Tavernier and Brobbey carry the goal question at Vitality Stadium
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Bournemouth and Sunderland are separated by one point before their Premier League meeting, with both sides winless in their supplied home or away records. The listed scorers and defensive figures frame the key question at kickoff.
Before kickoff
The goal threat behind a tight table gap
Bournemouth and Sunderland meet with only one point separating them in the pre-match provisional Premier League standings. Bournemouth are ranked #18 with 3 points from 6 games, while Sunderland are ranked #17 with 4 points from 6 games. Both have a -6 goal difference.
M. Tavernier is Bournemouth’s leading listed scorer, with 3 goals in 6 appearances. Sunderland’s main listed threat is B. Brobbey, who has scored 3 goals in 5 appearances. Their output could be central in a match between two sides whose recent results offer little separation: Bournemouth’s latest 6 matches read Loss, Draw, Draw, Draw, Loss, Loss, while Sunderland’s read Loss, Win, Draw, Loss, Loss, Loss.
Home resistance versus away vulnerability
Bournemouth have not won in 3 home league games this season, recording 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. They have scored 3 home goals and conceded 4, with 0 clean sheets. Sunderland have also failed to win in 3 away league games, drawing 1 and losing 2. They have scored 5 away goals but conceded 8, also recording 0 clean sheets.
Both teams have used a 4-2-3-1 formation in 6 matches. Bournemouth will be without J. Araujo, E. J. Kroupi and A. Scott, while V. Milosavljevic is questionable. Sunderland are missing D. Ballard, T. Meunier and R. Mundle; W. Isidor is questionable.
Can Bournemouth’s home defence contain Sunderland’s away scoring threat while Tavernier and Brobbey contest the main goal burden?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Manchester City | WWWWW | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 18 | |
| 2 | Arsenal | WLWWW | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| 3 | Brighton | WWWDL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 13 | |
| 4 | Brentford | DWDDD | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | |
| 5 | Everton | DWDDD | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | |
| 6 | Chelsea | WLDLW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | |
| 7 | Leeds | LDWDD | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | |
| 8 | Hull City | DLDDW | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | |
| 9 | Liverpool | LWDWD | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | |
| 10 | Ipswich | WLWLL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | |
| 11 | Newcastle | LWLDW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 | |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | WDLWL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | |
| 13 | Manchester United | DDLDW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | |
| 14 | Coventry | WWLLL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | LLWDD | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | |
| 16 | Aston Villa | DWLDL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | |
| 17 | Sunderland | LLLDW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | |
| 18 | Bournemouth | LLDDD | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | |
| 19 | Tottenham | DLDDL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
| 20 | Fulham | LDDLL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |