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AFC Bournemouth vs Arsenal at Stadion.Core.ViewModels.Matchday.LocationViewModel

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AFC Bournemouth

, Callum Wilson ‘70' , Jordon Ibe ‘74'
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Arsenal

, Héctor Bellerín ‘52'
FT 14th January 2018 1:30 PM
Vitality Stadium
#BOUARS
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Up to 13th...

That's a big win!!

FULL TIME

WHAT A WIN!!!!!

Huge!

Full time here and it's AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Arsenal!

Callum Wilson and Jordon Ibe the men of the hour, both scoring within four minutes to secure a great result.

Keep your eyes peeled on afcb.co.uk for all the reaction to a memorable Premier League day!

90: Four minutes of added time.....

Hang in there lads!!

90: Final sub...

Benik Afobe is coming on for Callum Wilson, who has ran himself into the ground.

First class from Wilson, scored and made the goal.


88: Two minutes to go...

We're digging in.

Backs against the walls, but defending so well.

Keep it tight....

86: Pughie is on...

A standing ovation for Ibe.

He comes off - slowly - for Pugh.

Excellent shift again today.

84: Close!!!

Ibe goes close!!

He drills a low effort from 25-yards and it fizzes just wide - so close!!

82: Wilshere wide...

We're hanging on a bit and looking to pounce on the break.

As a result, Wilshere gets free just outside the area and lashes an effort just wide of Begovic's goal.

Think he had it covered.


15 minutes left....


74: Ibe's first ever goal for us!

It just creeps in!

What a ball from Lewis Cook, Wilson brings it down and lays off Ibe in the area who smashes one.

It squirms under Cech and goes in, he wheels away delighted - it's been coming for a few weeks now!!

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!

JORDON IBE!!!!!!!!!

73: Arsenal sub...

Aaron Ramsey comes on for Calum Chambers - an attacking change from the Gunners.

They'll now play with a flat back four.

69: A striker's goal!!

Out of nothing, Weeman steams down the right and plays a magnificent ball in.

What a cross, and Wilson just gets one touch to nick it away from both Cech and Bellerin to score!

Really good goal, get in!

GOALLLLLLLL!

OUT OF NOTHING WILSON!!!

68: Great challenge....

Iwobi steams onto a pass in the box and looks set to pull the trigger in a really dangerous area.

But Steve Cook reads it so well and nicks the ball just as it looks to be 0-2.

64: Unlucky...

A flowing move.

Ibe, Francis and Weeman interchange on the right and they release the Scot with a run inside.

He lets fly with an effort which is straight at Cech.

Seconds later, Ibe cuts inside from the right onto his left and hammers a low one straight at Cech again.

Encouraging.

62: Sub for us...

Lys Mousset comes on for Charlie Daniels.

So that means we're going to have Smith at left-back, and Weeman right back.

Attacking change!

Plugging away to get back in it...


55: Xhaka booked...

Ibe does so well.

He skins Xhaka before beating Holding on the far side. He's steaming towards goal but the Swissman kicked him down.

Clear booking.

52: Bellerin scores...

Just.

It's a great ball from Iwobi and Bellerin races in behind.

He's got loads of time to pick his spot, Begovic gets a hand to it but it's squeezes in - just.

Arsenal ahead.

GOAL for Arsenal.

Bellerin scores.

49: Penalty appeal!

Ake bombs forward and gets to the edge, his ball comes off Xhaka and the crowd behind the goal want a penalty.

Kevin Friend waved it away instantly.

45: We're back underway...

We're attacking the Vitality Steve Fletcher Main Stand this half...

Let's go lads!

HALF TIME

Well, not bad so far.

We ended the half fairly strongly and it's goalless at the break.

Tight, but there's enough to suggest we can get something here.

A big second half ahead!

41: Just over!

Weeman collects a pass on the edge, turns and smashes a left-footed volley, always rising but lovely technique.

The crowd right behind us now!

39: Opening!

That's livened the crowd up!

Arsenal don't clear and Smithy hits an effort straight at Cech - that's before Ibe skins Maitland-Niles and drills in a low ball which Fraser touches and smashes a shot at the back post which is somehow blocked!

It looked certain to at least test Cech - good spell this!

37: Mustafi nods over...

Xhaka's corner is whizzed in quite low and the German stoops at the near to glance it over.

Arsenal on top to round off the half...

35: Big chance...

... and a big save by Begovic!

Welbeck got in behind and was almost touched by Francis for a penalty, but he flicked it in the area and the Bosnian got a big foot to it to tip it out.

Really good stop.

32: Tight...

Arsenal are having more of the ball, Wilshere is their best player by a mile thus far.

