Everton 0-3 Bournemouth: Cherries feast on error-prone Toffees

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The Premier League Summer Series 2025 kicked off Saturday in New Jersey, where shallow Everton struggled with errors in a 3-0 loss to Bournemouth at MetLife Stadium.
Andoni Iraola's Cherries got goals from Dango Ouattara, Philip Billing, and 20-year-old Daniel Adu-Adjei to collect a win after a mostly-even first half.
WATCH — Everton v Bournemouth full match replay
Everton traveled with only 23 men and were without three defenders in James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite, and Michael Keane. That led to a weakened defensive unit that gifted some prime chances to the Cherries.
Bournemouth feasted, and will feel good about their start after finishing ninth last season. Everton, meanwhile, need reinforcements but looked good in the first half. They finished 12th on the table last season as David Moyes' return helped right their ship.
What's next?
The Summer Series head to Chicago, where Everton will meet West Ham at Soldier Field for a 6:30pm ET Wednesday kickoff.
Bournemouth will tangle with Manchester United three hours later.
Below you'll find video highlights and live updates as they happened from New Jersey.
How to watch Everton vs Bournemouth live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 4pm ET Saturday
Venue: MetLife Stadium — East Rutherford, New Jersey
TV Channel/Streaming: Peacock
Everton vs Bournemouth live updates
Final score — Everton 0-3 Bournemouth
Goal scorers: Philip Billing 55', Dango Ouattara 59', Daniel Adu-Adjei 69'
More subs
Julian Araujo, Chris Mepham, Romain Faivre, and Remy Rees-Dottin enter for Adam Smith, James Hill, Tavernier, and Brooks.
Tyler Onyango takes the place of Everton's Idrissa Gana Gueye.
Into the final eight minutes in New Jersey.
Everton subs
Thierno Barry hits the pitch, something many Toffees fans had been longing to see Saturday.
Harrison Armstrong and Youssef Chermiti also enter the fray, as Ndiaye, Beto, and Iroegbunam depart with the Toffees down three.
Daniel Adu-Adjei goal — Everton 0-3 Bournemouth (69th minute)
O'Brien now in error, basically giving the newly-insert Adu-Adjei a 1v1 with Pickford.
The 20-year-old does not miss his shot, and it's 3-0 heading into the water break.
Five more subs for the Cherries
Julio Soler, Antoine Semenyo, Illia Zabarnyi, Daniel Adu-Adjei, and Alex Scott all enter the game in the 65th minute.
Ouattara, Truffert, Senesi, Traore, and Evanilson exit.
Dango Ouattara goal — Everton 0-2 Bournemouth (59th minute)
Nathan Patterson is being pressed toward his goal by Dango Ouattara, and the Everton man does the favor of touching the ball onto his path.
Ouattara slashes the opportunity right past Pickford, kissing the post and cascading into the upper reaches of the goal.
Philip Billing goal — Everton 0-1 Bournemouth (55th minute)
That's pretty.
Billing works a 1-2 with Hamed Traore outside the 18, moving to the arc to spin a gorgeous, powerful upper-90 shot past Jordan Pickford.
Blonde-on-blonde crime!
Bournemouth subs
Not too many changes at the break.
Phillip Billing and Neto enter for Bournemouth, replacing Ben Winterburn and Djordje Petrovic.
Halftime — Everton 0-0 Bournemouth
A good half for preseason, that's for sure!
Bournemouth on the whole were better but Everton's danger moments stand out more.
Beto gets in tight
Petrovic has to concede a corner after Beto got into the box for a through ball.
There's no set piece magic for Everton as Bournemouth clear the danger right into halftime.
Carlos Alcaraz has a rip
A ball falls for Alcaraz outside the Bournemouth 18 and he curls a shot toward the near post.
Djordje Petrovic has to get low to his left but it's an easier save than Pickford's stop despite looking similar.
0-0, 22'.
Jordan Pickford forced into diving save
Bournemouth have some possession in the Everton third, and Adrien Truffert — a replacement for Milos Kerkez — looks able on the left.
His work leads into a chance for Hamed Traore, who drills a bouncing shot through traffic that takes an awkward bounce and complicated a diving save for Jordan Pickford.
0-0, 19'.
Dwight McNeil an early bright spot
The time Dwight McNeil missed last season was not Everton's best of the season, and the Dyche disciple is delivering some early joy down the left for David Moyes.
Iliman Ndiaye also looking very up for this, and there are some atypical flicks and tricks from a Moyes side.
Bournemouth also get a nice moment through David Brooks after eight minutes.
0-0 and a fun watch so far.
Toffees troubled at the back
Tarkowski, Branthwaite, and Michael Keane miss out, and Everton will count only one of their back three — Jake O'Brien — as a bonafide center back.
And to be fair, he's played a lot of fullback on Merseyside.
Everton vs Bournemouth lineups, analyzed
Tyler Adams is not in the Bournemouth squad despite the game's status on American soil, as he's been given time to rest after the Gold Cup. Neither is injured U.S. teen Matai Akinmboni, though he is with the team. Julian Araujo, Illya Zabarnyi, and Antoine Semenyo begin on the bench.
As for the Toffees, Thierno Barry begins amongst the subs, as does ex-Bournemouth keeper Mark Travers.
Everton lineup
Pickford, Patterson, O'Brien, Mykolenko, Gana, Garner, McNeil, Iroegbunam, Alcaraz, Ndiaye, Beto.
Bournemouth lineup
Petrovic, Truffert, Senesi, Smith, Hill, Winterburn, Brooks, Tavernier, Traore, Ouattara, Evanilson
Everton team news, focus
Barry is one of the Premier League wild cards for this season after scoring 11 goals for Villarreal last season. He's a strong ball carrier who thrives in the air and has scored everywhere including Beveren (20 goals in one season) and Basel (14 over two seasons). With Pickford at the back behind Tarkowski and Branthwaite, the Toffees have a good base. Let's see how they fill out the roster.
Bournemouth team news, focus
The Cherries have gone from 15th to 12th and then ninth in their second Premier League tenure. Staying top-half would be a success but moving further up the table is easier said than done. Milos Kerkez is gone to Liverpool and Kepa Arrizabalaga gone on loan but Evanilson, Marcos Senesi, Justin Kluivert, Marcus Tavernier, Illya Zabarnyi, and — for now — Antoine Semenyo remain in black and red. New boys Hamed Traore, Romain Faivre, and Djordje Petrovic are among the new faces.
Everton vs Bournemouth prediction
It's preseason but everyone wants a prediction, yeah? Both teams can go and there aren't too many new pieces to introduce to this showing. We'll go with Bournemouth, who are a bit deeper for these 90 minutes. Everton 1-2 Bournemouth.
Jake O'Brien's ill-timed backpass to Jordan Pickford gets intercepted by Daniel Adu-Adjei, who coolly tucks away Bournemouth's third goal of the second half against Everton at MetLife Stadium.
A poor defensive miscue from the Toffees opens the door for Dango Outtara to bury his effort at the near post to double Bournemouth's lead at MetLife Stadium.
Philip Billing delivers for the Cherries as he scores the first goal of the 2025 Premier League Summer Series with a second-half strike against Everton at MetLife Stadium.