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Match insight

The current table puts distance between Arsenal and Bournemouth — a serious step up in class for whichever side is behind. Arsenal currently sit 16 places and 12 points above Bournemouth in the table — 2nd against 18th and inside the Champions League places. Arsenal have taken 12 points from their last 5, against 3 for Bournemouth over the same stretch. There's a gap between what Bournemouth are capable of and where they actually sit — our metrics say so, even if the table doesn't yet.