Malick Diouf set up a pair of goals and West Ham produced a Premier League Summer Series shutout, defeating Bournemouth 2-0 on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
WATCH — Bournemouth vs West Ham stream live on Peacock
Niclas Fullkrug scored the first off an assist from Jarrod Bowen. who took Diouf’s services and deposited it for West Ham’s second.
The Irons finish with six points, good at the moment for second place in the Summer Series. They can win the informal tournament, however, if Man United lose to Everton by more than two goals later Sunday.
Below you’ll find all the info you need for Bournemouth vs West Ham in the Premier League Summer Series, plus lineups and live updates on game day.
Simplified Irons could be Premier League wild card
Graham Potter is a bit of a mystery, as there’s no question he’s a smart manager but we can’t really know his base level given a short stint at a messy Chelsea combined with the continued success of Brighton under multiple managers after he skipped town. But the Summer Series version of West Ham may have raised a few eyebrows as they scored in all three matches, twice bagging a pair of goals. Jarrod Bowen was at the heart of it. That’s not surprising but Malick Diouf is more of an eyebrow-raiser. The 20-year-old Slavia Prague left back served up a pair of goals off venomous, incisive crosses. Alphonse Areola has been mostly solid between the sticks, and Potter’s proven interesting in how he uses his variety of backs. West Ham would love a season without relegation danger, and maybe these three games against Premier League foes have cued the Irons up for a start that keeps them clear of the bottom three.
What’s next?
West Ham welcome Lille to the London Stadium on Saturday for a final preseason friendly, the same day that Bournemouth hosts Real Sociedad at the Vitality Stadium.
How to watch Bournemouth vs West Ham live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 2pm ET Sunday
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
TV Channel: Peacock
Streaming: Stream live on Peacock
Bournemouth vs West Ham final score: 0-2
Niclas Fullkrug 24', Jarrod Bowen 68'
Jarrod Bowen speaks after the game (video)
West Ham make very late subs
Jarrod Bowen and Malick Diouf were involved in both goals and exit in the first minute of stoppage for Callum Marshall and Oliver Scarles.
84th-minute subs
Bournemouth brings off Zabarnyi, Adams, Scott, Brooks, and Truffert in favor of Julio Soler, Remy Rees-Dottin, Chris Mepham, Ben Winterburn, and Romain Faivre.
West Ham remove Paqueta and James Ward-Prowse for Andy Irving and Lewis Orford.
More subs at the 70th minute
Bournemouth
Julian Araujo for Adam Smith
James Hill for Marcos Senesi
Dango Ouattara for Hamed Traore
Elle Junior Kroupi for Evanilson
West Ham
Guido Rodriguez for Freddie Potts
Kostas Mavropanos for J-C Todibo
Tomas Soucek for Nclas Fullkrug
Kyle Walker-Peters for Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Jarrod Bowen goal — Bournemouth 0-2 West Ham
Another magnificent cross from Diouf finds Bowen.
The touch is again imperfect but finds the mark in doing so, wrong=footing Djordje Petrovic for 2-0.
Bournemouth subs
Djordje Petrovic replaces Neto in goal, while Antoine Semenyo takes the place of Marcus Tavernier.
Halftime — Bournemouth 0-1 West Ham United
Decent enough watch, and intriguing to keep an eye on Max Kilman on the left for West Ham as Nayef Aguerd and Jean-Clair Todibo were central.
Bournemouth’s Evanilson could have a couple of goals on another day but the less-than-fine margins of preseason have it 1-0 on West Ham making the most of Jarrod Bowen’s tricky first touch-turned-assist.
Bournemouth nearly answer
It’s not long after restart that Illya Zabarnyi heads a free kick off the cross bar and Alphonse Areola acts quickly to stop a back-post bid at the rebound.
Niclas Fullkrug goal (video)! Bournemouth 0-1 West Ham
Some cross here.
Malick Dioug is on the left and it’s a wicked spinner to the right side of the 18.
Jarrod Bowen doesn’t love his first touch but he does deft work to find Niclas Fullkrug for a left-footed finish.
Again! Tyler Adams opens eyes
It’s Bournemouth down their left again, as USMNT leader Tyler Adams stings a gorgeous, pinpoint pass over the West Ham back line.
Marcus Tavernier gets on it and sends a perfect pass to Evanilson at the back post only for the ex-Porto man to snap it off the iron.
Now Hamed Traore has a bid from distance and it deflects out for another Bournemouth corner.
That produces another corner, but only for a moment. Offside.
0-0, 10'.
Cherries spring break
Adrien Truffert has been bright during the Summer Series, and Bournemouth’s Milos Kerkez replacement is at it again.
He gets down the left and rolls a low, hard pass across the heart of the 18.
It’s too much for center-charging Evanilson, and David Brooks gets it with Alphonse Areola charging toward him.
Rather than try to pick out the near post, Brooks cuts it back and it goes out for a corner.
West Ham defend it. 0-0, 6'.
Bournemouth lineup
Neto, Truffert, Senesi, Zabarnyi, Smith, Adams, Scott, Tavernier, Traore, Brooks, Evanilson
West Ham lineup
Areola, Wan-BIssaka, Todibo, Kilman, Aguerd, Diouf, Ward-Prowse, Potts, Paqueta, Bowen, Fullkrug
Bournemouth vs West Ham preview
Three points and a Manchester United loss to Everton by goal-differential altering score lines would also leave the winner as Premier League Summer Series champs, but managers Andoni Iraola and Graham Potter just want top performances as they ready for their domestic seasons.
Bournemouth blanked Everton 3-0 before getting walked 4-1 by Manchester United, while West Ham bounced back from a 2-1 loss to Man Utd to beat Everton by the same score.
Graham Potter speaks before the game
Bournemouth team news, focus
The Cherries bought out a strong lineup in their loss to Man United, and will be expected to do the same albeit with some rotation. Tyler Adams, Romain Faivre, Adrien Truffert, and Hamed Traore could be set to feature longer on Sunday.
West Ham team news, focus
Potter waited until halftime to deploy a number of key players versus Everton, so Jarrod Bowen, Niclas Fullkrug, Tomas Soucek, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, and Jean-Clair Todibo may be in for bigger minutes against the Cherries.
Bournemouth vs West Ham prediction
Oh, who knows? It’s preseason! Kidding aside, we expect both teams to be a bit sharper this go-round. Bournemouth 1-1 West Ham United.
