win over the Toffees marked the 12th time they’ve scored 4+ goals against Everton in the PL – a record for one side against another in the competition.
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Mikel Arteta’s side will now look to record another big win over a struggling side this weekend when the host Bournemouth. They look primed to do that as they come into this tie on the back of eight consecutive PL victories over newly-promoted sides. And considering they’ve beaten Bournemouth in all five of their PL home H2Hs, by an aggregate score of 14-2, another over 2.5 goals performance here might not surprise.
Bournemouth will be desperate for another embarrassing outing, though, having fallen to a 4-1 defeat to Manchester City last weekend.
The Cherries have been picked apart by many of the top teams this season, and they have the worst defensive record in the league to show for that, having conceded 48 goals this season.
They are now in the thick of the relegation battle and will need to improve their league away returns if they want to survive this season (W2, D2, L8). Only bottom-placed Southampton, having lost more games on the road than Bournemouth, although they did end an eight-match winless PL away run (D2, L6) with a 1-0 victory over Wolves in their last away outing.
