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Europa League · League phase, matchday 3 Match report

AFC Bournemouth 3-0 Milan: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

AFC Bournemouth crest AFC Bournemouth
3-0Full time
Milan crest Milan
Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, Dorset

Our picks against the result

10 of 12 right

  • Result AFC Bournemouth win63% 3-0
  • Double chance AFC Bournemouth or draw (1X)83% 3-0
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.560% 3 goals
  • More corners AFC Bournemouth66% AFC Bournemouth (6-4)
  • Yellow cards Above average 5 yellow cards · league 3.6
  • Yellow cards 5 yellow cards 3.5 Over57% 4.5 Under63% 5.5 Under79%
  • Corners Around average 10 corners · league 9.8
  • Corners 10 corners 8.5 Over56% 9.5 Under55% 10.5 Under65%

Match stats

AFC Bournemouth Milan
  • 3 Goals 0
  • 2 Yellow cards 3
  • 0 Red cards 1
  • 6 Corners 4

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

AFC Bournemouth vs Milan takes place at the Vitality Stadium on Thursday 22 October 2026 in the Europa League league phase, matchday 3, and our model goes with a home win, with Bournemouth win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

AFC Bournemouth take the result pick because our model rates them the stronger of the two sides on its long-run, xG-based scale, and both clubs sit clearly above the Europa League average. Milan are the obvious counterweight: they are rated well above that average too and arrive on the back of a 4‑0 win at Salzburg, so this is no mismatch on paper. What settles it is the venue and Bournemouth's recent attacking output — more shots, more big chances and more time in the box than the league norm, while conceding very few big chances. The call is a clear one.

Form guide

AFC Bournemouth

  • W 2-0 vs Sunderland (H) Premier League · 18 Oct
  • W 3-0 vs Sturm Graz (H) Europa League · 15 Oct
  • L 1-5 at Chelsea (A) Premier League · 10 Oct
  • L 0-1 vs Liverpool (H) Premier League · 20 Sep
  • W 2-1 at Real Sociedad (A) Europa League · 17 Sep

Milan

  • W 3-2 vs Atalanta (H) Serie A · 18 Oct
  • W 4-0 at Salzburg (A) Europa League · 15 Oct
  • D 1-1 at Sassuolo (A) Serie A · 11 Oct
  • W 3-0 vs Lecce (H) Serie A · 20 Sep
  • L 0-2 vs Benfica (H) Europa League · 16 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

AFC BournemouthMilan
Attack 100 80 2.5 goals per match this season2.0 goals per match this season
Defence 91 77 0.5 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

AFC Bournemouth and Milan have not met in our records since 2010.

Europa League so far

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
5 AFC Bournemouth 2 200 5:1 +4 6
16 Milan 2 101 4:2 +2 3

Positions in our table of 36 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Europa League, League phase, matchday 3
Kick-off
Venue
Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, Dorset

Questions and answers

What was the score of AFC Bournemouth vs Milan?

AFC Bournemouth 3-0 Milan in the Europa League (League phase, matchday 3) on Thursday 22 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for AFC Bournemouth vs Milan right?

Yes: our result pick was AFC Bournemouth win, and the score after 90 minutes was 3-0. 10 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in AFC Bournemouth vs Milan?

5 yellow cards (AFC Bournemouth 2, Milan 3), 1 red card (AFC Bournemouth 0, Milan 1) and 10 corners (AFC Bournemouth 6, Milan 4).

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