Chelsea vs Bournemouth 5-1

Chelsea beat Bournemouth 5-1 at Stamford Bridge after racing into a two-goal lead and then pulling away again after the interval. Jordan Henderson scored twice and João Pedro also doubled up as Bournemouth never recovered from the opening spell.

Henderson opened the scoring in the 2nd minute from Cole Palmer's assist, and Morgan Rogers made it 2-0 a minute later after Henderson turned provider. Chelsea took a 2-0 lead into half-time.

João Pedro made it 3-0 one minute after the break from Pedro Neto's assist, before Francisco Evanilson pulled one back for Bournemouth on 51 minutes. João Pedro, who had come on in the 46th minute to score, got his second of the match in the 67th minute from Pep Chavarria, and Henderson made it 5-1 on 70 minutes. Bournemouth made two changes on 72 minutes, with Chelsea also making two, but the result had already been settled by then.

Bournemouth had 60% of the ball and 459 passes to Chelsea's 474, but Chelsea had the better finishing numbers with 10 shots, 6 on target and 5 goals from 1.16 xG. Bournemouth had 9 shots, 4 on target and 1.52 xG, while it also won 7 corners to Chelsea's 1. Chelsea made 3 saves to Bournemouth's 1.

Bournemouth were booked four times: Marcus Tavernier on 10 minutes, Adrien Truffert on 42, Tyler Adams on 62 and Ryan Christie on 69. Chelsea had no bookings or red cards.