A.F.C. Bournemouth vs Arsenal Tickets

Dean Court (Vitality Stadium) has been the home of AFC Bournemouth since 1910. With a capacity of 11,379, this is one of the smallest grounds in the English top flight in recent years.

Being such a small stadium, together with the global allure of the Gunners, means that tickets for this fixture will cost significantly more than the average game at this venue.

The Vitality Stadium seating plan offers guidance for finding the most ideal seats to purchase for fixtures at this ground.

AFC Bournemouth vs Arsenal History

The first-ever meeting between these clubs came in 1987, quite recently relative to the history of club football in England. Arsenal beat Bournemouth, 3-0, in the third round of the League Cup at Highbury.

The north London club went on to reach the final of the competition that season, but lost to Luton Town at Wembley.

Since then, clashes between the Cherries and the Gunners have been seriously sparse. In the 2015/16 Premier League season, these teams contested a league meeting for the very first time. In this fixture, Mesut Özil opened the scoring in a 2-0 win for Arsenal.

Come the end of the 2022/23 season, Bournemouth had yet to lift a major trophy for the first time. Arsenal, meanwhile, had lifted the FA Cup a record 14 times as well as 13 league championships (including three in the Premier League era).

Jack Wilshere joined Arsenal’s Hale End Academy in 2001, aged nine. After being promoted to the senior team by Arsène Wenger, Wilshere amassed almost 200 appearances for the Gunners. In 2016/17 the ex-England midfielder moved to Bournemouth on a season-long loan. He later rejoined the Cherries on a short-term deal in 2021, before hanging up his boots the following year.

Aaron Ramsdale Bournemouth from Sheffield United in 2017, for a transfer fee of £800k. Three years later the goalkeeper returned to the Blades in a deal worth in the region of £18,5m, before he completed a £24m move to Arsenal in 2021.

AFC Bournemouth vs Arsenal Head-to-Head

In early 2017, these teams played out a thrilling six-goal affair which ended all square. Bournemouth were three goals to the good, before the Gunners clawed back to rescue a point on the south coast. Olivier Giroud equalised in second-half stoppage time after Alexis Sanchez had also scored for the visitors.

12 months later, Bournemouth recorded a first-ever win over Arsenal with a 2-1 victory in the Premier League. Callum Wilson and Jordon Ibe were on target for Eddie Howe’s side, in a historic triumph for the Cherries.

These teams met at Dean Court in the FA Cup Fourth Round in 2020, shortly before the Covid-induced lockdown. Bukayo Saka opened the scoring as Arsenal won by two goals to one, and they went on to win the Cup for a record 14th time after beating Chelsea in the final at Wembley.

In the 2022/23 Premier League season, Martin Odegaard scored twice for Arsenal in a comfortable 3-0 win in this fixture. Odegaard also scored for the Gunners, and claimed two assists, in a 4-0 rout of the Cherries at the start of the 2023/2024 Premier League season.

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