AFC Bournemouth will be bidding to make it four Premier League victories on the bounce when they welcome West Ham United to the Vitality Stadium on Monday night.
The Cherries continued their charge up the top-flight table with a last-gasp 2-1 win away at Ipswich last Sunday, bringing up my Bet Builder in the process.
That victory propelled Andoni Iraola's side up to eighth place in the Premier League standings ahead of the latest round of action.
Back at their south coast base on Monday night, Bournemouth will look to bank another three points at the expense of West Ham.
The Hammers eased the pressure on manager Julen Lopetegui with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Wolves at the London Stadium on Monday night.
As such, the capital club have moved nine points clear of the relegation zone, and they will now look to continue their climb up the table with a victory at the Vitality Stadium.
How the bookies view it: Cherries set for sweet success
Bournemouth – who have won four of their last five Premier League home games – are heavy 4/6 favourites on Boylesports.
West Ham are as big as 7/2 on Boylesports to claim back-to-back victories in the Premier League for the first time this season, while a share of the south coast spoils can be backed at 3/1 with the same firm.
Head to head: History favours the Hammers
West Ham have held the upper hand in this fixture over the years, having avoided defeat in each of the last seven meetings, triumphing in four of those.
It’s also worth noting that the two teams came up against each other in the EFL Cup earlier this season, with West Ham edging that encounter 1-0.
Players to watch: Evanilson to end mini goal drought?
Evanilson will be looking to snap a three-game run without a goal in the Premier League. Bournemouth's club-record signing is 7/5 on Boylesports to make the net bulge on Monday night.
Aaron Cresswell could be given a rare start on Monday day night, making him an appealing option to commit a minimum of one foul at 10/11 on PaddyPower. The experienced West Ham left-back could be in direct battle with Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo, who is drawing an average of 2.14 fouls per-game in the Premier League this season.
Predicted line-ups
Bournemouth look set to be without injured trio Alex Scott, Julian Araujo and Marcos Senesi. Tyler Adams missed last week’s win at Ipswich but he is expected to come back into the squad on Monday night.
West Ham defender Emerson will serve a one-game suspension after collecting his fifth yellow card of the season against Wolves last Monday night. The aforementioned Cresswell could deputise in Emerson’s absence.
Bournemouth: Kepa; Smith, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Cook, Christie; Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier; Evanilson
West Ham: Fabianski; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Cresswell; Alvarez, Soucek; Kudus, Soler, Summerville, Bowen
Anything else catch the eye?
Making use of the Boylesports Bet Builder function, I’ll throw together West Ham to score and over 3.5 West Ham corners at even-money (1/1).
Despite their struggles, West Ham have hit the back of the net in 12 of their 15 Premier League games this season, including six of their seven games away from the London Stadium.
On top of that, the Hammers have averaged 5.33 corners per-game in the Premier League this season, with this particular Bet Builder landing in each of their last two matches.
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