ARSENAL vs BOURNMOUTH PREVIEW

Bournemouth vs Arsenal - Can Wenger's men reignite fading title bid after three games without a goal?

With Leicester City having stormed clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League table, Arsenal travel to Bournemouth desperate for three points to keep up their title bid. Arsene Wenger's team begin the day eight points off the summit as they visit a Cherries team still looking to pull away from a fight against relegation. Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the 1.30pm Vitality Stadium kick-off as the Gunners chase a league double over Eddie Howe's outfit following a 2-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium in December.

Today Gunners will face Bournmouth in the 25th Premier League fixture, Arsenal are without a win in the last four Premier League games and it no surprise that they need three points in order to stay in the title battle especially after Leicester City and Tottenham have both won their matches, yesterday.

Players out:

Jack Wilshere
Tomas Rosicky
Santi Cazorla

Team News: 

 Arsenal

• Wilshere, Cazorla and Rosicky are still sidelined but Francis Coquelin is back fit and could take his place in midfield.
• Mohamed Elneny will also hope that his impressive cup showing last weekend sees him come into contention with the Frenchman.
• Danny Welbeck is back in full training but still a couple of weeks away from full match fitness.

Key Facts:  

Arsenal have failed to score in their last 3 matches (Premier League).

There have been under 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Arsenal‘s last 6 games (Premier League).

Manager Qoutes – Arsene Wenger:

“The Leicester game is only important if we do well at Bournemouth. A quick response is needed. We are conscious that it is a vital game. That is the game for me, more than the Leicester game.”

Starting eleven:

Bournemouth: Boruc, Smith, Francis, Cook, Daniels, Surman, Gosling, Arter, Ritchie, Pugh, Afobe. Subs: Federici, Distin, O’Kane, King, Grabban, Iturbe, Stanislas.

Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Monreal, Koscielny, Gabriel, Ramsey, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sanchez, Ozil, Giroud. Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Mertesacker, Walcott, Campbell, Coquelin, Iwobi.