Solid Bournemouth Blank Sunderland in 2-0 Win

Bournemouth made the most of home advantage in their Premier League Round 7 visit of Sunderland at a cloudy Vitality Stadium on 18 October 2026, running out 2-0 winners in front of 12,004 spectators. Marco Rose's side took control of the contest inside six minutes and never let it slip, capitalising on Kevin Danso's 17th-minute red card to play the majority of the match with a numerical advantage. Evanilson, named Player of the Match with a rating of 8.8, played a hand in the opener and sealed the result early in the second half, while Djordje Petrović and the Bournemouth defence kept a clean sheet as Régis Le Bris's Sunderland struggled to mount a response.

Key Events

6' - Evanilson delivered the assist and Marcus Tavernier finished with a header to open the scoring for Bournemouth, making it 1-0.

17' - Kevin Danso was shown a red card, leaving Sunderland to play the remainder of the match with ten men.

26' - António Silva was booked with a yellow card for Bournemouth.

40' - Omar Alderete picked up a yellow card for Sunderland.

45' - Added time was indicated at the end of the first half.

45 + 6' - Lewis Cook received a yellow card for Bournemouth shortly before the interval.

45' - The first half came to an end with Bournemouth leading 1-0.

48' - Evanilson scored unassisted for Bournemouth, doubling the advantage to 2-0.

59' - Sunderland made a double change: Habib Diarra replaced Tymur Tutierov and Luke O'Nien came on for Omar Alderete.

63' - Bournemouth substituted Lewis Cook, with Justin Kluivert coming on.

65' - Chris Rigg was booked with a yellow card for Sunderland.

66' - Sunderland brought on Jules Ahoka in place of Chris Rigg.

79' - Bournemouth replaced Evanilson with Álvaro Rodriguez; Ryan Christie was also shown a yellow card during the same passage of play.

80' - Amine Adli came on for Marcus Tavernier as Bournemouth made their fourth change.

89' - Bournemouth used their final two changes: Bafodé Diakité replaced Tyler Adams and Ben Gannon-Doak came on for Rayan.

90' - Added time was indicated at the end of the second half.

90' - The match concluded with Bournemouth winning 2-0.

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