Evanilson opens Bournemouth’s 3-0 Europa League win over Sturm Graz

Evanilson breaks the deadlock

Bournemouth beat Sturm Graz 3-0 in the UEFA Europa League League Stage - 2 at Vitality Stadium, leading 1-0 at half-time. The result extended Bournemouth’s winning pre-match form, while Sturm Graz followed a pre-match draw with defeat.

Francisco Evanilson opened the scoring in the 43rd minute, assisted by Adam Smith, to make it 1-0. Evanilson was booked in the 14th minute but remained Bournemouth’s standout performer, earning an 8.2 rating after 70 minutes, with one goal, three shots on target and three key passes.

Bournemouth control the contest

Rayan Vitor Simplício Rocha made it 2-0 in the 76th minute, 15 minutes after replacing Evanilson. Álvaro Rodríguez completed the scoring with a penalty in the 90th minute for the 3-0 final score.

The statistics supported Bournemouth’s control. They had 62% possession, 23 total shots to Sturm Graz’s 6 and seven shots on goal to one. Their expected-goals figure was 2.88, compared with 0.37 for Sturm Graz. Bournemouth also completed 380 accurate passes, while Sturm Graz completed 203.

Six yellow cards were shown, three to each team. Belmin Beganovic, Julian Halwachs and Albert Vallci were booked for Sturm Graz; Evanilson, Bafode Diakite and Julio Soler received Bournemouth’s cautions. No red cards were recorded.

Post-match table position

The standings feed listed Bournemouth fifth with 6 points from 2 games, while Sturm Graz were 26th with 1 point from 2 games. Bournemouth are 5 points ahead of Sturm Graz and trail league leader Juventus by 0 points; Sturm Graz trail Juventus by 5 points.