West Ham 2-2 Bournemouth: Evanilson scores twice in back-and-forth draw

Bournemouth’s winless run in the Premier League stretched to six matches as they had to settle for a dramatic 2-2 draw with West Ham at the London Stadium.

Evanilson had given Bournemouth the lead just before half-time in Saturday’s game, applying a simple finish following a mistake from home goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.

Areola could only parry Antoine Semenyo’s shot into the path of Bournemouth’s Brazilian striker, who gratefully tucked home from inside the six-yard box.

The visitors had controlled the first half, but West Ham flipped the script in the space of seven second-half minutes.

Niclas Fullkrug rose highest to power James Ward-Prowse’s corner past Kepa Arrizabalaga and level the contest just past the hour, then Jarrod Bowen put them ahead with a similar header seven minutes later.

However, Evanilson got his second goal of the game 11 minutes from time, sealing a share of the spoils with another close-range finish, which like his first, was confirmed after a VAR check for offside.

The result sees West Ham, who have themselves gone four league matches without a win, edge up to 15th in the table ahead of Tottenham facing Southampton on Sunday.

Bournemouth move up one place and into ninth position on 45 points, though the result does little to reinvigorate their flagging hopes of European qualification.

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Data debrief: Bournemouth tailing off

Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth were at one stage being tipped to push for Champions League football, but they are now on their longest winless run since February 2024 (a seven-match stretch).

They have now dropped seven points from winning positions in their last four Premier League games – as many as in their first 27 this season.

This result might not do much to please either set of supporters. West Ham are one of just three teams that are yet to win a Premier League match when they have trailed this season.

The Irons have earned five draws and lost on 14 occasions when they have gone behind, with Southampton and Ipswich Town the other teams without a comeback victory.