West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini has announced his lineup and makes one change to the team that beat Arsenal last weekend at the London Stadium. Andy Carroll replaces Marko Arnautovic with Javier Hernandez on the bench after recovering from his injury.
West Ham United: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Noble, Rice, Nasri, Antonio, Anderson, Carroll.
Subs: Adrian, Masuaku, Obiang, Snodgrass, Diangana, Chicharito, Xande Silva
Kick off is 3pm at the Vitality Stadium with 1,325 travelling West Ham fans in attendance.
West Ham have never failed to score in their 12 previous meetings with Bournemouth in all competitions, netting 25 goals in total.
Both teams have scored in all five meetings between Bournemouth and West Ham in Bournemouth in all competitions, with each side winning once (D3). Bournemouth have conceded 14 goals in their four Premier League games since Christmas – more than any other side in the Premier League in that time.
Come on You Irons!
Have we won any games while wearing the dirty-white strip or is it unlucky?
I keep hearing Pelligrini is this, is that but I am sorry, how he has selected Carroll again as a lone striker is simply mindboggling. He has no pace, no movement, a blind man can see this. A terrible decision and probably has cost us the game today. Another strange decision was not to bring on Silva another striker instead he brings on Diangana. All round strange decisions. I hope Andy Carroll never starts another game for West Ham.
Yes,well put Johnham.We all know that unless you bombard the opposition box with crosses for Carroll chances are he will not score.Much as i like Pelle i do not understand why he picks him when its blatantly obvious we do not play that way anymore.From the strikers mentioned Maxi Gomez looks the most likely to replace Arnie.Surely Silva should have got half an hour at least. Hernandez looked as rusty as an old bucket and Diangana is not a goal scorer,so sorry to say our manager got it wrong today and has to change it for the Wolves match otherwise i see the same outcome.
If ever 2 matches sum us up its last week and today.Every player was on it against Arsenal and today its hard if not impossible to praise anybody.The Arnoutovic problem needs sorting fast cos that looked like one massive hangover on the pitch today and please dont tell me his absence had nothing to do with todays flat performance.