The game kicked off at 14:00 GMT in front of 29,396. Before the matchweek, Bournemouth were eighth in the Premier League with 12 points from nine games and had won their last three league games without conceding. Ipswich were 14th with 11 points and had gone three league games without a win since beating Fulham 2-1 on 10 October. They are managed by Gary O'Neil, a former Bournemouth boss, as beIN Sports noted.
How the match was won
Both sides played a 4-2-3-1. Ipswich started Walton; Abdoul Ouattara, Issa Diop, Dara O'Shea and Davis; Exequiel Palacios and Florentino; Daizen Maeda, Julio Enciso and Jaden Philogene; and Emersonn. Bournemouth started Djordje Petrovic; Adam Smith, James Hill, António Silva and Adrien Truffert; Tyler Adams and Ryan Christie; Rayan, Justin Kluivert and Marcus Tavernier; and Evanilson.
- 5' Ipswich Town 0-1 AFC Bournemouth: Evanilson, a right-footed shot from the right side of the six-yard box into the bottom left corner. Walton had tried to dribble around Evanilson, an error Sky Sports called shocking.
- 46' Ipswich Town 0-2 AFC Bournemouth: an own goal by Davis, the Ipswich left back. Ouattara gave the ball away to Evanilson, and Christie's left-footed shot from the left side of the box deflected off Diop and then Davis on its way in, 27 seconds after the restart, Sky Sports reported.
- 73' Ipswich Town 1-2 AFC Bournemouth: Clarke, a right-footed penalty into the bottom right corner, after Lewis Cook had fouled Ouattara in the area.
Evanilson has now scored in five straight Premier League games, once each against Chelsea, Sunderland, Manchester United, Leeds and Ipswich, and has five league goals this season, level with Tavernier as Bournemouth's top scorers in the league. The opener, timed at four minutes and 14 seconds by beIN Sports, was the earliest Bournemouth have scored in a league game this season.
Walton saved from Tavernier at very close range in the seventh minute and from a Kluivert shot from outside the box in the 39th; Petrovic's only save of the game came from a Philogene shot from outside the box in the 12th minute. Bournemouth won four corners before half-time to none for Ipswich and led 1-0 at the break. Between 1995-96 and 2025-26, away teams leading by one goal at half-time won 63 percent of those Premier League games, according to our look at what a half-time lead is worth.
Turning points
Smith, Tavernier and Enciso were all booked in the 43rd minute. After the second goal, O'Neil made a double change in the 54th minute, sending on Clarke and Zian Flemming for Philogene and Emersonn, and Fatawu Issahaku replaced Maeda in the 65th. Bournemouth manager Marco Rose replaced Christie with Cook in the 67th minute and Kluivert with Junior Kroupi in the 68th.
Ipswich's first attempt of the second half, a Fatawu shot from the right side of the box, was blocked in the 70th minute. Two minutes later Cook, who had been on the pitch for five minutes, fouled Ouattara in the area. Clarke scored the penalty, and two minutes later Flemming headed over from a Fatawu cross.
Bafodé Diakité, on for Smith in the 79th minute, was treated for an injury from the 82nd minute to the 84th. In the 85th, Rose sent on Álvaro Rodríguez and Amine Adli for Evanilson and Rayan, and O'Neil brought on Chuba Akpom for Florentino. Nine minutes of stoppage time were added, in which Silva and Flemming were booked for fouls on each other and Walton saved from Rodríguez with the last attempt of the game.
To lose a football match you've not been outclassed in is hard to take.
Gary O'Neil, Ipswich Town manager, via Sky Sports
O'Neil added that giving the ball to Bournemouth's No 9 twice had made it difficult, Sky Sports reported. Evanilson wears No 9.
Ipswich Town vs AFC Bournemouth: key stats
| Stat | Ipswich Town | AFC Bournemouth |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 55.9% | 44.1% |
| Shots | 10 | 15 |
| Shots on target | 2 | 4 |
| Corners | 2 | 7 |
| Fouls | 6 | 20 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 2 | 1 |
| Goalkeeper saves | 3 | 1 |
| Passes (completed) | 508 (399) | 396 (300) |
Ipswich had 55.9% of the ball and completed 399 of their 508 passes, 79%, against Bournemouth's 300 of 396, 76%, but had two shots on target, one of them the penalty, to Bournemouth's four.
What it means for the table
Bournemouth move up from eighth to seventh with 15 points from 10 games: four wins, three draws and three defeats, 16 goals scored and 14 conceded. After going without a win in their first six league games, they have won four in a row, which beIN Sports noted equals the club's longest winning run in the Premier League. In all competitions it was an eighth straight win, Sky Sports reported. Clarke's penalty was the first league goal Bournemouth had conceded since a 5-1 defeat at Chelsea on 10 October.
With matchweek 10 complete, they are three points behind fourth-placed Liverpool, one behind Chelsea and Everton, fifth and sixth with 16, and 12 behind the leaders, Arsenal. Rose said Bournemouth had suffered but done it together.
We just wanted to be ready.
Marco Rose, Bournemouth manager, via Sky Sports
Ipswich stay 14th with 11 points from 10 games: three wins, two draws and five defeats, 15 goals scored and 20 conceded. It was their fourth league game without a win and their second home league defeat of the season, after a 2-0 loss to Liverpool on 4 September, and they have conceded in all 10 of their league games. In the Premier League table they are level on points with 13th-placed Hull City and three points above Manchester United in 18th, the first relegation place. Over the 31 seasons of the 20-team Premier League, the team in 18th has finished with 34.7 points on average, as our guide to how many points it takes to stay up shows.
What's next: Ipswich at Tottenham, Bournemouth host Nottingham Forest
- Ipswich Town: away at Tottenham Hotspur, Saturday 21 November 2026, 15:00 GMT.
- AFC Bournemouth: at home to Nottingham Forest, Saturday 21 November 2026, 15:00 GMT.
Both games come after the international break, which Bournemouth go into three points off the top four, as Sky Sports put it. They are on our Premier League fixtures page, and the Premier League simulator lets you play out the rest of the season with your own scores.
How this report was built: the score, goals, cards, substitutions, lineups, team stats, attendance, chances, saves and earlier results come from ESPN's match data, and both tables are computed from ESPN full-time results. Context and the quotes come from Sky Sports and beIN Sports.