Bournemouth vs Sunderland

Match summary

Bournemouth beat Sunderland 2-0.

Marcus Tavernier put Bournemouth ahead with a header in the 6th minute, set up by Evanilson and Evanilson made it 2-0 in the 48th minute.

The chances backed that up: Bournemouth created 4.42 expected goals (xG) from 29 shots to Sunderland's 0.09 from 3.

Bournemouth dominated the Premier League matchday 7 fixture against Sunderland, controlling 65 percent of the possession and registering 29 shots to their opponents 3. Bournemouth recorded 127 attacks, 80 dangerous attacks, and 6 shots on target, whereas Sunderland failed to register a single shot on target from their 3 attempts. Bournemouth won 5 corners compared to 3 for Sunderland, and completed 566 passes with an 84 percent accuracy rate, while Sunderland managed 302 passes at 63 percent accuracy. The disciplinary count reached 3 yellow cards for Bournemouth and 2 yellow cards for Sunderland, alongside 1 red card shown to Sunderland.

Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring in the 6th minute with a header for Bournemouth to make it 1-0. Sunderland were reduced to 10 men in the 17th minute when Kevin Danso received a red card for a professional foul as the last man. António Silva picked up a yellow card for Bournemouth in the 26th minute, followed by a yellow card for Sunderland player Omar Alderete in the 40th minute, and a yellow card for Lewis Cook in first-half stoppage time before the interval reached 1-0. Evanilson scored Bournemouth's second goal in the 48th minute with a left-foot shot. Substitutions occurred across both teams in the second half.