Bournemouth 1-0 Everton (4 Jan, 2025) Game Analysis

Substitute David Brooks scored a very good volley to safe a deserved victory for hosts Bournemouth as they beat Everton 1-0 of their Premier League fixture on the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.

Bournemouth had discovered Everton powerful to interrupt down earlier than Brooks confirmed wonderful method to volley Milos Kerkez’s cross into the online from 10 metres and provides his facet the lead on 77 minutes.

Everton created little within the contest and did not muster a shot heading in the right direction as their scoring woes this season proceed and the spectre of relegation stays a serious concern.

Bournemouth are in seventh place within the desk with 33 factors from 20 matches, whereas Everton are in sixteenth with 17 factors from 19 video games, two factors above the relegation zone.

Bournemouth have a club-record variety of Premier League factors at this stage of the season, and their 30 objectives can be a brand new greatest mark after 20 matches.

In contrast, Everton have scored half that quantity and the end result will put extra strain on supervisor Sean Dyche as they by no means appeared like troubling their hosts in entrance of purpose.

The Merseyside membership have netted a single purpose from open play of their final 9 league matches.

Bournemouth created the primary alternative when a throw into the field was flicked on and Dango Ouattara spun and shot, however goalkeeper Jordan Pickford made a great low cease to his proper.

The house facet had the ball behind the online inside 14 minutes however three Bournemouth gamers had been offside, together with scorer Antoine Semenyo.

Evanilson fired broad when effectively positioned, earlier than each Justin Kluivert and Semenyo had wonderful possibilities to attain as Everton clung on grimly beneath strain.

The Bournemouth followers cruelly serenaded the visiting supporters with “how do you watch this each week?”, however on this exhibiting it was maybe a legitimate query.

Everton introduced on 17-year-old midfielder Harrison Armstrong at halftime for Orel Mangala as Nathan Patterson changed Jesper Lindstrom in a transparent indication that Dyche was not comfortable together with his workforce’s first half.

The guests had been higher defensively after the break however supplied little going ahead and, following Brooks’s purpose, Bournemouth had been capable of comfortably see out the sport.