Christopher Nkunku got the late winner at the end of a scrappy but entertaining game on the south coast. Re-live the action with the best facts and Opta data in our Bournemouth vs Chelsea stats page.
Christopher Nkunku scored an 86th-minute winner as Chelsea beat Bournemouth 1-0 at the Vitality Stadium on a night that saw a record-breaking number of yellow cards dished out.
Bournemouth should have found themselves in front in the first half, but new signing Evanilson saw his penalty saved by Robert Sánchez, and Chelsea made the most of that let-off in the second period.
Nkunku netted the winner late on, doing brilliantly to find the bottom-right corner after a clever turn having received an incisive pass from debutant Jadon Sancho.
England international Sancho looked sharp off the bench in the second half and recorded his first assist in the Premier League since May 2023 playing for Manchester United against Chelsea.
The match was in some ways overshadowed by indiscipline, however. While not an especially dirty match, referee Anthony Taylor showed 14 yellow cards (not including those dished out to coaching staff), many for dissent, setting a new Premier League record in the process.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Bournemouth vs Chelsea stats from their Premier League meeting at the Vitality Stadium.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Bournemouth vs Chelsea: Post-Match Facts
- Chelsea have won four consecutive Premier League away games for the first time since April 2022 under Thomas Tuchel.
- Chelsea have kept their first clean sheet away from home in the Premier League in 18 such games, since a 2-0 victory against Fulham in October 2023, while they last had an away league game with less than two goals in the match in September 2023, against Bournemouth (0-0).
- There were 14 yellow cards shown in this match (six for Bournemouth, eight for Chelsea), the most ever issued in a single Premier League game.
- Bournemouth had 19 shots against Chelsea tonight, only once have they had more attempts without scoring in a Premier League game (20 v Newcastle in November 2015), meanwhile Chelsea last faced more shots in the competition without conceding more than 10 years ago, against Liverpool in April 2014 (26).
- Chelsea’s Christopher Nkunku scored his fourth Premier League goal for Chelsea, with all four coming away from home and as a substitute.
- Bournemouth have lost two of their last three Premier League home games (D1), as many defeats as in their previous 13 such games at the Vitality Stadium (W7 D4).
- Robert Sánchez has saved 50% of the penalties he’s faced for Chelsea in the Premier League (2/4), the best ratio for the Blues among ‘keepers to face 4+ spot kicks in the competition.
- Bournemouth have missed two of their last three penalties in the Premier League, as many as in their previous 17 in the competition.
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