AFC Bournemouth 2 - 0 Sunderland AFC — Highlights & Result
Premier League
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(1 week ago)
· MD 7
Highlights
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Fifteen points now separate the winners from the division summit occupied by Man City on 21 points, while the visitors slip down to 19th place and sit seventeen points off the pace after this matchday seven fixture.
Marcus Tavernier set the hosts on their way in the sixth minute with an assist from Francisco Evanilson, before a red card for Kevin Danso left the visitors shorthanded in the seventeenth minute. Evanilson added a second goal just after the restart in the forty-eighth minute, earning a standout rating of 9 for his efforts alongside Tavernier's rating of 8, while Sunderland's highest-rated players reached only 6.4.
Both teams arrived at the contest searching for a turnaround after difficult runs, with the hosts stuck in an eight-match winless streak across all competitions and the visitors having lost their previous three outings. Recent history between the clubs featured a tight 1-1 draw in their most recent meeting earlier in the year, alongside a 3-2 victory for the visitors late last year.
Bournemouth next play away at Man United on 25 October.
Marcus Tavernier set the hosts on their way in the sixth minute with an assist from Francisco Evanilson, before a red card for Kevin Danso left the visitors shorthanded in the seventeenth minute. Evanilson added a second goal just after the restart in the forty-eighth minute, earning a standout rating of 9 for his efforts alongside Tavernier's rating of 8, while Sunderland's highest-rated players reached only 6.4.
Both teams arrived at the contest searching for a turnaround after difficult runs, with the hosts stuck in an eight-match winless streak across all competitions and the visitors having lost their previous three outings. Recent history between the clubs featured a tight 1-1 draw in their most recent meeting earlier in the year, alongside a 3-2 victory for the visitors late last year.
Bournemouth next play away at Man United on 25 October.
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Match stats
Bournemouth v Sunderland
65%
Possession
35%
4.4
Expected goals (xG)
0.13
29
Shots
3
6
Shots on target
0
20
Shots inside the box
2
5
Corners
3
569
Passes
304
83%
Pass accuracy
63%
0
Saves
4
16
Fouls
7
1
Offsides
2
3
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
1
Lineups & player ratings
9.0
Top rated
Evanilson · Bournemouth
79'
· 1 goal · 1 assist
Key moments
- 6' ⚽ Marcus Tavernier · assist Francisco Evanilson · Bournemouth
- 17' 🟥 Kevin Danso · Sunderland
- 26' 🟨 Antonio Silva · Bournemouth
- 40' 🟨 Omar Alderete · Sunderland
- 45+6' 🟨 Lewis Cook · Bournemouth
- 48' ⚽ Francisco Evanilson · Bournemouth
- 65' 🟨 Chris Rigg · Sunderland
- 79' 🟨 Ryan Christie · Bournemouth
Bournemouth
4-2-3-1- 15 A. Smith 90' 7.3
- 1 Đ. Petrović 90' 6.2
- 10 R. Christie 🟨 90' 6.8
- 3 A. Truffert 90' 7.3
- 14 António Silva 🟨 90' 7.4
- 5 J. Hill 90' 7.9
- 37 Rayan 89' 7.0
- 12 T. Adams 89' 6.9
- 9 Evanilson ⚽ 🅰️ 79' 9.0
- 16 M. Tavernier ⚽ 79' 8.0
- 4 L. Cook 🟨 62' 7.2
- 19 J. Kluivert · sub 28' 6.5
- 30 Á. Rodríguez · sub 11' 6.4
- 21 A. Adli · sub 11' 6.4
- 11 B. Doak · sub 1' 6.6
- 18 B. Diakité · sub 1' 7.0
Sunderland
4-2-3-1- 34 G. Xhaka 90' 6.3
- 28 E. Le Fée 90' 6.2
- 32 T. Hume 90' 5.6
- 27 N. Sadiki 90' 6.4
- 17 Reinildo 90' 6.1
- 20 N. Mukiele 90' 5.5
- 22 R. Roefs 90' 5.8
- 11 C. Rigg 🟨 65' 6.0
- 15 O. Alderete 🟨 59' 5.1
- 57 Timur Tuterov 59' 6.2
- 4 K. Danso 🟥 17' 5.1
- 13 L. O'Nien · sub 31' 6.1
- 19 H. Diarra · sub 31' 5.9
- 29 Jules Ahoka · sub 25' 6.1
Ratings out of 10. Data: API-Football. How ratings work
Match facts
Bournemouth
19th
in the table · 3 pts from 6
· GD -6
Sunderland
18th
in the table · 4 pts from 6
· GD -6
Form going into the match
Bournemouth