AFC Bournemouth 2–3 Arsenal
- Evanilson 10'
- Kroupi 76'
- Magalhães 16'
- Rice 54'
- Rice 71'
3 January 2026
The match in data
A 3–2 win for Arsenal against AFC Bournemouth on 3 January 2026, on matchday 20 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Arsenal came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 10'.
Player of the match: Martín Zubimendi (Arsenal), rated 61, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 12 recoveries. Zubimendi produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For AFC Bournemouth, the highest-rated player was James Hill, with 53.
Declan Rice scored twice.
Martín Zubimendi
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 1.12× and cost 0.55× their position's average
- 8 final-third passes 1.4×
- 12 recoveries 2.6×
- 80 passes 1.8×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Hill | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Justin Kluivert | Midfielder | 74 | 51 |
| Marcus Tavernier | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Marcos Senesi | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Evanilson | Forward | 74 | 42 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 90 | 41 |
| David Brooks | Forward | 67 | 41 |
| Álex Jiménez | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Amine Adli | Forward | 23 | 34 |
| Alex Scott | Midfielder | 74 | 33 |
| Adrien Truffert | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Djordje Petrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | 30 |
| Eli Kroupi | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Enes Ünal | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Lewis Cook | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 23 | 63 |
| Martín Zubimendi ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| William Saliba | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Martin Ødegaard | Midfielder | 80 | 52 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Gabriel Jesus | Forward | 24 | 47 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Noni Madueke | Forward | 67 | 42 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 67 | 34 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 66 | 31 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | 26 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 23 | 23 |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Arsenal player completed the most dribbles?
Noni Madueke, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Martin Ødegaard 1, Gabriel Martinelli 1.
In Arsenal's 3–2 win over AFC Bournemouth, Madueke provided individual breakthrough with 3 successful dribbles. Ødegaard and Martinelli completed 1 each.
Which AFC Bournemouth player played the most passes into the final third?
Marcos Senesi, with 25 final-third passes. Next: Marcus Tavernier 9, Álex Jiménez 6.
Senesi drove AFC Bournemouth forward with 25 passes into the final third in the 3–2 defeat to Arsenal. Tavernier followed with 9, while Jiménez recorded 6.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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