Two of the Premier League‘s in-form groups couldn’t be separated as West Ham and Bournemouth performed out a goalless draw on the London Stadium on Saturday.
Coming into the sport, the Hammers had gained three and drawn one among their final 5 league outings, whereas the Cherries have been unbeaten of their final six top-flight fixtures.
So it was maybe unsurprising that each side took a share of the factors in a match that sprang to life within the second half after a somewhat drab first 45 minutes.
The end result leaves the hosts three factors adrift of security, whereas the guests sit in eighth spot within the desk.
How the motion unfolded
A scramble from a nook practically noticed the hosts open the scoring contained in the opening minute.
Moments later, the in-form Crysencio Summerville went shut from a beautiful Taty Castellanos cross, however the Dutchman’s poked effort was straight at Djordje Petrovic within the Bournemouth purpose.
However following that opening flurry, each goalkeepers rapidly turned relative bystanders as neither facet have been in a position to carve out any clear-cut probabilities earlier than the break.
After the restart, what had been a reasonably lukewarm recreation then started to simmer.
First, Bournemouth’s Rayan curled an effort onto the skin of the publish after a lung-bursting run from his personal half, earlier than Castellanos then went shut with an acrobatic effort a couple of minutes later.
With 1 / 4 of an hour left to play, substitute Callum Wilson latched onto Malick Diouf’s supply into the field, however the former Cherries striker’s poke was stored out by Petrovic.
On the different finish, Alex Scott noticed his low drive from the sting of the field held effectively by Mads Hermansen earlier than the Danish stopper was once more readily available to disclaim Junior Kroupi from the same distance.
Jarrod Bowen had an opportunity to win it late on however the England worldwide failed to seek out the goal and the factors have been shared in east London.
