Arsenal vs Bournemouth Live Stream: Watch Premier League Online
By Josh Sippie
Arsenal takes on Bournemouth on short rest, and with points at a premium, three are needed. Here are all the ways to watch the match.
Arsenal took a vital three points against Crystal Palace and kept the clean sheet streak going. It’s now at two. Which is progress, given the massive streak of giving up cheap goals or penalties.
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Next up is Bournemouth, where Jack Wilshere will have a nice vantage point from the Cherries’ bench. With just a day in between matches, rotation would seem like a necessity and some changes seem pretty obvious. For starters, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Aaron Ramsey figure to get the start, along with Francis Coquelin and Shkodran Mustafi.
Iwobi, Lucas, Elneny and perhaps some others figure to make way (particularly Elneny…). Should be an exciting time to see an altered squad produce, hopefully, the same result.
Mesut Ozil is the big question mark. He will be fully rested but, unfortunately, he is also still sick and, to be honest, after seeing his replacements do rather well, there is no reason to rush him back and risk a subpar performance. Save him for the weekend when we get back to normal and reap the benefits.
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We will still likely see Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez out there, both of whom had big parts to play in the win over Crystal Palace.
Bournemouth is a tricky club. They can provide a wide array of results. They recently put down struggling Swansea very conclusively, by a score of 3-0, and confidence will be flowing. Plus, if Benik Afobe is playing, he will likely want to stick it to the club that could barely hand him a chance.
Sitting midtable is a justifiable position for the Cherries, who, while they still lack the consistency they may be striving for, possess a lot of bang for their buck. This won’t be an easy affair for the Gunners and Eddie Howe will certainly have something up his sleeve. Particularly because he has this longstanding link to a future management position at the Emirates.
Anyway, there is still no reason why whatever squad Wenger sends out there can’t take care of business against a midtable club. Especially in the wake of Liverpool dropping two points against Sunderland and City needing to be leapfrogged again.
Here are all the ways to watch:
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Date: 3 January 2017
Venue: Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, England
Time: 14:45 EST, 19:45 BST
TV: NBCSN, NBC Universo
Radio: SiriusXM Channel 85, Talk Sports Radio World
Stream: Arsenal Player, NBC Sports Live Extra