Chelsea 2-0 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2018

Result

Chelsea 2-0 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Chelsea · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Chelsea 2-0 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Chelsea beat AFC Bournemouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Pedro opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Pedro (72') and Eden Hazard (85'). AFC Bournemouth did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 9 points from 3 and AFC Bournemouth 6th on 7 points from 3. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and AFC Bournemouth 14th with 45.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and AFC Bournemouth in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Eden Hazard of Chelsea (8.3), ahead of Willian (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 2 for AFC Bournemouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Dan GoslingAFC Bournemouth
  • 33'Yellow card · Marcos AlonsoChelsea
  • 55'Yellow card · N'Golo KantéChelsea
  • 70'Yellow card · J. LermaAFC Bournemouth
  • 72'Goal · PedroChelsea · 1-0
  • 85'Goal · Eden HazardChelsea · 2-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 0, AFC Bournemouth 2.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Willian, Álvaro Morata, Eden Hazard

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

Asmir Begović, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Adam Smith, Jefferson Lerma, Dan Gosling, Diego Rico, Ryan Fraser, Callum Wilson, Joshua King