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Match Centre: AFC Bournemouth vs Sunderland

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Premier League Matchday 7 Sun 18 Oct

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Tavernier 6′Evanilson 48′

Full-time 2:0
Away Sunderland

Danso 17′

Player of the match Evanilson 8.9

GolVolt ratingSkip it 2.4/10 more watchable than 24% of Premier League matches How we rate

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 48' Evanilson, 2:0
  1. 46% → 88%

    AFC Bournemouth: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 49.

  2. 19 → 15

    AFC Bournemouth climb 4 places in the table. Sunderland: 18 → 19.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 2:0, from 88% to 88% (AFC Bournemouth).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+6' · 2:0AFC Bournemouth 88%draw 9%Sunderland 2%

Key stats

65% Possession 35%
3.23 xG (expected goals) 0.08
29 Shots 3
6 On target 0
6 Big chances 1
5 Corners 3
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Preview and report

Live · goal

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data

  1. Minute 50 2–0

    Evanilson scores, AFC Bournemouth 2–0 Sunderland

    Evanilson doubled AFC Bournemouth's lead in the 48th minute of their Matchweek 7 Premier League game. Earlier, in the 6th minute, Marcus Tavernier scored after an assist from Evanilson.

    Number of the match: 2 — Evanilson already has two goals in this Premier League season.

  2. Minute 7 1–0

    Tavernier scores, AFC Bournemouth 1–0 Sunderland

    Marcus Tavernier gave AFC Bournemouth the lead in the 6th minute of their Premier League match in Matchweek 7. Evanilson assisted on the first goal of the game. It is Tavernier's fourth league goal this season.

    Number of the match: 4 — That is how many Premier League goals Marcus Tavernier now has this season.

Live · half-time · 1–0

Bournemouth lead Sunderland 1–0 at half-time

Marcus Tavernier scored in the 6th minute after an assist from Evanilson. Bournemouth go in at the break with the lead in their Matchweek 7 Premier League game and clearly better first-half stats.

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data

Number of the match 14 That is how many shots Bournemouth had in the first half, to Sunderland's one.

Shots from the hosts. Bournemouth had 64% of the possession in the first half to Sunderland's 36%. The hosts took 14 shots, 4 of them on target, while Sunderland had one, off target. Corners were 4 to 1 in Bournemouth's favour.

Tavernier's fourth league goal. Tavernier has 4 Premier League goals this season. Before this game he was Bournemouth's top league scorer with 3 goals in 6 games. Bournemouth have led at half-time twice already this season, but won neither of those games.

Before the match

AFC Bournemouth have dropped 9 points from winning positions – the most in the Premier League

AFC Bournemouth, 18th in the table with 3 points after six games, host Sunderland, who have 4 points and are 17th, in Matchweek 7 of the Premier League.

Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data and the sources listed below the article

Number of the match 9 pts That is how many points AFC Bournemouth have dropped in the Premier League from winning positions, the most in the league.

Sunderland after three league defeats

Sunderland lost their last three league games: to Arsenal, to Manchester City at the Etihad and to Brighton. They failed to score in their last two home games.

Relegation chances in the season simulation

The season simulation estimates AFC Bournemouth's chance of relegation at 18% today. After a win it would fall to 13%, and after a defeat it would rise to 25%. For Sunderland these figures are higher: 30% before the game, 20% after a win and 35% after a defeat.

Injuries on both sides

AFC Bournemouth are without the injured Alex Scott, Eli Junior Éric Anatole Rainha Kroupi and Julián Araujo. Sunderland are missing Romaine Mundle and Brian Brobbey through injury.

Goals at both ends and late in games

Both teams scored in 7 of AFC Bournemouth's last 10 games. In the Premier League this season the hosts have conceded 13 goals, 4 of them after the 75th minute.

Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate
  • Dramaweight 50% Red card at 17′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.6 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Evanilson: rated 8.9. Heroes: 7.0 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.5 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 6.3 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Skip it

GolVolt rating 2.4more watchable than 24% of Premier League matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

How the match went

2 goals6 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal: Marcus Tavernierheader · assist: Evanilson1:0
  2. 17' Kevin Dansored card · professional foul, last man
  3. 26' António Silvayellow card · foul
  4. 40' Omar Aldereteyellow card · foul
  5. 45+6' Lewis Cookyellow card · foul
  6. Half-time · 1:0
  7. 48' Goal: Evanilsonleft foot2:0
  8. 59' 2 substitutionsDiarra for TuterovO'Nien for Alderete
  9. 62' SubstitutionKluivert for Cook
  10. 65' Chris Riggyellow card · foul
  11. 65' SubstitutionAhoka for Rigg
  12. 79' Ryan Christieyellow card · foul
  13. 79' 2 substitutionsAdli for TavernierRodríguez for Evanilson
  14. 89' 2 substitutionsDiakité for AdamsGannon-Doak for Rayan
  15. Full-time · 2:0

Match stats

Shooting

3.23 xG (expected goals) 0.08
29 Shots 3
6 On target 0
6 Big chances 1
15 Off target 3
8 Blocked 0
20 Inside the box 2
9 Outside the box 1
4 Big chances missed 1

Play

65% Possession 35%
5 Corners 3
559 Passes 301
83% Pass accuracy 63%
18 Key passes 2
126 Attacks 100
80 Dangerous attacks 34

Defence

11 Tackles 11
4 Interceptions 7
0 Saves 4

Discipline

16 Fouls 7
1 Offsides 2
3 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 1

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-1-4-1 –4-2-3-1
Bench

AFC Bournemouth

Sunderland

Match sheet

Coaches
Marco Rose AFC Bournemouth Régis Le Bris Sunderland
Stadium
Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth
Attendance
12,004

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · AFC Bournemouth Evanilson 8.92
  2. 2. place · AFC Bournemouth James Hill 7.62
  3. 3. place · AFC Bournemouth António Silva 7.46
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Absences

AFC Bournemouth · 3 out

  • Alex Scott Injured

    since 3 Oct · until 20 Nov · 2 matches missed · Muscle Injury

  • Eli Junior Éric Anatole Rainha Kroupi Injured

    since 29 Jul · until 20 Nov · 13 matches missed · Foot Injury

  • Julián Araujo Injured

    since 24 Jul · until 20 Nov · 14 matches missed · Thigh Muscle Strain

Sunderland · 2 out

  • Romaine Mundle Injured

    since 20 Sep · until 10 Jan 2027 · 3 matches missed · Knee Injury

  • Brian Brobbey Injured

    since 25 Sep · return date unknown · 2 matches missed · Hamstring Injury

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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