Bournemouth Win 2-1 at Ipswich for Eighth Straight Victory

Bournemouth beat Ipswich Town 2-1 at Portman Road on Sunday for their eighth successive win in all competitions. Evanilson scored in the 5th minute, Bournemouth added a second goal in the 46th minute, and Jack Clarke pulled one back for Ipswich from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute.

The run of eight straight wins is Bournemouth's first eight-win streak since the 2010-11 League One season under Eddie Howe, according to The Times. It came at the end of a short week: Bournemouth had arrived back in the early hours of Friday after Thursday's Europa League tie against Sparta Prague, and still won away from home on Sunday.

Evanilson punishes an early error

Evanilson opened the scoring in the 5th minute, tapping into an empty net. Ipswich goalkeeper Christian Walton failed to deal with a backpass from Dara O'Shea and slipped under pressure, and Evanilson finished the chance.

The goal was Evanilson's seventh goal in eight games. It also set the pattern of the afternoon: Ipswich gave Bournemouth the first goal after five minutes, and spent the rest of the match chasing a side in winning form.

Second goal, two creditings

Bournemouth scored again in the 46th minute, in the opening minute of the second half. Ryan Christie fired home from the edge of the box, the shot going in via a double deflection off Issa Diop and Leif Davis.

The official crediting of this goal is reported differently by the outlets covering the match. The Times and The Sun credit Christie with the goal. Sky Sports and Sportradar list it as a Leif Davis own goal. The sequence itself is not in dispute: the shot came from the edge of the box in the 46th minute and went in off two deflections, and Bournemouth led 2-0.

Clarke penalty gives Ipswich hope

Ipswich scored in the 73rd minute. Clarke converted a penalty, sending goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic the wrong way, to make it 2-1.

The penalty gave Ipswich seventeen minutes plus added time to find an equaliser at Portman Road. Bournemouth held on, and the 2-1 win completed eight successive victories in all competitions.

A personal note for the home manager

The match also carried a link between the two benches. Ipswich manager Gary O'Neil started his managerial career at Bournemouth, the club that left his current ground with all three points on Sunday.

For Ipswich, the defeat rests on the two ends of the game: a goalkeeping error that handed Bournemouth the lead in the 5th minute, and a second goal conceded in the first minute of the second half. Clarke's penalty in the 73rd minute brought them back into the match, but the equaliser never came.

Bournemouth's week, by contrast, reads well in the record: a Europa League tie away to Sparta Prague on Thursday, a return in the early hours of Friday, and a Premier League win at Portman Road on Sunday, their eighth win in a row.