West Ham Vs Bournemouth: Hammers held to goalless draw at London Stadium

west ham vs bournemouth finished 0-0 at the London Stadium, a wet, low-tempo Premier League match that left West Ham unable to capitalise on a chance to go level with Nottingham Forest and narrowed the gap to safety to two points. The game produced late bursts of action — Jarrod Bowen fired a stoppage-time chance wide and new signing Rayan clipped the woodwork for Bournemouth — but ultimately ended in a draw.

London Stadium conditions, crowd and match context

The fixture was staged at the London Stadium in the Premier League and played in wet conditions that helped make the contest devoid of clear-cut chances until the closing stages. Attendance was 62, 437. The match was billed as a meeting between two in-form clubs: only Chelsea and Manchester United had taken more points than these sides across their previous five league games.

Early openings, Axel Disasi and the statistics

West Ham nearly led inside the opening minute when loan signing Axel Disasi went close from a corner; within 45 seconds of kick-off Disasi had a header palmed away by Djordje Petrovic and turned the rebound over the bar. The hosts had an intense opening spell — four shots inside six minutes — and finished the match with twice as many shots as Bournemouth (20-10), the most they have managed in a Premier League game this season. Yet only three of those efforts were on target and the team carried little threat beyond set-pieces. An expected-goals total of 2. 87 from 20 shots still yielded a blank in the scoreline.

West Ham Vs Bournemouth: substitutes and late drama

Substitutions and late action defined the final phase. Callum Wilson came off the bench and had a first-time flick excellently beaten away by Petrovic; moments earlier Petrovic also clawed out Wilson’s near-post touch. Wilson finished with more touches in the opposition box than any other player (seven). Taty Castellanos flashed an overhead kick narrowly wide and later produced a bicycle kick that briefly threatened the spectacular; he had provided a peach of a cross that set up Crysencio Summerville in the first half. New signing Rayan clipped a post on a Bournemouth counter-attack, and in six minutes of added time Summerville found Jarrod Bowen, who blazed over on the stretch and failed to hit the target from a few yards out late on.

Summerville’s form and Petrovic’s influence

Crysencio Summerville continued the rich vein of form that saw him score six goals in his previous seven appearances; he was the player who posed the biggest problems from open play, twice beating men before testing Petrovic from distance. Summerville also had an earlier effort deflected onto the roof of the net and was unable to convert a prime opportunity inside the Bournemouth box in the closing stages, struggling to get the ball out from under his feet. Visiting goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic produced a string of key saves that kept Bournemouth level, including the stops to deny Wilson and Summerville’s early attempts.

Table implications, runs and manager reactions

The draw left third-bottom West Ham unable to put pressure on the teams above the relegation zone: victory would have put them level with Nottingham Forest, but the point narrowed the gap to two points. From a low point in mid-January, West Ham have lost just one of their last six league games, and there remained a chance to climb out of the relegation places for the first time since early December depending on other results. Bournemouth’s unbeaten run extends to seven league games and the draw saw them edge above Everton into eighth place. Manager Nuno offered two reflections: one short instruction that West Ham "have to keep believing and improving" and a longer assessment that "we were really close... we feel it is almost there for us to take and we didn’t take it, " adding that the side had "played well" and were "sad" that the win did not come. On Bowen’s late opportunity he said, "I was praying. "

Fans, tributes and the small positives

On a day of mixed emotions, home fans unveiled a tifo tribute to former goalkeeper and coach Ludek Miklosko, who announced 14 months ago that he had withdrawn from cancer treatment. Despite the missed chances, the clean sheet provided the biggest positive for West Ham from the match, and the side arrived at the game on what was described as their best run of form all season.