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Much loved Hammers player Pablo Fornals used to be one of the first players on David Moyes' team sheets but the need to 'accommodate' new signings has seen him drop to the bench in all but a few Premier League games, although he has featured in all the 'Con Cup' games.

Bournemouth: Neto (C); Stephens, Kelly, Mepham; Smith, Lerma, Billing, Rothwell, Tavernier; Solanke, Christie Subs: Travers, Cook, Ouattara, Vina, Moore, Semenyo, Senesi, Zabarnyi, Anthony
West Ham: Fabianski; Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Cresswell; Soucek, Rice (C), Paqueta; Bowen, Antonio, Benrahma Subs: Areola, Fornals, Lanzini, Downes, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna, Kehrer, Emerson

Crucial games towards the business end of the season, particularly for those clubs embroiled in a Premier League survival battle, are often called six pointers. If ANY game deserves to be given that name, then West Ham United's game away to fellow strugglers Bournemouth at the Amex Stadium surely lives up to that title! Defeat would plunge Hammers back to the brink of the relegation abyss, a draw or a win could see the club virtually safe and sound depending on other results.