Bournemouth vs Sturm Graz 3-0

Bournemouth beat Sturm Graz 3-0 at Vitality Stadium. Francisco Evanilson opened the scoring, Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha added a second after coming off the bench and Álvaro Rodríguez sealed it from the spot in stoppage time.

The first half stayed goalless until the 43rd minute, when Francisco Evanilson scored from Adam Smith’s assist to put Bournemouth 1-0 up. Bournemouth reached half-time in front by that single goal.

Bournemouth made the break in the 70th minute, sending on Justin Kluivert and Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha as Sturm Graz were still trailing. Rocha, who came on in the 70th minute, scored on 76 minutes to make it 2-0, and Álvaro Rodríguez converted a penalty two minutes into stoppage time to make it 3-0. Bournemouth had already used a change at 62 minutes, with James Hill replacing Adam Smith, while Sturm Graz made three changes on 75 minutes and then had two more later on, but they never found a reply.

The numbers matched the scoreline. Bournemouth had 62% of the ball and made 463 passes to Sturm Graz’s 290, with 24 shots to 6, 8 on target to 1 and an expected-goals figure of 2.72 to 0.38. They also led the corners 7-3 and had one save to Sturm Graz’s 3, while the visitors committed more fouls, 18 to 11.

There were six yellow cards in all. Bournemouth’s bookings went to Francisco Evanilson in the 14th minute, Bafode Diakite in the 58th and Julio Soler in the 66th. Sturm Graz were booked through Belmin Beganovic in the 41st minute, Julian Halwachs in the 85th and Albert Vallci in the 87th.