Arsenal travel to the Vitality Stadium to take on Bournemouth this afternoon as the Gunners look to continue the perfect start to their Premier League campaign.
The north London outfit clinched a 2-0 victory in their opening fixture against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park before defeating Leicester City 4-2 at the Emirates Stadium, a match that saw summer signing Gabriel Jesus net his first goals for the club. Now, they take on the Cherries - the team that manager Mikel Arteta faced during his first ever match in the managerial dugout back in December 2019.
That game ended 1-1 and Arteta will be hoping to better that result this time around, with his side currently sitting second in the league standings behind Manchester City on goal difference. Ahead of this afternoon's clash, football.london takes a look at two different ways that Arsenal could line-up against Scott Parker's men.
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Unchanged XI
Arteta has fielded an identical XI in both of his side's opening two outings. English goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has been joined by Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes and Oleksandr Zinchenko in a solid back five that has allowed the latter to invert centrally and partner Thomas Partey in a pivot when in possession.
Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka was instrumental during last week's victory over the Foxes, scoring once and providing an additional assist whilst fellow midfielder and new captain of the club Martin Odegaard has had a fairly quiet start to the season by his standards.
Ahead of the Norwegian has been Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Jesus - who have looked like a devastating, balanced front three so far.
Possible XI: Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Partey, Xhaka, Odegaard, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.
Vieira debut
The aforementioned White has been operating at right-back in recent weeks, although Takehiro Tomiyasu's return to fitness could result in Arteta handing the Japanese international his first start this term, even though that may seem harsh on White. It is a similar situation at left-back, with Kieran Tierney back fully fit - giving the manager a welcome selection headache.
In midfield, summer signing Fabio Vieira could be handed his debut since joining from Porto, although it may come slightly too early for the Portuguese playmaker, who suffered a foot injury over the summer.
Possible XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, Saliba, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka, Vieira, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.
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