AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Friday 15 September 2017

Result

AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Friday 15 September 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

AFC Bournemouth won against Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Friday 15 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

S. March opened the scoring in the 55th minute. AFC Bournemouth's goals came from Andrew Surman (67') and Jermain Defoe (73'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through S. March (55').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game AFC Bournemouth were 19th on 0 points from 4 and Brighton & Hove Albion 14th on 4 points from 4. AFC Bournemouth went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 15th with 40.

AFC Bournemouth lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordon Ibe of AFC Bournemouth (8.4), ahead of Andrew Surman (8.2).

Going into the match AFC Bournemouth's last five read L-L-L-L and Brighton & Hove Albion's W-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 55'Goal · S. MarchBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 67'Goal · Andrew SurmanAFC Bournemouth · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · Jermain DefoeAFC Bournemouth · 2-1

Team news

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-4-1-1)

Asmir Begović, Adam Smith, Simon Francis, Nathan Aké, Charlie Daniels, Ryan Fraser, Harry Arter, Andrew Surman, Marc Pugh, Joshua King, Jermain Defoe

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)

Mathew Ryan, Liam Rosenior, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Markus Suttner, Anthony Knockaert, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, S. March, Pascal Groß, Tomer Hemed