BOURNEMOUTH. Crystal Palace tops AFC Bournemouth with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Ayew (19′) and a goal from E. Eze (36′). AFC Bournemouth lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Vitality Stadium stadium in Bournemouth on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andre Marriner with the help of Simon Long and Natalie Aspinall. The 4th official was Samuel Allison. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.5 degrees Celsius or 54.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AFC Bournemouth had a superior ball possession 59% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AFC Bournemouth was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Crystal Palace succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

AFC Bournemouth shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

AFC Bournemouth received 4 yellow cards (Lloyd Kelly, Jaidon Anthony, Dominic Solanke and Marcos Senesi). On the other side, Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card (Joachim Andersen).

Standings

After this contest, AFC Bournemouth will stay with 16 points like Leeds United to hold in the 15th place. On the other side, Crystal Palace will have 22 points to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, AFC Bournemouth will play away with Everton on the 28th of May with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of AFC Bournemouth (2 draws).

Crystal Palace will host Nottingham Forest on the 28th of May with a 7-2 head to head stats in favor of Nottingham Forest (3 draws).

AFC Bournemouth – Formation

AFC Bournemouth started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Gary O\’Neil decided to play with the following team: Mark Travers (7.0), Jaidon Anthony (6.6), Adam Smith (6.2), Marcos Senesi (6.6), Lloyd Kelly (6.5), Jordan Zemura (5.6), Lewis Cook (6.8), Jefferson Lerma (6.6), Philip Billing (6.3), Dominic Solanke (6.3) and Kieffer Moore (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Siriki Dembélé (6.4), Ryan Christie (6.3), Ben Pearson, Chris Mepham, Joe Rothwell (6.8), Cameron Plain, Jack Stacey, Jamal Lowe (6.6) and Jack Stephens.

Substitutions

AFC Bournemouth made 4 changes: Philip Billing for Siriki Dembélé (38′), Jordan Zemura for Joe Rothwell (70′), Jaidon Anthony for Ryan Christie (80′) and Lewis Cook for Jamal Lowe (80′).

Best player: Mark Travers​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AFC Bournemouth was the goalkeeper: Mark Travers. His rating is 7.02. He performed 4 saves.

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Patrick Vieira played with: Vicente Guaita (7.0), Nathaniel Clyne (7.4), Joachim Andersen (7.2), Marc Guéhi (7.4), Joel Ward (6.5), Michael Olise (8.1), Cheick Doucouré (7.4), Jeffrey Schlupp (6.9), Jordan Ayew (7.3), Wilfried Zaha (6.7) and Eberechi Eze (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Jack Butland, Jean-Philippe Mateta (6.7), Jaïro Riedewald, Chris Richards, Malcolm Ebiowei, Will Hughes, David Ozoh, John-Kymani Gordon and Odsonne Édouard (6.8).

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 3 changes: Jordan Ayew for Jean-Philippe Mateta (74′), Eberechi Eze for Odsonne Édouard (74′) and Michael Olise for Will Hughes (88′).

Best player: Michael Olise​

The most impressive player for Crystal Palace was Michael Olise even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 27 passes (74% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Manchester United – 0-1
• Newcastle United – Leeds United – 0-0
• Manchester City – Everton – 1-1
• Fulham – Southampton – 2-1
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Arsenal – 2-4
• AFC Bournemouth – Crystal Palace – 0-2