BOURNEMOUTH. AFC Bournemouth was capable to reverse the scoreline against Fulham to win 2-1. It was Fulham to strike first with a goal of Andreas Pereira at the 16′. Then it was a goal in the 50′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Dominic Solanke gave the win to AFC Bournemouth in the 79′ minute. Fulham lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

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 Peter Bankes who had the assistance of Edward Smart and Nick Greenhalgh. The 4th official was Geoff Eltringham. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.7 degrees Celsius or 53.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fulham had a superior ball possession 57% while AFC Bournemouth was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AFC Bournemouth was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AFC Bournemouth won the match​.

AFC Bournemouth shot 12 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Fulham shot 10 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card (J. Lerma). On the other side, Fulham received 4 yellow cards (Andreas Pereira, Kenny Tete, Tom Cairney and Antonee Robinson).

Standings

After playing this encounter, AFC Bournemouth will have 27 points like Nottingham Forest to remain in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Fulham will stay with 39 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, AFC Bournemouth will play away against Crystal Palace on the 13th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Crystal Palace (5 draws).

Fulham will play away agasint Southampton on the 13th of May with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Southampton (3 draws).

AFC Bournemouth – Formation

AFC Bournemouth started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Gary O\’Neil decided to play with the following team: Neto (6.6), Adam Smith (6.2), Jack Stephens (7.0), Marcos Senesi (6.3), Lloyd Kelly, Dango Ouattara, Joe Rothwell, Jefferson Lerma, Jaidon Anthony, Philip Billing and Dominic Solanke.

The home team had on the bench: Illia Zabarnyi, Hamed Junior Traorè, Matías Nicolás Viña Susperreguy, Lewis Cook, Mark Travers, Antoine Semenyo, Ryan Christie, Marcus Tavernier and David Brooks.

Substitutions

AFC Bournemouth made 4 changes: Jaidon Anthony for Marcus Tavernier (46′), Dango Ouattara for Ryan Christie (46′), Joe Rothwell for Hamed Junior Traorè (72′) and Dominic Solanke for Antoine Semenyo (90′).

Best player: Jack Stephens​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AFC Bournemouth was Jack Stephens even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.0) with 47 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.

Fulham – Formation

Fulham started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva played with: Bernd Leno, Kenny Tete, Issa Diop, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson, Harrison Reed, João Palhinha, Bobby Decordova-Reid, Andreas Pereira, Manor Solomon and Carlos Vinícius.

These were the players on the bench: Tom Cairney, Daniel James, Saša Lukić, Shane Duffy, Oluwatosin Adarabioyo, Harry Wilson, Marek Rodák, Tyrese Francois and Cédric Soares.

Substitutions

Fulham made 5 changes: Harrison Reed for Tom Cairney (68′), Bobby De Cordova-Reid for Daniel James (69′), Andreas Pereira for Saša Lukić (82′), Kenny Tete for Cédric Soares (82′) and João Palhinha for Harry Wilson (88′).

Results of the day

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

• Nottingham Forest – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 1-1
• Manchester City – Liverpool – 4-1
• Crystal Palace – Leicester City – 2-1
• Chelsea – Aston Villa – 0-2
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Brentford – 3-3
• Arsenal – Leeds United – 4-1
• AFC Bournemouth – Fulham – 2-1