Conceding late goals has become a habit for Bournemouth this season. This was a massive problem for Andoni Iraola in 2023-24, his debut season at the club, with a noticeable drop in intensity towards the end of games resulting in 18 opposition goals being scored, many of them cheaply.
Bournemouth seemed to have arrested that habit last season, halving the amount with better defensive play.
It has returned in the current one, though, due to a combination of suspect defending from set pieces and crosses, with their seven goals against from dead-ball situations after the 75th minute only ranking behind Liverpool and Nottingham Forest (nine each).
As a caveat, two of those were excellently-taken free kicks by Dominik Szoboszlai of Liverpool and Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes.