Evanilson scored his first Bournemouth goal while Dango Ouattara and Antoine Semenyo were also on target as south coast rivals Southampton were brushed aside in a routine 3-1 victory. (More Football News)
Brazilian forward Evanilson steered past ex-Cherries goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale after 17 minutes♏ at the Vitality Stadium on Monಞday thanks to Marcus Tavernier's quick thinking from a Bournemouth free-kick.
Ouattara ꦺwas credited with Bournemouth's second after Semenyo's cut-back was drilled towards goal by Lewis Cook before diverting past Ramsdale off his team-mate.
Semenyo then put the cherry atop the cake in a wonderful first-hꦆalf performance, shimmying this way and that before drilling into the bottom-ꦓleft corner in the 38th minute.
Taylor Harwood-Bellis reduced the arrears early in a second half, stooping low to nod in fromꦜ Mateus Fernandes' cross five minutes after the restart, having been brilliantly denied by Kepa Arrizabalaga shortly before.
But the remainder of the second half passed by without major incident as Saints, who 𝓰remain winless from six Premier League games, were left to rue a horror show of a first ha𒅌lf.
Data Debrief: Sorry Saints can't get marching
It was a desperately disappointing outing for the vi𓆉sitors, whose 19-game winless streak in the Premier League is their longest in the competition.
Moreover, the defeat means the 2024-25 campaign is the first Premie𝄹r League s🐟eason since the 2004-05 campaign in which each of the three promoted sides have failed to win any of their opening six games of the season.
Indeed, as many as five clubs have now yet to get a win from the first six games. Only twic⛎e in top-flight history (1964-65 and 2021-22) has this occurred – with Ipswich To൲wn, Leicester City, Crystal Palace and Wolves joining Southampton in failing to chalk up a win.
For Bournemouth, Evanilson scored ไhis first Premier League goal from his 10th shot attempt in the competition, becoming the fiꦿrst Brazilian to net for the club in the competition, while Semenyo has had a hand in 10 goals in his past 20 top-flight games (eight goals, two assists).
