West Ham United v Bournemouth 08/22/2015 Premier League Preview, Odds & Prediction

In the same game, former England U19s captain Tom Thorpe scored his first professional goal to make it 3-2, but it wasn’t enough for Steve Evans’ side.

It was Bournemouth’s turn to produce some inept defending immediately after the restart, however, as they conceded two soft goals in quick succession.

Crystal Palace secured their second win of the season with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at Selhurst Park. We were very dynamic, passed the ball well and created numerous opportunities.

Eddie Howe believes his Bournemouth players have proven their quality early on but insists now they must start picking up points.

It was a landmark treble for the player and his team – both newcomers to the Premier League. “It is a massive positive for all of us, it gives us confidence and we go into the next game (against Leicester) with confidence sky-high”.

“But that just opens your eyes as to what the Premier League is about, if you’re not focused for 90 minutes then they are going to come back into the game”.

Wilson took advantage of two defensive errors from Aaron Cresswell to put the visitors 2-0 up at the break, but the hosts hit back early in the second half with Mark Noble and Cheikhou Kouyate finding the net in the space of four minutes.

Things got even worse when Carl Jenkinson, of all people, brought down Max Gradel inside the box, gifting Bournemouth a penalty and Wilson the chance to complete his hat-trick. Main man for West Ham will be Diafro Sakho who is a quality striker that has been linked with moves to a number of top clubs across Europe this summer, for the moment though he is still a hammer and West Ham fans are delighted by that. “If we can get him in that state and try to stretch it over the whole season it will be crucial for us”.

West Ham got one back through substitute Modibo Maiga but no late onslaught arrived and Bournemouth collected their first three points of the campaign.

West Ham and Bournemouth have not met in a league fixture since they played against each other in the old Division Two in April 1990; the Hammers won 4-0 on that occasion. You don’t want to be waiting too long (for the first win), especially with the scoreline here what it was.

Bafetimbi Gomis put Swansea in front with 30 seconds left in the first half with a coolly-taken finish from a Kyle Naughton through-ball, but Jermaine Defoe’s clinical shot on the hour saw the points shared at the Stadium of Light. What followed was a wild finale to what had already been a wacky match, and an additional six minutes of injury time, because no one not affiliated with West Ham or Bournemouth wanted the madness to end.