AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 October 2026

Result

AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 18 October 2026, 13:00 UTC · Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth · half-time 1-0

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AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Sunderland: match report

AFC Bournemouth defeated Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 October 2026 at Vitality Stadium. The half-time score was 1-0.

Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring in the 5th minute. AFC Bournemouth's goals came from Marcus Tavernier (5') and Evanilson (48'). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: AFC Bournemouth received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game AFC Bournemouth were 19th on 3 points from 6 and Sunderland 18th on 4 points from 6. In the current table AFC Bournemouth are 8th on 12 points and Sunderland are 20th on 5 points.

AFC Bournemouth lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Evanilson of AFC Bournemouth (8.9), ahead of James Hill (7.6).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Marcus TavernierAFC Bournemouth · 1-0
  • 17'Red card · Kevin DansoSunderland
  • 26'Yellow card · António SilvaAFC Bournemouth
  • 40'Yellow card · Omar AldereteSunderland
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Lewis CookAFC Bournemouth
  • 48'Goal · EvanilsonAFC Bournemouth · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Chris RiggSunderland
  • 79'Yellow card · Ryan ChristieAFC Bournemouth

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
8AFC Bournemouth93331413+112LLWWW
20Sunderland9126717-105LLLDL

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: AFC Bournemouth 2, draws 2, Sunderland 2.

Team news

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

Djordje Petrovic, Adam Smith, James Hill, António Silva, Adrien Truffert, Tyler Adams, Rayan, Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Marcus Tavernier, Evanilson

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

Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Kevin Danso, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Trai Hume, Chris Rigg, Enzo Le Fée, Timur Tuterov

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