BOURNEMOUTH. Chelsea tops AFC Bournemouth 3-1. Chelsea was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

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 John Brooks assisted by Matthew Wilkes and Tim Wood. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.4 degrees Celsius or 56.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Chelsea had a superior ball possession 66% while AFC Bournemouth was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Chelsea was putting more pressure with 83 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chelsea won the match.​

AFC Bournemouth shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Chelsea shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card (Marcos Senesi). On the opposite side, Chelsea received 3 yellow cards (Mykhaylo Mudryk, N’Golo Kanté and Benoît Badiashile ).

Standings

After playing this contest, AFC Bournemouth will stay with 39 points to sit in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Chelsea will have 42 points to sit 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 stats in favor of AFC Bournemouth (2 draws).

Chelsea will host Newcastle United on the 28th of May with a 21-9 head to head record in favor of Chelsea (5 draws).

AFC Bournemouth – Formation

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

The manager Gary O\’Neil decided to play with the following team: Neto (6.3), Adam Smith (6.3), Marcos Senesi (6.6), Lloyd Kelly (6.9), Matías Viña (6.8), Joe Rothwell (6.5), Jefferson Lerma (6.7), Philip Billing (6.8), Ryan Christie (7.3), Dominic Solanke (6.4) and Dango Ouattara (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Chris Mepham, David Brooks, Antoine Semenyo, Lewis Cook (6.4), Mark Travers, Illia Zabarnyi, Jack Stacey, Jack Stephens and Jaidon Anthony.

Substitutions

AFC Bournemouth made 4 changes: Joe Rothwell for Lewis Cook (59′), Philip Billing for Jaidon Anthony (83′), Ryan Christie for Antoine Semenyo (84′) and Dominic Solanke for David Brooks (90′).

Best player: Ryan Christie​

The player that probably impressed the most for AFC Bournemouth was Ryan Christie.

His rating is (7.3) with 25 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Chelsea – Formation

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

Frank Lampard played with: Kepa Arrizabalaga (7.0), Trevoh Chalobah (6.7), Thiago Silva (7.0), Benoît Badiashile (7.1), Ben Chilwell (6.3), N’Golo Kanté (7.8), Enzo Fernández (7.0), Conor Gallagher (7.2), Noni Madueke (7.3), Kai Havertz (6.1) and Mykhaylo Mudryk (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Hakim Ziyech (7.4), Mateo Kovačić, João Félix (7.3), Lewis Hall, Christian Pulišić, Ruben Loftus-Cheek (6.2), Edouard Mendy, César Azpilicueta (6.4) and Raheem Sterling (6.5).

Chelsea could not rely on the presence of César Azpilicueta (injured) and João Félix (injured).

Substitutions

Chelsea made 5 changes: N’Golo Kanté for Ruben Loftus-Cheek (63′), Mykhaylo Mudryk for Raheem Sterling (63′), Noni Madueke  for César Azpilicueta (75′), Ben Chilwell for Hakim Ziyech (75′) and Kai Havertz for João Félix (84′).

Best player: N’Golo Kanté​

The player that probably impressed the most for Chelsea was N’Golo Kanté even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 36 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Aston Villa – 1-0
• Tottenham Hotspur – Crystal Palace – 1-0
• Manchester City – Leeds United – 2-1
• Liverpool – Brentford – 1-0
• AFC Bournemouth – Chelsea – 1-3