Tottenham vs Bournemouth

31 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Pape Sarr 9’
Son Heung-Min 71’
Richarlison 80’

Alex Scott 84’

Match summary

Tottenham beat Bournemouth 3-1. Tottenham led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Pape Sarr put Tottenham ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Giovani Lo Celso. In the second half, Son Heung-Min made it 2-0 in the 71st minute, set up by Giovani Lo Celso, Richarlison made it 3-0 in the 80th minute, set up by Brennan Johnson, and Alex Scott pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 84th minute, set up by Marcus Tavernier.

The chances backed that up: Tottenham created 2.16 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Bournemouth's 1.58 from 24.

Match stats

12 Shots 24

6 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 13

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.15 xG 1.58

2.15 Non-penalty xG 1.58

13 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Tottenham Bournemouth

Kick-off

Pape Sarr
Assist: Giovani Lo Celso

1-0

9’

Half-time1-0

Son Heung-Min
Assist: Giovani Lo Celso

2-0

71’

Richarlison
Assist: Brennan Johnson

3-0

80’

84’

Alex Scott
Assist: Marcus Tavernier

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Tottenham

Emerson
Giovani Lo Celso
Oliver Skipp

Bournemouth

Marcos Senesi
Justin Kluivert
Antoine Semenyo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Tottenham 2.16 xGBournemouth 1.58 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bournemouth attacking Tottenham attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Guglielmo Vicario	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Porro	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.08	1
Emerson	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Ben Davies	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Iyenoma Destiny Udogie	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovani Lo Celso	MID	90		2	0	0.00	0.14	2
Rodrigo Bentancur	MID	67			1	0.08	0.00	0
Pape Sarr	MID	31	1		1	0.06	0.09	1
Brennan Johnson	FWD	90		1	0	0.00	0.51	1
Richarlison	FWD	90	1		5	1.19	0.09	1
Son Heung-Min	FWD	90	1		2	0.18	0.55	2
Oliver Skipp	Sub	59			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.59	1
Alejo Véliz	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bryan Gil Salvatierra	Sub	1			1	0.59	0.00	0
Eric Dier	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Neto	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Smith	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Marcos Senesi	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.05	1
Illia Zabarnyi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dango Ouattara	DEF	55			1	0.05	0.11	1
Lewis Cook	MID	90			0	0.00	0.16	4
Ryan Christie	MID	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Tavernier	MID	90		1	4	0.15	0.69	5
Justin Kluivert	MID	70			3	0.20	0.13	1
Luis Sinisterra	MID	70			1	0.04	0.04	2
Dominic Solanke	FWD	90			9	0.90	0.00	0
Max Aarons	Sub	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
Philip Billing	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antoine Semenyo	Sub	20			3	0.11	0.00	0
Alex Scott	Sub	12	1		1	0.10	0.06	2
David Brooks	Sub	1			1	0.01	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Tottenham win 55% Avg odds 1.76

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.49

Bournemouth win 24% Avg odds 3.98

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Tottenham L W W W L

Bournemouth D W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bournemouth 0-2 Tottenham, 26 Aug 23 Next meeting: Bournemouth 1-0 Tottenham, 05 Dec 24 All Tottenham vs Bournemouth meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.