Comments and predictions for West Ham vs Bournemouth: Away team to thrive

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West Ham are still without two key players Michail Antonio (leg injury) and Crysencio Summerville (thigh injury). Mohammed Kudus is also doubtful after missing midweek due to lack of fitness.

Potter could change his attack, giving Niclas Fullkrug a start over the ineffective Evan Ferguson. Lucas Paqueta could be pushed further forward, which could leave 19-year-old Luis Guilherme – who made his Premier League debut – on the bench.

Tomas Soucek and Edson Alvarez are both hoping to return to the starting line-up, while Jean-Clair Todibo could be selected at centre-back in place of Konstantinos Mavropanos.

For Bournemouth, Enes Unal (knee), Marcus Tavernier (ankle) and Luis Sinisterra (hamstring) are all still absent. Justin Kluivert (unknown) and Julian Araujo (thigh) are doubtful and will be assessed ahead of the game.

Bournemouth will certainly be hoping that Kluivert recovers in time. The Dutchman has been directly involved in 14 goals in 14 Premier League away games this season (10 goals, 4 assists) – the most by a Bournemouth player in the competition, tied with Callum Wilson in 2018-19 (9 goals, 5 assists).

If Kluivert does not return in time, Alex Scott will likely continue to play the number 10 role behind striker Evanilson. Despite not scoring in the last 8 matches, Antoine Semenyo will continue to play on the left wing.

Tyler Adams could be brought in to partner Ryan Christie in midfield if Iraola moves Lewis Cook to right-back in place of Adam Smith, who was substituted at half-time against Ipswich. Marcos Senesi is fully fit and will compete with Illia Zabarnyi and Dean Huijsen, who are being chased by a number of clubs, at centre-back.

Latest West Ham vs Bournemouth predicted lineup

West Ham United:
Areola; Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell; Wan-Bissaka, Alvarez, Soucek, Scarles; Paqueta, Bowen; Fullkrug

Bournemouth:
Arrizabalaga; Cook, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Christie, Adams; Brooks, Scott, Semenyo; Evanilson

Latest football review West Ham vs Bournemouth

West Ham went into their first game after the international break with a 1-0 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday night, having failed to win in two Premier League games in March – losing 1-0 at Newcastle and drawing 1-1 at Everton.

Jorgen Strand Larsen’s deflected first-half goal handed West Ham their 14th defeat of the season. Remarkably, they failed to score in 40% of their Premier League games under Graham Potter (4 in 10), compared to just 20% under Julen Lopetegui (4 in 20).

While Potter admitted that “a few things have gone right” since he took over, he also admitted to feelings of frustration and said both he and his players “must do better” if they are to finish the season on a positive note and move away from their current 16th-placed position in the table.

West Ham are now 10 points adrift of the top 10 and three of their next four games will be against teams in the top half of the table, including Saturday's clash with Bournemouth – who have failed to win in their last seven Premier League meetings with West Ham (L3 D4), with the last three games ending in 1-1 draws.

However, West Ham have lost three of their last four Premier League home games, failing to score in all three. They have failed to score in six home games this season – their most since 2018-19 and just two short of the club’s unwanted record of eight in 2008-09.

On Bournemouth side, this team had a streak of 12 unbeaten matches in all competitions from the end of November to the end of January. However, their form has seriously declined when they only won 3 of their last 10 matches, and lost all three recent home matches with the same score of 1-2.

Just three days after being knocked out of the FA Cup quarter-finals by Man City, Bournemouth suffered a shock defeat at relegation-threatened Ipswich on Wednesday night. Despite Evanilson scoring in the second half, early strikes from Nathan Broadhead and Liam Delap condemned the Cherries to their 10th Premier League defeat of the season.

Bournemouth are still in contention for a first-ever European place, but their top-five hopes have been dealt a blow as they drop to 10th, six points behind Newcastle (in fifth) and having played a game more.

Having played four of their last five home games, Bournemouth will welcome the trip to London. They have picked up 23 points away from home in the Premier League this season – their best ever tally in the top flight. Their 30 away goals are also a Bournemouth record in the competition.

Despite failing to keep a clean sheet in seven Premier League away trips to West Ham (W2 D2 L3), Bournemouth have yet to lose any of those games when they have scored (W2 D2).

Latest West Ham vs Bournemouth score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.West Ham vs Bournemouthas follows:

• Sportsmole:West Ham 0-1 Bournemouth

• WhoScore:West Ham 1-2 Bournemouth
• Our newspaper predicts:West Ham 1-2 Bournemouth

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