Evening all, and welcome to AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal!

An actual adult did this.

And Fraser moves away from Sokratis, sticking a ball in behind for Solanke, but mustafi sweeps up and manages to avoid disaster.

Bournemouth enjoy some touches of the ball.

Ake is up early and high, thunking a header clear.

Arsenal win a corner down the right, Pepe to take....

Bournemouth have barely had a kick so far.

GOAL! AFC Bournemouth 0-1 Arsenal (Saka) Arsenal keep possession for a while and then Pepe darts a ball inside to Willock, who eases clear and heads boxwards. He thinks about shooting but doesn't seem to fancy his left foot, so moves it across to Martinelli, who slides a soft, deft pass into Saka's pass, and he fairly lashes a shot into the roof from eight yards. That's a very good goal, though it's fair to wonder quite what the defenders were up to.

Arsenal have started passing it, and Sokratis darts a long ball out wide to Saka, who wins it in the air. But with nothing on, it goes back to Mustafi. On Saka, he's done brilliantly since being converted into an emergency left-back, because he looked very promising as a winger.

A nodescript start, except by calling it nondescript I just contradicted myself.

Away we go!

Both teams huddle. I now hope they both lose.

Rio Ferdinand reckons Arsenal will have too much in attack, and it's hard to argue. Perhaps Bournemouth will strangle them in midfield, but it's a reach.

Those Arsenal centre-backs, though. You've got to laugh.

Sensational.

I'm certain he's thinking exactly that.

Absolutely love Rio Ferdinand on Dominic Solanke: "He must be sitting there thinking 'When am I gonna hit the ground running?'"

It's really hard to work out what'll happen in this game, which I suppose is a good thing or what's the point in playing it. Arsenal have more class on the pitch - quite a lot more class on the pitch - and I'd guess that'll tell, provided they don't concede the first goal. If they do, it's not clear this XI will find the cohesion to come back.

This is spot-on. It's fine to play weakened teams, but not fine to no-show.

I think we should note how great it is to see Hector Bellerin back. He has the potential to become a really good player, and beyond that, we need more socially-conscious personalities prepared to speak out about important issues.