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At a glance
Semenyo scores twice as Bournemouth come back to win
In-form Ghana winger also sets up Kluivert screamer
Fulham were just 12 minutes away from victory
Antoine Semenyo scored twice as Bournemouth came from behind to beat Fulham in stormy conditions and move up to second in the Premier League table.
Ryan Sessegnon had given Fulham the lead when he ran onto a through ball from Samuel Chukwueze before clipping the ball over Cherries keeper Djordje Petrovic.
But Bournemouth levelled when Semenyo got the ball on the left wing, beat several players and stopped the ball going over the byeline before slotting a shot through Bernd Leno's legs from a tight angle.
Then substitute Justin Kluivert got the ball in the centre circle, charged forward and unleashed an unstoppable strike from 25 yards to put Bournemouth ahead.
As Fulham pushed forward for an equaliser in stoppage time, Semenyo capped a superb individual night with his second goal - to go with an assist - after finishing off an emphatic counter-attack.
Until the 70th minute, the game looked as if it was going to end in an instantly forgettable goalless draw as both sides struggled to create much in the wind and rain of Storm Amy.
Bournemouth are now second in the Premier League table, just one point below Liverpool - although everyone else has yet to play this weekend.
Antoine Semenyo started Bournemouth's fightback with his fine solo equaliser
Bournemouth took risks and it worked - Iraola
Spanish manager Andoni Iraola is doing a fantastic job this season at Bournemouth, who seem to have brushed off the loss of £200m worth of first-team players in the summer.
They have not lost a game since the opening day defeat at Liverpool - and key to that has been Semenyo's form.
He is now up to six Premier League goals for the season, only behind Erling Haaland, after this fine double.
Iraola will deserve a lot of credit too as he replaced defender Marcos Senesi with winger Ben Gannon-Doak in a tactical reshuffle one minute before the comeback started.
Just seven minutes later - with his team having come from 1-0 down to 2-1 up - he changed the formation back by bringing on defender Veljko Milosavljevic for forward David Brooks.
Fulham boss Silva reflects on 'very difficult' defeat
Fulham had to play without a recognised striker. Rodrigo Muniz was already sidelined with a hip injury, while Raul Jimenez hurt his hip last weekend against Aston Villa.
Marco Silva said beforehand that it was going to be an issue as they always play with one striker or the other.
In the end they alternated a bit, with Harry Wilson and Josh King having a go at false nine.
Fulham will have thought it was not going to matter when full-back Sessegnon played a one-two with recent substitute Chukwueze.
But then Semenyo happened to them.
Both sides are finished until after the international break now.
On Saturday, 18 October, Bournemouth visit Crystal Palace at 15:00 BST and Fulham host Arsenal at 17:30.
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
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7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 7 |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 7 |
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 5 |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 4 |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 4 |
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 1 |
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Manager: Andoni Iraola
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Marco Silva
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Andoni Iraola
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Marco Silva
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
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Bournemouth have lost just two of their last 16 league meetings with Fulham (W8 D6), and just one of their last eight (W3 D4), going down 3-1 in February 2024.
Fulham have lost each of their last three Premier League visits to Bournemouth, while they could lose four successive away league games against the Cherries for the first time.
Bournemouth lost four consecutive home Premier League matches between February and April but since then have picked up 14 points in their last seven at the Vitality Stadium (W4 D2 L1), keeping four clean sheets.
Fulham scored first but lost 3-1 away at Aston Villa last time out – the Cottagers have now lost four of their last seven league games when scoring the opener (W3). In the last two seasons, no side has lost more games when scoring first than Fulham (7).
With 11 points from six games, this is Bournemouth’s best ever start to a Premier League campaign (W3 D2 L1) – it is three more points than they had at this stage last season (8) and eight more than in their first season under Andoni Iraola in 2023-24 (3).
Each of Bournemouth’s last three Premier League goals have come via set pieces (penalty, direct free-kick and indirect free-kick), with only four of their previous 32 coming from a set piece. The Cherries last had four consecutive league goals from set pieces in March 2024 (four corners vs Sheffield United and Luton).
Fulham have conceded more fouls than any other Premier League side this season (88), with 25% of those committed by Sasa Lukic (22 – a league high). Lukic’s current 3.7 fouls conceded per 90 minutes is the most by a player in a season (min. 500 minutes) since Hal Robson-Kanu in 2016-17 (also 3.7).
Fulham manager Marco Silva won his first away Premier League match at Bournemouth as Everton boss in August 2017 (2-0) but since then has won just one point in five at the Vitality, losing the last four in a row.
Raúl Jiménez has scored five Premier League goals in six starts against Bournemouth (four for Wolves, one for Fulham) – the only start he’s not scored in against the Cherries was in a goalless draw for Wolves in August 2022.
Eight of Bournemouth’s last 15 Premier League goals have been scored by Antoine Semenyo, with the Ghanaian netting a free-kick against Leeds last time out. Since the start of April, only Erling Haaland and Jarrod Bowen (9 each) have netted more than Semenyo’s eight.