West Ham v Bournemouth: Premier League – live

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9 min: Summerville shows off his quick feet inside his own half as West Ham try and counter.

8 min: It’s an aerial game as the sides play volleyball inside the Bournemouth half.

6 min: A bright opening burst for West Ham continues: Mateus Fernandes pings a free-kick into the area, and Mavropanos rises for the header that travels off-target.

4 min: Summerville, the man of the moment, nearly opens the scoring. The bulk of the work is done by Castellanos, who follows a tidy flick with a lovely cross from the right: Summerville pokes out his boot inside the area but can’t get the required power or direction.

1 min: West Ham have an early corner … whipped in by Bowen, the ball brushes Disasi and Petrovic saves on the line! An early warning, with a dangerous delivery by the talismanic No 20.

West Ham United's Axel Disasi’s effort is saved by Bournemouth keeper Djordje Petrovic. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters

Peeeeeeep!

The hosts get us going.

Crysencio Summerville caused Diogo Dalot all sorts of bother last Tuesday; the winger has six goals in his last seven games. One to keep an eye on today.

West Ham make one change from the side that drew against Manchester United: Freddie Potts is suspended after receiving a red card against Burton Albion in the FA Cup, so in comes Soungoutou Magassa. Eli Junior Kroupi and Tyler Adams are back in for Bournemouth.

The teams

West Ham: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Disasi, Diouf, Fernandes, Magassa, Bowen, Soucek, Summerville, Castellanos

Subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Wilson, Traoré, Todibo, Scarles, Kanté, Mayers

Bournemouth: Petrovic, Jiménez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Adams, Rayan, Junior Kroupi, Adli, Evanilson

Subs: Mandas, Brooks, Christie, Smith, Tavernier, Diakité, Ünal, Toth, Milosavljevic

Preamble

Let’s mix things up: if we’re pretending the league started on New Year’s Day, then this is a top-half battle. Andoni Iraola’s side have gone six league games without defeat; Nuno Espírito Santo’s men have won three out of five since that soul-crushing loss by Nottingham Forest last month.

The Hammers remain 18th but victory here will bring them level on points with Forest, the dream of safety still very much alive, Nuno still capable of haunting his former employers. These two sides have developed a habit of cancelling each other out, with five consecutive draws in the league, but that won’t cut it for West Ham in their current predicament. That Benjamin Sesko equaliser last week, deep in added time, must have really stung. Kick-off’s at 5.30pm GMT.