Chelsea 2-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 30 December 2025

Result

Chelsea 2-2 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Tuesday 30 December 2025, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Chelsea 2-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Chelsea drew with AFC Bournemouth 2-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 30 December 2025. The half-time score was 2-2.

David Brooks opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Cole Palmer (15', penalty) and Enzo Fernández (23'). AFC Bournemouth scored through David Brooks (6') and Justin Kluivert (27').

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 29 points from 18 and AFC Bournemouth 15th on 22 points from 18. Chelsea went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and AFC Bournemouth 6th with 57.

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 Enzo Fernández of Chelsea (7.9), ahead of Wesley Fofana (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 2 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Moisés CaicedoChelsea
  • 6'Goal · David BrooksAFC Bournemouth · 0-1
  • 15'Penalty goal · Cole PalmerChelsea · 1-1
  • 23'Goal · Enzo FernándezChelsea · 2-1
  • 27'Goal · Justin KluivertAFC Bournemouth · 2-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Marcus TavernierAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 4, AFC Bournemouth 2.

Team news

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

Robert Sánchez, Joshua Kofi Acheampong, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Malo Gusto, M. Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Estêvão, Cole Palmer, Alejandro Garnacho, Liam Delap

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

Djordje Petrovic, Alejandro Jiménez Sánchez, James Hill, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, Marcus Tavernier, Alex Scott, David Brooks, Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo, Evanilson