Chelsea 2-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 14 January 2025

Result

Chelsea 2-2 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Tuesday 14 January 2025, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Chelsea · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Chelsea 2-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Chelsea drew with AFC Bournemouth 2-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 14 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Cole Palmer opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Cole Palmer (13') and Reece James (90+5'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Justin Kluivert (50', penalty) and Antoine Semenyo (68').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 36 points from 20 and AFC Bournemouth 7th on 33 points from 20. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and AFC Bournemouth 9th with 56.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Justin Kluivert of AFC Bournemouth (8.1), level with Enzo Fernández (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 3 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Cole PalmerChelsea · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Nicolas JacksonChelsea
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Ryan ChristieAFC Bournemouth
  • 50'Penalty goal · Justin KluivertAFC Bournemouth · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Roméo LaviaChelsea
  • 55'Yellow card · David BrooksAFC Bournemouth
  • 68'Goal · Antoine SemenyoAFC Bournemouth · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Dean HuijsenAFC Bournemouth
  • 90+5'Goal · Reece JamesChelsea · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 2, AFC Bournemouth 3.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Sánchez, M. Caicedo, Joshua Kofi Acheampong, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Roméo Lavia, Enzo Fernández, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho, Nicolas Jackson

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mark Travers, James Hill, Ilya Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, Lewis Cook, Tyler Adams, David Brooks, Ryan Christie, Antoine Semenyo, Dango Ouattara