AFC Bournemouth stretched their unbeaten Premier League run to six matches (W4, D2) after fighting back to claim a 2-1 victory over 10-man Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Jordan Pickford was called into action inside the opening three minutes, reacting sharply to keep out Evanilson’s early effort. That proved to be one of the few serious tests the Everton goalkeeper faced before the break, as the hosts soon began to assert themselves.

Everton thought they had taken the lead when Idrissa Gueye turned home from a corner, but the goal was disallowed. Iliman Ndiaye, standing in an offside position, attempted to backheel the ball on its way through, leading to the effort being ruled out.

Set-pieces continued to trouble Bournemouth. Around the half-hour mark, James Garner’s long-range free-kick was spilled by Đorđe Petrović straight into the path of Thierno Barry, who somehow skewed wide despite scoring three times in his previous five home appearances. Petrović quickly redeemed himself moments later, tipping Ndiaye’s powerful strike onto the post from a tight angle.

The Serbian goalkeeper could do nothing to prevent Everton’s opener, though. Rayan brought down Jarrad Branthwaite inside the area, and Ndiaye calmly converted the resulting penalty, placing the ball into the bottom corner to give the hosts a half-time lead. Remarkably, it meant 12 of Everton’s home league games this season have featured at least one first-half goal — a league high.

The Toffees pushed to extend their advantage after the restart. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall saw a curling effort destined for the top corner brilliantly headed clear by James Hill, while Alex Jiménez produced a superb goal-line block to deny Barry as Everton turned up the pressure.

Bournemouth, however, began to grow into the contest, with Adrien Truffert posing a constant threat down the left. His deflected strike flashed inches wide before he delivered the decisive moment just after the hour. Cutting in onto his weaker right foot, Truffert whipped a superb cross to the back post where Rayan rose to head home the equaliser. The 19-year-old has now registered a goal involvement in each of his three competitive appearances for the Cherries (G2, A1).

Five minutes later, the turnaround was complete. Hill nodded a free-kick back across goal, and Amine Adli was on hand to head in, catching Pickford stranded off his line.

Everton’s evening deteriorated further when Adli raced clear on goal and was hauled down by Jake O’Brien, who was shown a red card for the challenge. Reduced to 10 men, the hosts struggled to muster a response.

Garner fired over in search of a late leveller, while substitute Beto’s header was comfortably gathered by Petrović. Ultimately, Everton were unable to find a way back, bringing their own five-match unbeaten league run (W2, D3) to an end as Bournemouth celebrated another impressive comeback victory.