English Premier League

Chelsea vs AFC Bournemouth, 2025-26 English Premier League

· English Premier League
Chelsea
  • 15': Cole Palmer (P)
  • 23': Enzo Fernández
FT
2 - 2
AFC Bournemouth
  • 6': David Brooks
  • 27': Justin Kluivert

About

Chelsea are hosting AFC Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge, London, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English Premier League.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Adrien Truffert.
  • 4': Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea).
  • 4': Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Evanilson (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Brooks.
  • 6': Attempt saved. David Brooks (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Robert Sánchez (Chelsea).
  • 6': Goal! Chelsea 0, Bournemouth 1. David Brooks (Bournemouth) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  • 11': Penalty Chelsea. Estêvão draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 11': Penalty conceded by Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 12': VAR Decision: Penalty Chelsea.
  • 15': Goal! Chelsea 1, Bournemouth 1. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 16': Evanilson (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Foul by Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea).
  • 17': Attempt missed. Alex Scott (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Brooks with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 17': Attempt saved. Evanilson (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Robert Sánchez (Chelsea). Assisted by Alex Scott.
  • 18': Cole Palmer (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
  • 18': Attempt saved. David Brooks (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Robert Sánchez (Chelsea). Assisted by Evanilson.
  • 19': Offside, Bournemouth. Antoine Semenyo is caught offside.
  • 23': Goal! Chelsea 2, Bournemouth 1. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho.
  • 24': Estêvão (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth).
  • 25': Foul by Liam Delap (Chelsea).
  • 25': Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Wesley Fofana.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. David Brooks (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Justin Kluivert.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
  • 27': Goal! Chelsea 2, Bournemouth 2. Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Estêvão with a cross.
  • 29': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Marcus Tavernier.
  • 30': Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Foul by Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth).
  • 31': Attempt missed. Malo Gusto (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho following a fast break.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Liam Delap (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Álex Jiménez (Bournemouth) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is just a bit too high. Assisted by David Brooks.
  • 35': Cole Palmer (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
  • 36': Attempt missed. Estêvão (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho with a cross.
  • 37': Foul by Liam Delap (Chelsea).
  • 37': James Hill (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 40': Foul by Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth).
  • 40': Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Attempt saved. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Robert Sánchez (Chelsea). Assisted by David Brooks.
  • 43': Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 43': Foul by Estêvão (Chelsea).
  • 44': Attempt missed. James Hill (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Brooks with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Delay in match because of an injury David Brooks (Bournemouth).
  • 45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Liam Delap (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
  • 45'+4': Foul by James Hill (Bournemouth).
  • 45'+4': Liam Delap (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+8': Attempt blocked. Estêvão (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cole Palmer.
  • 45'+9': First Half ends, Chelsea 2, Bournemouth 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Chelsea 2, Bournemouth 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro Neto replaces Alejandro Garnacho.
  • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Josh Acheampong.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Justin Kluivert following a fast break.
  • 49': Cole Palmer (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Estêvão (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cole Palmer.
  • 51': Foul by Evanilson (Bournemouth).
  • 51': Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Malo Gusto.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Liam Delap (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pedro Neto with a cross following a fast break.
  • 58': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Marcos Senesi.
  • 59': Foul by Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth).
  • 59': Liam Delap (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 60': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Adrien Truffert.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Neto.
  • 62': Delay in match because of an injury Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth).
  • 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 63': Substitution, Chelsea. João Pedro replaces Cole Palmer.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Estêvão (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Djordje Petrovic (Bournemouth). Assisted by Moisés Caicedo.
  • 64': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Djordje Petrovic.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Malo Gusto (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 69': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Álex Jiménez.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Estêvão.
  • 71': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Alex Scott.
  • 71': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by James Hill.
  • 72': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Alex Scott.
  • 76': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Adrien Truffert.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
  • 78': Substitution, Bournemouth. Amine Adli replaces David Brooks.
  • 80': Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Moisés Caicedo.
  • 81': Attempt missed. João Pedro (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Moisés Caicedo with a cross.
  • 82': Substitution, Bournemouth. Enes Ünal replaces Evanilson.
  • 84': Foul by Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth).
  • 84': Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Foul by Alex Scott (Bournemouth).
  • 85': João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 87': Substitution, Chelsea. Andrey Santos replaces Liam Delap.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Enes Ünal (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Amine Adli.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Bournemouth. Adam Smith replaces Justin Kluivert.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Chelsea. Jamie Gittens replaces Estêvão.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by James Hill.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Djordje Petrovic.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Pedro Neto with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Bournemouth 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Chelsea 2, Bournemouth 2.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 12
2 Saves 4
32.8 Possession 67.2
17 SHOTS 17
6 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 2
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
197 Accurate Passes 483
269 Passes 563
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 8
16 Crosses 26
0.2 Cross % 0.3
53 Long Balls 46
17 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 8
12 Effective Tackles 9
16 Tackles 17
0.8 Tackle % 0.5
17 Interceptions 8
41 Effective Clearances 29
41 Clearances 29

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 39,622

Premier League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 23 +25 50
2 Manchester City 23 +26 46
3 Aston Villa 23 +10 46
4 Manchester United 23 +7 38
Full Standings

Line-Ups

CHE Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Robert Sánchez (GK)
23 Trevoh Chalobah
29 Wesley Fofana
27 Malo Gusto
34 Josh Acheampong
10 Cole Palmer
8 Enzo Fernández
25 Moisés Caicedo Yellow Card
9 Liam Delap
49 Alejandro Garnacho
41 Estêvão
Chelsea Substitutes:
Jamie Gittens, Benoît Badiashile, Pedro Neto, Tosin Adarabioyo, Facundo Buonanotte, Reece James, Andrey Santos, Filip Jørgensen, João Pedro.

BOU AFC Bournemouth (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Djordje Petrovic (GK)
5 Marcos Senesi
23 James Hill
3 Adrien Truffert
20 Álex Jiménez
19 Justin Kluivert
8 Alex Scott
16 Marcus Tavernier Yellow Card
9 Evanilson
24 Antoine Semenyo
7 David Brooks
AFC Bournemouth Substitutes:
Adam Smith, Julio Soler, Enes Ünal, Amine Adli, Bafodé Diakité, Remy Rees-Dottin, Junior Kroupi, Julián Araujo, William Dennis.

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