AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018

Result

AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

AFC Bournemouth beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

David Brooks opened the scoring in the 21st minute. AFC Bournemouth's goals came from David Brooks (21') and David Brooks (77'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.

Discipline: AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game AFC Bournemouth were 11th on 23 points from 17 and Brighton & Hove Albion 13th on 21 points from 17. AFC Bournemouth went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 17th with 36.

AFC Bournemouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Brooks of AFC Bournemouth (9.1), ahead of Asmir Begović (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 AFC Bournemouth win, 1 draw and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · David BrooksAFC Bournemouth · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · J. LermaAFC Bournemouth
  • 43'Yellow card · David BrooksAFC Bournemouth
  • 62'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 73'Second yellow · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 77'Goal · David BrooksAFC Bournemouth · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: AFC Bournemouth 1, draws 1, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-4-2)

Asmir Begović, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Charlie Daniels, David Brooks, Jefferson Lerma, Andrew Surman, Junior Stanislas, Callum Wilson, Joshua King

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mathew Ryan, Martín Montoya, Leon Balogun, Lewis Dunk, Bernardo, Davy Pröpper, S. March, Pascal Groß, Yves Bissouma, Jürgen Locadia, Florin Andone