West Brom v AFC Bournemouth: Howe's men out to extend hot streak

A resurgent AFC Bournemouth arrive at The Hawthorns on Saturday bidding to continue the upturn in fortunes that has delivered a timely boost to the club's Premier League survival hopes. 

An eight-point haul from the past four games has doubled the side's tally and lifted them out of the relegation places ahead of the clash with West Brom. 

But that scarcely tells the tale of a remarkable last month for Eddie Howe's men. Having battled from 2-0 and then 3-2 down at home against Everton, Junior Stanislas' 98th-minute leveller earned a 3-3 draw before Bournemouth remarkably recorded back-to-back wins over Chelsea and Manchester United. 

Tony Pulis' hosts have drawn three in a row since beating Arsenal 2-1 on November 21, though West Brom were only denied a win at Anfield last Sunday by an injury-time equaliser from Liverpool substitute Divock Origi.

Pulis will hope his team can secure just a third home win of the campaign against Bournemouth, who are one place and four points behind West Brom in 14th. 

"Joshua has trained this week and come through with no problems," Tindall told the Daily Echo.

"We are expecting him to be fit and continue his good form."

 

- West Brom have won just three of their last 12 Barclays Premier League home matches (W3 D3 L6).
- Bournemouth have never won away at West Brom in six visits in all competitions (W0 D2 L4).
- Bournemouth have averaged a distance of 119.1 km per game in the Premier League this season; averaging 3.7km further than any other team per game.
- Tony Pulis' next defeat will be his 100th in the Premier League – only 14 managers have reached this tally in the competition.
- Callum Wilson is still Bournemouth's top goal-scorer in the Premier League this season (five goals) even though he has not featured due to injury since September 26.