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Everton vs AFC Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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Saturday 07 October 2023 17:16 BST
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A resurgent Everton beat Bournemouth 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday to snap a four-match losing run at Goodison Park and claim their first home victory of the season.

Everton were dominant right from the kickoff and were gifted an early lead when Illia Zabarnyi slipped and James Garner pounced to fire home, before Jack Harrison made it 2-0 with a composed finish from outside the box.

Boos echoed around the ground after a 2-1 defeat by Luton Town last week, but the Everton fans cheered as they led at the break for the first time this season. Abdoulaye Doucoure then started and finished a move to make it 3-0 on the hour mark.

Bournemouth rarely threatened Jordan Pickford’s goal as Everton sealed the three points to move up to 15th while winless Bournemouth are in deep trouble in the relegation zone with three points from eight games.

Everton vs AFC Bournemouth

Yellow Card Ashley Simon Young

7 October 2023 15:11

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Goal James David Garner

7 October 2023 15:09

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McNeil wriggles through two challenges just outside the box, but Smith eventually steals the ball off him and Zabarnyi is again alert to mop up the remaining danger.

7 October 2023 15:09

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Ending Everton's first attack, Zabarnyi blocks out McNeil's attempted throughball from the left side of the box, and then the Bournemouth defender completes a clearance from the same player's subsequent cross.

7 October 2023 15:07

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A bright start for Bournemouth sees the away side zipping the ball around in midfield with confidence - they've come to play a possession-based game, and it could be quite a clash of styles today.

7 October 2023 15:04

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Bournemouth kick off, and we are under way at Goodison!

7 October 2023 15:01

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The players emerge from the tunnel and out onto the pitch at a sun-soaked Goodison Park, and kick-off is now just moments away!

7 October 2023 14:57

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Meanwhile, Iraola opts for two changes to a Bournmeouth side thumped by Arsenal last time out, as Aarons and Kluivert make way for Smith and Ouattara. Tyler Adams is set for a further spell on the sidelines due a thigh problem, joining Alex Scott, Lloyd Kelly, Ryan Fredericks and Chris Mepham in missing out today.

7 October 2023 14:53

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Making just one change to the team that started last week's loss to Luton, Everton promote Harrison to the lineup at Onana's expense. Captain Seamus Coleman and midfielder Andre Gomes are the Toffees' most notable injury absentees.

7 October 2023 14:47

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SUBS: Ionut Radu, Joe Rothwell, Hamed Traore, Luis Sinisterra, Justin Kluivert, David Brooks, Kieffer Moore, Max Aarons, Antoine Semenyo.

7 October 2023 14:43

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