Jay Rodriguez scored a dramatic late winner as Burnley snatched a 1-0 win from a bad-tempered encounter against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.

Substitute Rodriguez broke the deadlock in the 89th minute with the game's first attempt on target, heading home Ashley Westwood's cross.

A dismal Premier League contest on a rain-soaked south coast was littered with second-half bookings and looked set to end in stalemate before Burnley made it back-to-back 1-0 wins and condemned their hosts to a third successive home defeat.

A forgettable first half was punctuated by a series of flash points.

Burnley began in the ascendancy against a team decimated by injuries with the first moment of contention coming just seven minutes in.

Cherries captain Simon Francis was left writhing on the ground after being caught in the head by a high challenge from Ashley Barnes with many inside the Vitality Stadium feeling a red card might be coming.

The incident failed to bring even a yellow card from referee Martin Atkinson or prompt VAR intervention, Francis returning to the pitch with his wound heavily bandaged.

Burnley boss Sean Dyche, able to recall the fit-again Charlie Taylor in place of Erik Pieters at left back, was later furious following a perceived dive from Bournemouth right-back Jack Stacey near the halfway line.

There was an increasingly fractious edge to the game, seemingly fuelled further by a robust but fair aerial challenge from James Tarkowski which left Cherries winger Ryan Fraser bleeding after he fell face first into the turf.

Match official Atkinson brought ironic cheers from the home fans when producing his first card in first-half stoppage time after Westwood was booked for pushing Diego Rico.

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe had initially stuck with the team which secured a much-needed 1-0 win at Chelsea last weekend. But, in search of more attacking threat, he brought on England striker Callum Wilson in place of midfielder Lewis Cook at the break.

The tetchy tone continued though, with three yellow cards produced inside a minute.

Cherries left-back Rico and Barnes were booked following a dispute before a throw-in, while Dwight McNeil deservedly had his name taken for cynically bringing down the counter-attacking Stacey.

The bookings continued to flow with Bournemouth defender Francis and Burnley midfielder Jeff Hendrick cautioned, before in the 67th minute Philip Billing survived a check for violent conduct after flooring Barnes before a corner, VAR opting not to intervene despite the Danish midfielder swinging an arm at the striker.

The uneventful game looked send to end all-square until Rodriguez intervened with his first goal since October.

Westwood swung the ball in from the right and the 75th-minute replacement, on in place of Barnes, rose above Francis to direct the ball beyond Aaron Ramsdale to the delight of the travelling fans.