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In-form Evanlison scores again as Bournemouth beat Leeds
Bournemouth forward Evanilson celebrates
Image caption, Going into the weekend's fixtures, only Erling Haaland and Joao Pedro had more goal involvements in the Premier League than Evanilson
Keifer MacDonald

BBC Sport journalist

Forward Evanilson continued his fine goalscoring form by netting in a fourth Premier League match in a row to help Bournemouth defeat Leeds United at the Vitality Stadium.

After scoring against Chelsea, Sunderland and Manchester United earlier this month, the Brazilian capitalised on a careless mistake by goalkeeper James Trafford to take his tally for the season to five and extend Bournemouth's unbeaten run to six games in all competitions.

It could have been a different outcome for Daniel Farke's side, who were intent on ending their four-game winless run in the Premier League by making a fast start on the South Coast.

The visitors thought they had taken an early lead when Dominic Calvert-Lewin connected with a cross from James Justin and bundled the ball into the net inside 11 minutes.

But following a lengthy VAR check, the England international was denied a sixth goal of the season, with replays showing the ball had struck his hand before rebounding into the goal.

The decision didn't appear to discourage Leeds, who continued to threaten and almost took the lead three minutes later when Harry Wilson's effort trickled just wide of the near post after he drifted in from the right.

At the other end, Bournemouth struggled to create openings, with Ryan Christie and Adrien Truffert managing only efforts from distance.

The hosts broke the deadlock against the run of play when Justin Kluivert pounced on a costly error by Trafford and squared the ball for Evanilson to score 14 minutes before half-time.

After defender Tarik Muharemovic played the ball to Trafford from a goal-kick, the former Manchester City and Burnley goalkeeper sold Ao Tanaka short with a pass, allowing Netherlands international Kluivert to intercept and set up Evanilson.

For a Leeds side that had been so solid defensively this season - with only Arsenal having conceded fewer goals before this weekend's fixtures - Trafford's careless mistake was a major setback for Farke.

Chances were at a premium in the second half, with the closest either side came to scoring arriving in the 65th minute, when Marcus Tavernier's low, driven free-kick forced a strong save from Trafford.

But Bournemouth made sure of the victory in the 94th minute when Amine Adli finished from close range after being slipped in by fellow substitute Junior Kroupi.

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