Bournemouth v Arsenal Preview & Betting Odds Gameweek 20

When is Bournemouth v Arsenal?
Saturday 3^rd January, 2026.

What time is kick-off for Bournemouth v Arsenal?
5.30pm, UK time.

Where is Bournemouth v Arsenal being played?
The Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth.

How can I watch Bournemouth v Arsenal?
Live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event from 4.30pm.

Bournemouth v Arsenal betting form

Arsenal enter 2026 four points clear at the top of the Premier League with 45 points from 19 games played and with the Spreadex outright odds making them 4/9 favourites to be crowned champions come May, ahead of Man City at 15/8 with Aston Villa at 40/1 and Liverpool 66/1.

The Gunners have now lost just once in their last 25 matches in all competitions – that being a last-gasp 2-1 defeat at Villa Park at the start of December. Since then, Mikel Arteta’s side have won five out of six and also squeezed past Crystal Palace on penalties in the Carabao Cup after that game ended 1-1 in normal time.

ARSENAL RECENT PREMIER LEAGUE FORM

WIN: Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa. Tuesday 30^th December 2025.
WIN: Arsenal 2-1 Brighton. Saturday 27^th December 2025.
WIN: Everton 0-1 Arsenal. Saturday 20^th December 2025.
WIN: Arsenal 2-1 Wolves. Saturday 13^th December 2025.

Bournemouth come into the new year in 15^th place in the Premier League table with 23 points from 19 games played after a recent winless run spanning 10 matches.

That last win came at home to Nottingham Forest on Sunday 26^th October. Since then, in 10 Premier League encounters, Andoni Iraola’s side have drawn 5 and lost 5. Only four of the last 10 have been at home, which have resulted in draws against West Ham, Chelsea and Burnley and defeat against Everton.

BOURNEMOUTH RECENT PREMIER LEAGUE FORM

DRAW: Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth. Tuesday 30^th December 2025.
LOSS: Brentford 4-1 Bournemouth. Saturday 27^th December 2025.
DRAW: Bournemouth 1-1 Burnley. Saturday 20^th December 2025.
DRAW: Man United 4-4 Bournemouth. Monday 15^th December 2025.

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What are the best odds on Bournemouth v Arsenal?

Arsenal are priced at 40/85 for the win on the Spreadex fixed odds prices and a shade inside at 4/9 on the 2 Up market, which pays out should the Gunners go two goals ahead.

Bournemouth, without a win in close to 10 weeks now, are 5/1 to get the three points and are 17/4 on the 2 Up market. The draw is priced at 4/1.

Last season’s encounter between the sides at the Vitality saw the Cherries win 2-0 after William Saliba was sent off on the half hour mark. A repeat of that scoreline is priced at 28/1.

For more on how fractional and decimal fixed odds betting prices relate, see our handy fractional to decimal sports betting conversion guide.

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Bournemouth v Arsenal football spread betting prices.

The Spreadex spread betting prices on Bournemouth v Arsenal have the visitors as over a goal favourites with the Goal Supremacy price Arsenal/Bournemouth (h) 1.15 – 1.35.

This means that a buy at 1.35 would need Arsenal to win by at least two goals to start turning a profit. E.g. Arsenal winning by two clear goals would equal a profit of 0.65 x your stake, Arsenal winning by three clear goals would mean a profit of 1.65 x your stake and so on.

For a sell bet at 1.15, in order to turn a profit, the final result would need to be either an Arsenal win by only a single goal, the match to be drawn, or any win for Bournemouth. E.g. a single goal Arsenal win would return 0.15 x your stake, a draw would return 1.15 x your stake, single goal Bournemouth win 2.25 x your stake, two goal Bournemouth win 3.25 x your stake etc.). 

Our spread betting Total Goals line is 3 – 3.2. So a 'buy' bet at 3.2 would need at least four goals to be scored in the match to start turning a profit. Oppositely, a sell bet at 3 would need two goals or less to be scored in the match to turn a profit.

Remember that with spread betting, get the bet wrong and losses can exceed your stake/deposit. E.g. a 3.2 'buy' Total Goals bet would lose 3.2 x your stake if the match ended 0-0. In the 1.35 'buy' Supremacy bet example above, if Arsenal won by only a single goal then the bet would lose 0.35 x your stake, if the game ended a draw then the bet would lose 1.35 x your stake. If Bournemouth won by one goal then it would lose 2.35 x your stake, if Bournemouth won by two goals then it would lose 3.35 x your stake etc. And in the 1.15 'sell' Supremacy example above, if Arsenal won by two goals then the bet would lose 0.85 x your stake, if Arsenal won by three goals then it would lose 1.85 x your stake etc.

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Bournemouth v Arsenal betting specials and price boosts

Leandro Trossard has seven goals in all competitions so far this season and found the net in the Gunners’ 4-1 win over Aston Villa in midweek. The Belgian is boosted from 9/5 to 21/10 to score anytime with Spreadex.

Bukayo Saka has five assists in his last five Arsenal games and Spreadex have boosted him from 9/4 to 5/2 to get at least one assist v Bournemouth.

Cherries fans will be fearing this could be one of the last times they see Antoine Semenyo in a Bournemouth shirt with the Ghanaian heavily linked with a big money move to Manchester City. The attacker, who turns 26 on 7^th January, has nine goals so far this season including three in his last four matches. He has been boosted from 16/5 to 18/5 with Spreadex to get at least two shots on target.

If you wanted a bet to combine Saka and Semenyo, then for both players to have at least two shots on target Spreadex have boosted the price from 9/1 to 13/1.

See all our Bournemouth v Arsenal betting specials and price boosts here.

Learn how to spread bet on Bournemouth v Arsenal

Spreadex offers a wide range of football spread betting prices on Bournemouth v Arsenal, as well as traditional sportsbook/fixed odds prices.

Some of these markets include options such as Player Goal Minutes (the aggregate minutes of the goals scored by a named player in a match), Shirt Numbers (the aggregate of the shirt numbers of all goalscorers in a match), Bookings Points (based on 10 points per yellow, 25 per red), Corners, Team Leading Minutes, Match Performance and many, many more.

See our football spread betting education centre to see examples of how spread betting works, watch short explainer videos and try interactive betting widgets to see how win or loss levels work on different bets.

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Please note that this preview is not designed to offer any betting advice or suggestions. All prices quoted correct as of midday on Friday 2^nd January 2026. Price Boosts and other markets will be added closer to kick-off time.