West Ham vs Bournemouth Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st February 2026

Bournemouth go up against West Ham on Saturday for a Premier League meeting at London Stadium.

Their upcoming match is a difficult challenge for West Ham, who next face Bournemouth in their continuous fight to avoid relegation. They should be highly motivated to spring a surprise, even against a tough opponent like Bournemouth.

The Irons only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded 17 for an average of 1.7 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Bournemouth scored 18 goals, conceded 17 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Saturday?

West Ham vs Bournemouth Prediction

West Ham Form

The West Ham team look in good shape before their match against Bournemouth, as they seek to remain unbeaten. Firstly, they beat Burnley 0-2, then they held Manchester United to a 1-1 draw. Their last outing resulted in a hard fought 0-0 draw Burton. West Ham just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the London Stadium. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded ten goals.

Bournemouth Form

Bournemouth look in good shape before their upcoming match as they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Wolverhampton by 0-2, before drawing 1-1 with Aston Villa. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Everton by a 1-2 scoreline. Bournemouth claimed two wins against three draws and one defeat in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads 12 goals conceded and 12 scored.

There was no winner the three times, West Ham played Bournemouth, as both apparently have a strong read on the game plan of this particular opponent. No doubt, the draw once again makes an appealing bet.

Bournemouth claimed five wins from 14 goals scored and seven conceded in the previous eight encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. This earned them a total of 18 points. West Ham claimed six wins, six draws as well as 14 defeats in the Premier League this season. Bournemouth enjoy a record of nine wins, ten draws and seven defeats in the Premier League.

West Ham vs Bournemouth Squads

West Ham Squad

Nuno Espirito Santo will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Bournemouth from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Alphonse Areola (0/20), Lukasz Fabianski (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/6), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (0/17), Axel Disasi (0/2), Ezra Mayers (0/5), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/18), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/19), Kyle Walker-Peters (1/18), Max Kilman (0/21), Soungoutou Magassa (1/15), Crysencio Summerville (4/21), Freddie Potts (0/19), Malick Diouf (0/20), Mateus Fernandes (3/24), Mohamadou Kante (0/3), Oliver Scarles (0/12), Tomas Soucek (3/23), Adama Traore (0/18), Callum Wilson (5/22), Jarrod Bowen (8/26), Keiber Lamadrid (0/0), Pablo (0/5), Valentin Castellanos (1/6).

Bournemouth Squad

Below is the full team squad of Bournemouth. The manager Iraola will pick his starting XI against West Ham from these players:

Christos Mandas (0/0), Djordje Petrovic (0/26), Fraser Forster (0/0), Adam Smith (0/15), Adrien Truffert (0/26), Alex Jimenez (1/22), Bafode Diakite (0/18), James Hill (0/17), Julio Soler (0/3), Marcos Senesi (0/25), Matai Akinmboni (0/0), Owen Bevan (0/0), Alex Scott (2/26), Alex Toth (0/3), Charlie Stevens (0/0), David Brooks (1/21), Lewis Cook (0/16), Marcus Tavernier (5/22), Ryan Christie (1/16), Tyler Adams (2/15), Veljko Milosavljevic (0/7), Amine Adli (3/22), Ben Gannon Doak (0/4), Eli Junior Kroupi (8/21), Enes Unal (1/13), Evanilson (5/24), Justin Kluivert (2/18), Rayan (2/3), Remy Rees-Dottin (0/0).

West Ham vs Bournemouth Team News

West Ham vs Bournemouth Lineups

West Ham vs Bournemouth H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday? West Ham have a 30% win rate against Bournemouth, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 3-6-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

West Ham vs Bournemouth Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between West Ham and Bournemouth. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 11/8 with bookies.

West Ham vs Bournemouth Betting Tips

West Ham won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing four as well. Bournemouth won two from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew four and lost four in this run. Goals are flowing freely for West Ham on home soil currently, as both teams scored in eight of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target eight times in Bournemouth''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals happened five times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. West Ham managed an average of 1.9 goals, with Bournemouth averaging 1.1 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of West Ham’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Bournemouth, who scored two times on average in these matches.