It's tight and bitty, but it may be starting to get away from us a little bit.

31: Francis the second Cherries player carded...

Clever play by Welbeck.

He ran across Francis, drawing the contact to get the foul.

Francis and Gosling both on yellows, maybe questionably so.

It's a tight contest here...


19: Welbeck almost in for Arsenal...

Cookie underhits a pass to Francis and Welbeck looks to get on the end of it, but Begovic mops up.

Shortly after, Gosling is booked for diving. Not sure about it though as he danced past Mustafi!

A battle so far...


15: Better from us!

We work it well and Ake plays a killer pass for Weeman.

He gets free on the left and his cross is caught by Cech.

Ibe seeing lots of the ball around the area - we're also pressing the Gunners' backline extremely high.

09: Save!

Begovic denies Iwobi.

The Nigerian cuts onto his right and it takes a nick forcing Begovic into a high parry away.

Arsenal on top.

08: Off the bar...

Maitland-Niles.

Wilshere works it well and the ball reached the youngster at the back-post.

He showed great composure to swivel past Francis and Cook twice, before curling an effort off the bar.

Arsenal growing into it.

05: Opening for Arsenal...

A threatening one.

Bellerin got in behind Daniels and his cross was blocked, before Francis headed the rebound away with Lacazette lurking.

A fairly lively start!

04: Close!!

Great effort!

Daniels' ball in is brought down majestically by Smith and he cuts inside onto his left, drills a low drive just wide of Petr Cech's post!

Good effort, very close!

01: We're underway...

A big game!

Lacazette gets the ball rolling here...

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Come on lads!

The teams are out...

The two longest serving managers in the Premier League take each other on...

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Cookie has his say in the pre-match interview...

In the pre-match interview, compulsory for every Premier League club, Cookie said the following:

“We’ve been more positive in recent weeks, more attacking and we’re getting our rewards. Hopefully that continues today but we’re against a very good Arsenal side.”

A win could be big for us today...

One point above the drop zone, a win could propel us to 13th in the table.

It's so tight down there, a result today would prove that.

One to watch...

Alexandre Lacazette is one to watch for our backline.

The frenchman hasn't scored in his last seven league appearances, his longest run without a goal since February and May 2013.

But he'll be desperate to break that run today at Vitality Stadium.

No Alexis or Ozil for Arsenal...

Which could be big for us.

The pair aren't even on the bench.

For us, Joshua King and Junior Stanislas just miss out and don't feature on the bench.

Arsenal's form...

Is a bit mixed, in particular their away form.

Arsene Wenger's side have drawn five of their last seven Premier League matches, but in the entire season they've only won three of their 11 away league games.

A good time to play them? 

Our form heading into this one...

The Cherries are unbeaten in their last three, winning one and drawing twice - winning over Everton and getting a point each against West Ham and Brighton.

We've also scored seven in the last three which is encouraging.

Last March was the last time we recorded back-to-back home wins - here's to breaking a bit of a hoodoo today!

Head to head...

The stats don't look great for us!

We've not won in the previous six meetings with Arsenal, and conceded at least twice in each of those games.

Last season's 3-3 draw sticks in the memory as we went 3-0 up at Vitality Stadium - here's to more of the same attacking prowess today!

Let's start with the team news...

Well, we could have Junior Stanislas and Joshua King back, but the manager revealed that he will have to make a late call on both players - other than that everyone bar Jermain Defoe and Tyrone Mings is available.

As for Arsenal, Mesut Ozil is a major doubt while Aaron Ramsey and Sead Kolasinac are both fit once again.

We could also be welcoming back Jack Wilshere to Vitality Stadium, he was initially a doubt for the game but has since trained with the Gunners.

It's matchday!

Hello and welcome to our live blog for this afternoon, as we welcome Arsenal to Vitality Stadium!

It's another big game in the Premier League and the Sky cameras are all ready for action, but if you don't have Sky we'll keep you posted with both our text and audio commentary.

Let's do this!

As it stood

PL GD Pts
1 Manchester City 23 +50 62
2 Manchester United 22 +29 47
3 Liverpool 23 +26 47
4 Chelsea 23 +25 47
5 Tottenham Hotspur 23 +25 44
6 Arsenal 23 +11 39
7 Burnley 23 -1 34
8 Leicester City 23 +2 31
9 Everton 23 -13 27
10 Watford 23 -9 26
11 West Ham United 23 -12 25
12 Crystal Palace 23 -12 25
14 Huddersfield Town 23 -20 24
15 Newcastle United 23 -10 23
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 -12 23
17 Southampton 23 -11 21
18 Stoke City 22 -24 20
19 West Bromwich Albion 23 -12 19
20 Swansea City 23 -21 17

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