Fabio Vieira is in Arsenal’s matchday squad for the late kickoff today at Bournemouth.
For the first time since the 2003/04 campaign, Arsenal have named an unchanged side for the third straight game at the start of a season as Mikel Arteta keeps faith with the same players that won their first two games.
That means that Bukayo Saka is set to make his 100th Premier League appearance for the club, having made his debut on New Year’s Day 2019, and starts in an attack including Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli, who is looking to score in a fourth-straight league appearance.
However, there has been a change to our bench from the 4-2 win against Leicester City last week, with Vieira named amongst the replacements for the first time having played 45 minutes of our under-21s’ game against Swansea City in midweek.
Bournemouth meanwhile have made three changes to the side that lost 4-0 to Manchester City last weekend, with recent signing Marcos Senesi handed a first start.
Teams:
Bournemouth: Travers, A. Smith, Mepham, Lerma, Kelly, Zemura, Billing, Senisi, Pearson, Tavernier, Moore. Subs: Neto, Stacey, Hill, Cook, Marcondes, Christie, Anthony, Lowe, Dembele
Arsenal: Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Jesus. Subs: Turner, Tierney, Tomiyasu, Holding, Elneny, Sambi, Vieira, Smith Rowe, Nketiah.
