AFC Bournemouth — Sunderland 2:0, 18 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 7 Sunday 18 October · 13:00 UTC

AFC Bournemouth 16th · 6 pts WWWLL

2 : 0 1st half 1:0

Sunderland 20th · 4 pts LDLLL

Vitality Stadium · referee C. Pawson

Match predictionBold

Sunderland +1.5

81% · Sunderland are winless in 5 games

Prediction missed. We predicted “Sunderland +1.5”, and the match finished 2:0.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

AFC Bournemouth 46% draw 25% Sunderland 29%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was AFC Bournemouth win, and the match finished 2:0. Fans backed AFC Bournemouth win — they got it right.

fans 61 votes

AFC Bournemouth 60% draw 16% Sunderland 24%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

M. Tavernier assist: Evanilson 1-0 5'

K. Danso 17'

A. Silva 26'

O. Alderete 40'

L. Cook 45+6'

Evanilson 2-0 48'

H. Diarra for T. Tuterov 59'

L. O'Nien for O. Alderete 59'

J. Kluivert for L. Cook 63'

C. Rigg 65'

J. Ahoka for C. Rigg 65'

R. Christie 79'

A. Rodriguez for Evanilson 79'

A. Adli for M. Tavernier 79'

B. Gannon-Doak for Rayan 89'

B. Diakite for T. Adams 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

AFC Bournemouth 4-1-4-1 4-2-3-1 Sunderland

Đorđe Petrović  
Adam Smith  5 James Hill  14 António Silva  3 Adrien Truffert  
Tyler Adams  
Rayan  10 Ryan Christie  4 Lewis Cook  16 Marcus Tavernier  
Evanilson  

Timur Tuterov  
Trai Hume  11 Chris Rigg  28 Enzo Le Fée  
Granit Xhaka  27 Noah Sadiki  
Nordi Mukiele  4 Kevin Danso  15 Omar Alderete  17 Reinildo Mandava  
Robin Roefs  

AFC Bournemouth bench

21Amine Adli
18Bafodé Diakité
11Ben Gannon-Doak
7David Brooks
24Juanlu Sánchez
6Julio Soler
19Justin Kluivert
20Michele Di Gregorio
30Álvaro Rodriguez

Sunderland bench

7Chemsdine Talbi
6Dayann Methalie
19Habib Diarra
50Juan Riquelme Angulo
29Jules Ahoka
13Luke O'Nien
39Malick Fofana
31Melker Ellborg
10Nilson Angulo

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

65%Possession35%

29Shots3

6Shots on target0

15Shots off target3

8Blocked shots0

20Shots inside box2

9Shots outside box1

127Attacks100

80Dangerous attacks34

5Corners3

1Offsides2

16Fouls7

3Yellow cards2

0Red cards1

0Saves4

566Passes302

473Accurate passes189

9Free kicks17

16Throw-ins16

7Goal kicks14

0Penalties0

AFC Bournemouth

SunderlandThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

AFC Bournemouth and Sunderland met on matchday 7 of the Premier League on 18 October at Vitality Stadium. Final score — 2:0.

AFC Bournemouth sit 16th on 6 points after 9 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses), unbeaten in 3 matches, 3 matches without conceding. Sunderland sit 20th on 4 points after 9 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 6 losses), winless in 7 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings AFC Bournemouth won 0, Sunderland won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 3:4.

Season form

all competitions of the season

AFC Bournemouth last five Sunderland

WWWLL form LDLLL

9 Matches 9

3 — 3 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 6

14 — 13 Scored — conceded 7 — 17

1.33 Points per game 0.56

1.56 Goals scored per game 0.78

3 Clean sheets 2

1 Failed to score 4

unbeaten in 3 Current streak winless in 7

AFC Bournemouth at home: 5 matches, 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 7—4, 1.6 points per match.

Sunderland away: 5 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses, goals 6—13, 0.2 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 AFC Bournemouth wins 1 draw 1 Sunderland win goals 3:4 AFC Bournemouth — Sunderland

28/02/2026	AFC Bournemouth — Sunderland	1:1	Premier League
29/11/2025	Sunderland — AFC Bournemouth	3:2	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
8	Leeds United	10	3	5	2	10—8	14
9	AFC Bournemouth	9	3	3	3	14—13	12
10	Tottenham Hotspur	10	3	3	4	10—11	12
…
19	Crystal Palace	9	2	1	6	9—21	7
20	Sunderland	9	1	2	6	7—17	5

Full Premier League table

AFC Bournemouth — Sunderland, 18 October 2026, 13:00 UTC : score 2:0