BOURNEMOUTH. AFC Bournemouth had a surprising win over Derby County with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Solanke (45′) and a goal from J. Lowe (90′).

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 Andy Madley with the support of Simon Long and Steve Meredith. The 4th official was Craig Hicks. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. AFC Bournemouth was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Derby County that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

AFC Bournemouth was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AFC Bournemouth won the match​.

AFC Bournemouth shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Derby County shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

AFC Bournemouth received 3 yellow cards (J. Stacey, T. Cantwell and R. Christie). Regarding the opposition, Derby County received 2 yellow cards (R. Morrison and C. Davies).

Standings

After playing this contest, AFC Bournemouth will have 65 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Derby County will stay with 24 points to hold in the 23rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, AFC Bournemouth will host Reading on the 15th of March with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of AFC Bournemouth (2 draws).

Derby County will play away agasint Blackburn Rovers on the 15th of March with a 11-4 head to head in favor of Blackburn Rovers (5 draws).

AFC Bournemouth – Formation

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

The manager Scott Parker decided to play with the following team: Mark Travers (7.1), Jack Stacey (6.8), Nathaniel Phillips (6.8), Lloyd Kelly (6.8), Leif Davis (6.7), Todd Cantwell (7.2), Lewis Cook (7.2), Jefferson Lerma (7.0), Ryan Christie (7.1), Dominic Solanke (6.8) and Jaidon Anthony (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Gary Cahill, Jamal Lowe (6.8), Jordan Zemura (6.9), Ben Pearson, Freddie Woodman, Siriki Dembélé and Emiliano Marcondes.

AFC Bournemouth could not rely on the presence of J. Zemura (injured).

Substitutions

AFC Bournemouth made 3 changes: L. Davis for J. Zemura (29′), T. Cantwell for J. Lowe (66′) and R. Christie for B. Pearson (90′).

Best player: Lewis Cook​

The most impressive player for AFC Bournemouth was Lewis Cook even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.2) with 41 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Derby County – Formation

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

Wayne Mark Rooney played with: Ryan Allsop (7.9), Nathan Byrne (6.8), Curtis Davies (7.4), Eiran Joe Cashin (7.6), Lee Buchanan (6.5), Krystian Bielik (6.2), Max Bird (7.0), Malcolm Ebiowei (6.7), Ravel Morrison (6.9), Tom Lawrence (7.0) and Luke Plange (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Kelle Roos, Richard Stearman, Festy Ebosele (6.9), Liam Thompson, Jason Knight (6.3), Colin Kazim-Richards (6.4) and Craig Forsyth.

Substitutions

Derby County made 3 changes: L. Plange for C. Kazim-Richards (66′), K. Bielik for F. Ebosele (67′) and M. Ebiowei for J. Knight (76′).

Best player: Ryan Allsop​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Derby County was the goalkeeper: Ryan Allsop. His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• AFC Bournemouth – Derby County – 2-0
• Barnsley – Fulham – 1-1
• Birmingham City – Hull City – 0-0
• Blackburn Rovers – Bristol City – 0-1
• Blackpool – Swansea City – 1-0
• Cardiff City – Preston North End – 0-0
• Coventry City – Sheffield United – 4-1
• Millwall – Middlesbrough – 0-0
• Nottingham Forest – Reading – 4-0
• Peterborough United – Stoke City – 2-2