Sunderland 1-1 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016

Result

Sunderland 1-1 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Sunderland · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Sunderland 1-1 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Sunderland drew with AFC Bournemouth 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 January 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Benik Afobe opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Patrick van Aanholt (45+1'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Benik Afobe (13').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 19th on 18 points from 22 and AFC Bournemouth 16th on 22 points from 22. Sunderland went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and AFC Bournemouth 16th with 38.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Benik AfobeAFC Bournemouth · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Andrew SurmanAFC Bournemouth
  • 45+1'Goal · Patrick van AanholtSunderland · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Billy JonesSunderland

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 0, AFC Bournemouth 1.

Team news

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

Billy Jones, Patrick van Aanholt, Younès Kaboul, John O'Shea, Yann M'Vila, Lee Cattermole, Adam Johnson, Jermain Defoe

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

Artur Boruc, Steve Cook, Charlie Daniels, Adam Smith, Simon Francis, Andrew Surman, Dan Gosling, Harry Arter, Junior Stanislas, Matt Ritchie