West Ham – Bournemouth: pressure peaks in East London
The London Stadium is set for a pressure-cooker afternoon. West Ham are fighting for survival, Bournemouth are chasing Europe. Opposite trajectories, same hunger for points. Sometimes when those two collide you get an electric game.
West Ham: finally breathing 
The table’s brutal. Third from bottom, the Hammers are walking a tightrope. Yet something’s shifted in recent weeks. Three wins in five, a tighter, livelier side.
They were seconds away from climbing out of the drop zone against Manchester United. A late equaliser froze the stadium and left West Ham three points from safety.
At home there’s reason for hope. The Hammers have a long unbeaten run against Bournemouth and know this game could kick-start their season. In a match like this every duel turns into a scrap.
Bournemouth: chasing Europe 
Bournemouth arrive in form. Six without defeat, confidence back and a table position suddenly looking ambitious. Europe is still within reach on paper — they’ll need to keep it going.
This season’s been a rollercoaster. A brilliant first half, then a long winless stretch. Now the football’s returned, the fluidity’s back, and they’re scoring again.
One annoying detail: meetings in London often finish level. To move up a gear they must finally turn territorial control into wins.
Likely line-ups
West Ham: Hermansen ; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Disasi, Diouf ; Fernandes, Magassa ; Bowen, Soucek, Summerville ; Castellanos
Bournemouth: Petrovic ; Jimenez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert ; Scott, Christie ; Rayan, Toth, Adli ; Evanilson
Football Prediction West Ham vs Bournemouth
Over 2.5 goals
West Ham must attack, Bournemouth like to play. The situations push both teams forward and recent meetings have rarely been shut down. Everything points to an open, high-tempo game, probably lively right until the final whistle.
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