Bournemouth and Arsenal return to Premier League action after the international break in the late kick-off at the Vitality Stadium.
Arsenal will be looking to maintain their unbeaten start to the season but manager Mikel Arteta will be without Bukayo Saka for the trip to the south coast.
Arteta’s childhood friend Andoni Iraola will be hoping his Bournemouth side can put behind them a poor recent run of results that have seen them suffer defeats to Leicester, Chelsea and Liverpool.
A win for the Gunners would lift them to top of the table while victory for the Cherries would bring them closer to breaking into the top half.
Read on see how both teams line up for what is unofficially being dubbed the battle of the Basque Country.
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Bournemouth line-up
Three changes from last time out.
Up the Cherriessss 🍒 pic.twitter.com/RA0JaQZ1vL
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) October 19, 2024
The Cherries make three changes from the team that lost to Leicester last time out.
Julián Araujo, Dango Ouattara and Alex Scott replace Ryan Christie, Justin Kluivert and Adam Smith as Bournemouth look to put behind them a recent run of one win in their last four games.
Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga, Kerkez, Cook, Senesi, Scott, Evanilson, O. Dango, Tavernier, J. Araujo, Semenyo, Zabarnyi.
Subs: Travers, Huijsen, Brooks, Christie, Adams, Smith, Sinisterra, Kluivert, Enes Unai.
Arsenal line-up
🟣 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 🔵
🔙 White returns from injury
🆕 Merino makes full debut
⚡️ Sterling on the wingLet’s keep up this momentum, Gunners ✊
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 19, 2024
The big news from the Gunners camp is that Saka is absent from the matchday squad after picking up a slight hamstring injury while on international duty with England.
Saka is replaced in the starting eleven by Leandro Trossard.
Elsewhere, summer signing Mikel Merino will make his full debut, coming in for Jorginho, while Ben White returns to the line-up ahead of Gabriel Jesus.
Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Partey, Merino, Sterling, Trossard, Havertz.
Subs: Setford, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Lewis-Skelly, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Martinelli, Jesus, Kabia.
