AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 February 2026

Result

AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 28 February 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

AFC Bournemouth · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Sunderland: match report

AFC Bournemouth drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Eliezer Mayenda opened the scoring in the 18th minute. AFC Bournemouth's goal came from Evanilson (63'). Sunderland scored through Eliezer Mayenda (18').

Discipline: AFC Bournemouth received 4 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game AFC Bournemouth were 8th on 38 points from 27 and Sunderland 12th on 36 points from 27. AFC Bournemouth went on to finish that season 6th with 57 points, and Sunderland 7th with 54.

AFC Bournemouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcus Tavernier of AFC Bournemouth (7.6), ahead of Alex Scott (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 AFC Bournemouth wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

Going into the match AFC Bournemouth's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Sunderland's L-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Eliezer MayendaSunderland · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Noah SadikiSunderland
  • 58'Yellow card · Tyler AdamsAFC Bournemouth
  • 63'Goal · EvanilsonAFC Bournemouth · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Robin RoefsSunderland
  • 86'Yellow card · Alex TóthAFC Bournemouth
  • 90'Yellow card · Ryan ChristieAFC Bournemouth
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Alex ScottAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

5 meetings: AFC Bournemouth 2, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

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AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Djordje Petrovic, Alejandro Jiménez Sánchez, James Hill, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, Tyler Adams, Alex Scott, Rayan, Marcus Tavernier, David Brooks, Junior Kroupi

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robin Roefs, Lutsharel Geertruida, Dan Ballard, Omar Alderete, Trai Hume, Noah Sadiki, Granit Xhaka, Chemsdine Talbi, Habib Diarra, Enzo Le Fée, Eliezer Mayenda Dossou