West Ham vs Bournemouth Prediction: Stalemate at the London Stadium

West Ham United welcome AFC Bournemouth to the London Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday (15:00), hoping to bounce back from their defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday. The Hammers are currently three games without a win in the top flight, but their opponents are also going through a rough patch.

The Cherries have won just one of their past seven games in the league, which includes five defeats. Both teams will be desperate to change their fortunes around and you can check out my West Ham vs Bournemouth predictions, aided by the latest team news and match odds.

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Team News

West Ham forward Niclas Fullkrug made his return from a hamstring injury at Wolves, coming on from the bench. The German international will be itching to start but Graham Potter is probably going to give him time to build up his fitness first before putting him back in from the off.

Michail Antonio remains sidelined as he continues his recovery from a car crash in December. Crysencio Summerville is also in the infirmary for the Irons. Mohammed Kudus was missing in midweek and he will need to be monitored ahead of Saturday.

After another disappointing result, Potter may freshen the team up against Bournemouth, so we might see Tomas Soucek, Carlos Soler and Emerson recalled to the starting XI.

Bournemouth were without top scorer Justin Kluivert in the home defeat to Ipswich Town on Wednesday, but it remains to be seen if the attacker will be out of contention for the trip to the capital.

With Marcus Tavernier out of action, Andoni Iraola has David Brooks, Antoine Semenyo, Alex Scott and Dango Ouattara to choose from in the advanced roles behind centre-forward Evanilson.

The Brazilian netted his seventh league goal of the campaign against Ipswich and it was his second of the week, having scored the opening goal against Manchester City in the FA Cup on Sunday. Fellow striker Enes Unal remains their long-term absentee.

Adam Smith was able to make his comeback at right-back against Ipswich and he could be set to keep his place in the team. Lewis Cook had been operating there in his absence but he moved back into midfield alongside Ryan Christie in the week, at the expense of Tyler Adams.

West Ham vs Bournemouth Odds

West Ham have won two of their last five matches in the Premier League, so there is value to be had in backing the Hammers to win at 21/10, which has an implied probability of 32.3%.

It was a draw when the two sides met on the South Coast back in December, which finished 1-1 thanks to a sublime Unal free-kick salvaging a point for Bournemouth.

The Cherries have won two of their past four away trips in the top flight and they are 13/10 to come away with the three points in east London.

Under 2.5 goals has been a winning selection in West Ham's last six appearances in the league, and it is marketed at 1/1 on this occasion.

Draw @ 5/2

Both teams haven't been convincing of late and their recent losses to teams in the bottom four shows that they are both really struggling. West Ham are still getting up to speed with the way Potter wants them to play, and their objective has been to maintain their Premier League status.

For Bournemouth, they were in a strong position to push for the European places but their recent form has seen them lose valuable momentum as they have dropped to 10th in the standings.

Right now, I don't think either team can be relied upon to win, so I think there is a good chance that we will see them cancel each other out on Saturday, just like they did in the reverse fixture.

Both teams to score @ 8/13

I'm not expecting a dull draw by any means, though, and I think we will see both teams get on the scoresheet. West Ham's last five league games at the London Stadium may have seen at least one team fail to get on the scoresheet, but they are facing a team that have struck 49 goals in the top flight and have only failed to score in two of their 15 away trips.

In Kluivert (should he return), Evanilson, Ouattara and Semenyo, the visitors have four players who have scored 33 goals between them, which amounts to 67% of their total.

Additionally, BTTS has been a successful bet in the Cherries' previous four outings in the PL and there were goals at both ends when the two teams met at the Vitality Stadium earlier in the campaign.

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