Bournemouth beat Sunderland with a clean double in the Premier League

Bournemouth beat visiting Sunderland 2-0 in the match that brought the two sides together in matchweek seven of the 2026/27 Premier League season, which took place on 18 October at 16:00 Damascus time.

Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring for Bournemouth in the 6th minute, before Sunderland suffered a heavy blow with the sending-off of their defender Kevin Danso in the 17th minute. In the second half, Evanilson doubled his side's lead with the second goal in the 48th minute to seal the result in Bournemouth's favour.

Evanilson was named man of the match after scoring one goal and providing an assist for another during the 79 minutes he played, earning a rating of 9.

Bournemouth dominated proceedings, with 65 per cent possession compared with 35 for Sunderland, and took 29 shots compared with just 3 for their opponents, including 6 shots on target against none for Sunderland. Bournemouth also won 5 corners compared with 3 for Sunderland, while committing 16 fouls against 7 for their opponents.

The match was overseen by referee Craig Pawson, and was broadcast on beIN Sports.

With this result, Sunderland sit in 18th place with 4 points from 6 matches, with one win, one draw and four defeats, having scored 6 goals and conceded 12, while Bournemouth are in 19th place with 3 points from 6 matches, with no wins, three draws and three defeats, having scored 7 goals and conceded 13.