AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion, 2023-24 English Premier League
· English Premier League
FT
3 - 0
3 - 0
Bournemouth outclass Brighton to set club PL points record
Goals from Marco Senesi, Enes Unal and Justin Kluivert gave Bournemouth a comfortable 3-0 home win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday to ensure the club's highest points total in the Premier League era with three games left to play.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 1': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
- 2': Attempt missed. Igor Julio (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 3': Foul by Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth).
- 3': Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
- 3': Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 8': Foul by Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth).
- 8': João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 9': Delay in match because of an injury Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 11': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Igor Julio.
- 12': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Enes Ünal (Bournemouth) with an attempt from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Cook with a cross.
- 13': Goal! Bournemouth 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Enes Ünal following a corner.
- 14': Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Enes Ünal (Bournemouth).
- 14': Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 16': Delay in match because of an injury Lewis Cook (Bournemouth).
- 17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 23': Delay in match (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 24': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Lewis Cook (Bournemouth).
- 26': Foul by Dango Ouattara (Bournemouth).
- 26': Odeluga Offiah (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 26': Attempt missed. Mark O’Mahony (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by João Pedro following a set piece situation.
- 27': Attempt saved. Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Pedro.
- 27': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Mark Travers.
- 28': Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a cross.
- 28': Delay in match because of an injury Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth).
- 28': Delay in match because of an injury João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 32': Attempt missed. Enes Ünal (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Scott.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Alex Scott (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 34': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.
- 37': Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 40': Attempt missed. Simon Adingra (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross.
- 42': Offside, Bournemouth. Enes Ünal is caught offside.
- 43': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Foul by Lloyd Kelly (Bournemouth).
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis Cook.
- 45'+2': Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
- 45'+3': Enes Ünal (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+3': Foul by Igor Julio (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 45'+5': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+5': Foul by Dango Ouattara (Bournemouth).
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Bournemouth 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Bournemouth 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
- 45': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Mark O’Mahony.
- 47': Attempt missed. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dominic Solanke with a through ball.
- 48': Hand ball by Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 49': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.
- 50': Foul by Simon Adingra (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 50': Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Attempt saved. Enes Ünal (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 52': Goal! Bournemouth 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Enes Ünal (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dango Ouattara with a cross.
- 54': Dango Ouattara (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Odeluga Offiah (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 54': Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 54': Foul by Odeluga Offiah (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 56': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth).
- 56': Odeluga Offiah (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 56': Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 58': Attempt saved. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Semenyo with a through ball.
- 58': Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
- 59': Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Simon Adingra is caught offside.
- 60': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth).
- 60': Attempt blocked. Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Pedro.
- 61': Attempt missed. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross.
- 66': Alex Scott (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 66': Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Julio Enciso replaces Simon Adingra.
- 67': Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth).
- 67': Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Substitution, Bournemouth. Ryan Christie replaces Enes Ünal.
- 68': Attempt missed. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alex Scott.
- 69': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
- 69': Igor Julio (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julio Enciso.
- 69': Attempt missed. Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 72': Attempt blocked. Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Pedro.
- 72': Attempt missed. Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.
- 73': Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Valentín Barco.
- 73': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Adam Smith.
- 74': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Odeluga Offiah.
- 74': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Adam Webster replaces Igor Julio.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dango Ouattara.
- 76': Attempt missed. Adam Smith (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ryan Christie.
- 77': Substitution, Bournemouth. Max Aarons replaces Alex Scott.
- 79': Delay in match because of an injury Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth).
- 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Semenyo with a cross.
- 83': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Adam Webster.
- 85': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.
- 85': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Joël Veltman.
- 87': Goal! Bournemouth 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Christie following a fast break.
- 88': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Carlos Baleba replaces João Pedro.
- 89': Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 90': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Joël Veltman.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Bournemouth. James Hill replaces Marcos Senesi.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Bournemouth. Dominic Sadi replaces Justin Kluivert.
- 90'+4': Delay in match because of an injury Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth).
- 90'+6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+7': Antoine Semenyo went off injured after Bournemouth had used all subs.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Bournemouth 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
- 0': Match ends, Bournemouth 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
- 0': Match ends, Bournemouth 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
Statistics
 BHA |
BOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 3 | Saves | 1 |
| 70 | Possession | 30 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 539 | Accurate Passes | 185 |
| 607 | Passes | 250 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 25 | Crosses | 21 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 33 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 18 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 14 | Effective Tackles | 4 |
| 26 | Tackles | 9 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 14 |
| 18 | Effective Clearances | 23 |
| 18 | Clearances | 23 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Vitality Stadium
Location: Bournemouth, England
Attendance: 11,188
Venue: Vitality Stadium
Location: Bournemouth, England
Attendance: 11,188
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 36 | +58 | 85 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 36 | +60 | 83 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 36 | +43 | 78 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 36 | +20 | 67 |
Line-Ups
AFC Bournemouth (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 42 | Mark Travers (GK) |
| 5 | Lloyd Kelly |
| 25 | Marcos Senesi  |
| 11 | Dango Ouattara |
| 15 | Adam Smith |
| 4 | Lewis Cook |
| 14 | Alex Scott |
| 19 | Justin Kluivert |
| 24 | Antoine Semenyo |
| 9 | Dominic Solanke |
| 26 | Enes Ünal |
Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bart Verbruggen (GK) |
| 3 | Igor Julio |
| 5 | Lewis Dunk |
| 19 | Valentín Barco |
| 42 | Odeluga Offiah |
| 9 | João Pedro |
| 11 | Billy Gilmour |
| 13 | Pascal Groß |
| 55 | Mark O’Mahony |
| 24 | Simon Adingra |
| 40 | Facundo Buonanotte |
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