Chelsea thrash Bournemouth with a clean five-goal haul in the Premier League

Chelsea secured a big 5-1 win over visitors Bournemouth in the match played in matchweek six of the 2026/27 Premier League season, held on 10 October at 17:00 Damascus time.

Chelsea started the match strongly, scoring two early goals, the first through Jordan Brian Henderson in the 2nd minute, followed by a goal from Morgan Elliot Rogers in the 3rd minute. At the start of the second half, João Pedro added Chelsea's third goal in the 46th minute.

Bournemouth narrowed the gap through Evanilson in the 51st minute, but Chelsea responded quickly with two further goals, as João Pedro scored his second goal in the 67th minute to add a personal record, before Henderson scored his second goal and his team's fifth in the 70th minute.

In terms of statistics, Bournemouth dominated possession with 60 per cent against 40 per cent for Chelsea, and the two sides had 10 and 9 attempts respectively, including 6 on target for Chelsea compared with 4 for Bournemouth. Bournemouth also won 7 corners against just one for Chelsea, and committed 15 fouls compared with 7 for Chelsea.

The match saw no red cards, while Bournemouth received 4 yellow cards against none for Chelsea. The match was officiated by referee Samuel Barrott.

With this result, Chelsea raised their tally to 7 points in 10th place after playing 5 matches, winning two, drawing one and losing two, with a goal difference of 10 for and 12 against. Bournemouth, meanwhile, remained on 3 points in 17th place after 5 matches without a win, with 3 draws and two losses, scoring 6 goals and conceding 8.