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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.

For week 16, he takes on darts star Stephen Bunting, who is a Liverpool fan.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

West Ham's win over Wolves last time out was a step in the right direction under Julen Lopetegui but he needs to maintain that improvement over a longer period, otherwise he is always going to be under pressure.

Jarrod Bowen is looking sharp for the Hammers and I think they will make a game of this, but I can only see one winner here and it is Bournemouth.

What a team the Cherries have been this season. They always create a lot of chances and I'm expecting them to make it four wins in a row.

Bunting's prediction: 1-1

West Ham are playing for Michail Antonio after his car crash, so they have got a bit to play for, but I don't see them winning this.

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Tasnim Chowdhury
BBC Sport journalist

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been speaking to the media before Monday's Premier League game against West Ham (kick-off 20:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Marcos Senesi is out with an injury that will require surgery. "It's a big one. Three, four months normally is what it takes," said Iraola. Marcus Tavernier also has a muscle injury but Iraola said it is a "normal" one and he will be out for "some weeks". Tyler Adams is expected to be available on Monday.

• On Tavernier: "He's a very good player and gives us a lot in all facets of the game. Tactically, he's very smart and we can use him in different positions. He's playing a lot in the middle as a 10 but the other night, as an eight, he did very well. He is an important player for us."

• On three wins in eight days: "When you're in a competition, you don't enjoy it a lot. If you win or you lose you have to do this [enjoy it or not] in a period of 24 hours and then start thinking about the next game. It has been a very good week - it's nine points."

• On whether he has changed much since his first game in charge: "I hope that I have changed and improved. I know my players better. I have more clear [ideas] on what should be. They know me much better and we understand each other. That's the advantage of being here for 18 months."

• On West Ham: "They are a very good team and they have very good players. We had experience [against them] in the cup - it was a very level game that they won in the last minute. I expect something similar and they also had an important win on Monday."

• On whether August's Carabao Cup defeat by the Hammers will be useful: "I think it's useful, because the players in the main will be the sameand we've kept the structures quite similar, so it's a good reference. We played quite well that game but it wasn't enough to beat them. I hope we can be better, especially in the last third."

• On Julen Lopetegui: "We have crossed [paths] many times. Julen is always difficult - he's a very good coach, experienced and it's the Premier League. every week you face a good opposition manager and you have to be ready for the challenge - and I hope we are on Monday."

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Bournemouth are averaging the second youngest starting XI in the Premier League this season (25y 310d) behind only Chelsea (23y 239d).

Meanwhile, no side has had more different goalscorers (excluding own goals) than the Cherries in the competition this term (12 – level with Arsenal and Brighton).

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Bournemouth have suffered a double injury blow after confirming that defender Marcos Senesi and midfielder Marcus Tavernier are both set for a spell on the sidelines.

Senesi has has had to have surgery on a quadriceps issue that he suffered during the win at Wolves on 30 November.

Team-mate Tavernier is also set to miss "an extended period" after picking up a hamstring issue at Ipswich on Sunday.

In a statement, Bournemouth said: "We send our best wishes to both players in their recovery, and we hope to see them playing again soon."

The Cherries are currently eighth in the Premier League following three straight wins, having also beaten Tottenham 1-0 last week.

Mark Mitchener
BBC Sport senior journalist

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Not content with winning the Premier League's 'Most Improbable Comeback' award two years running, Bournemouth are seemingly staging their own mini-competition to see which of their dramatic late shows will challenge to claim the prize for a third time.

In a similar vein to their 3-2 heist at Everton at the end of August, the Cherries were trailing as Sunday's game at Ipswich entered its 87th minute, only to come away with all three points.

While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly why they keep plundering late points - 11 of their 23 league goals have come in the 70th minute or later, including a staggering eight after the 86-minute mark - their fitness levels, plus Andoni Iraola's use of substitutes, have played a key part.

Plenty of times this season, Iraola's side have been maintaining their high-energy approach well into stoppage time as opponents have wilted.

When Enes Unal equalised at Portman Road, the Tractor Boys' fuel tanks were out of gas, while defender Dean Huijsen - thrown up front for the dying minutes as the Cherries went gung-ho in all-out attack - grabbed the ball from the Ipswich net and sprinted back to the centre circle as the visitors sought another goal.

Substitutions are one way in which Iraola is able to keep the energy levels high. At Ipswich, four of his five replacements were involved in the goals, with Dango Ouattara crossing for Unal to level, before Philip Billing and David Brooks combined to set up Ouattara's 95th-minute winner.

Indeed, Ouattara, Justin Kluivert and Luis Sinisterra have all scored or assisted goals off the bench this season, with the other 19 clubs only able to muster one player between them who has done so - Brighton's Joao Pedro.

Make no mistake, this is a squad game, and Iraola will need to carefully manage his resources as the busy festive season approaches.

Tyler Adams was not involved at Portman Road, having played every minute of back-to-back wins over Wolves and Tottenham following his return after a long injury absence, and "Captain America" is one whose minutes will be closely monitored, having shown against Spurs the value he brings to the side.

Pat Nevin
Former footballer and presenter

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It is always a temptation to talk about the big, sexy clubs with all the supporters and most of the money.

Manchester United, with their 75,000 capacity, are one of seven clubs with more than 50,000 punters turning up every week, paying vast amounts for the privilege. The turnover of these behemoths can be three or four times the size of smaller clubs.

‌It is worth re-emphasising every now and again the fantastic jobs being done by the Premier League's 'B' teams. By 'B' teams I mean Brighton (seventh), Bournemouth (eighth) and Brentford (ninth).

‌Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium can squeeze in about 17,500 souls and they are all being royally entertained, winning 22 out of the 24 points available to them at home.

‌Bournemouth are arguably even more impressive. Their tiny Vitality Stadium can only seat 11,500, yet there they sit comfortably above the likes of Tottenham, Newcastle and Manchester United.

‌These clubs are staggeringly well run in comparison to others who regularly lose eye-watering sums of money on expensive players that fail to impress.

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Tom Jordan
Fan writer

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When that final whistle blows at the end of an inevitably thrilling encounter between Bournemouth and their opponents, you'd be forgiven of not knowing where any of the Cherries players have ended up playing.

Since Andoni Iraola arrived on the south coast he's provided some absorbing and chaotic football, and the role of each individual is equally as chaotic. From changing specific roles to instructing players to play in positions that they're somewhat alien to, we continue to be pleasantly surprised.

The high energy and aggressive press always remains, but players' roles are constantly tinkered with, and it has made for some interesting 'in game' changes .

At the weekend for example, the Cherries once again provided some impressive late drama and despite being behind on 86 minutes, won their third game on the bounce. Centre-back Dean Huijsen went up top and fellow defender James Hill came on in the centre of midfield. Combined with this, we saw Lewis Cook moved to right full-back and David Brooks operate in a central area.

The way the lads seemingly switch positions and roles with such ease is to be applauded, and the bravery and gambles taken by Andoni is wonderfully courageous.

We have no idea why we keep being surprised by this gaffer and this group of players. At the moment it is simply a joy to watch and long may it continue. No risk, no reward I guess!

At the moment, we can be exciting, we can pragmatic, we can be clinical, we can be wasteful, we can defend for our lives, and we can leave gaps, but - it doesn't matter, as Iraola's mentality monsters are grinding out points all over the place, and once again, it proved scintillating for the supporters.

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We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Ipswich Town and Bournemouth.

Here are some of your comments:

Ipswich fans

Olly: Worked our socks off for 88 minutes for the keeper to completely lose the plot. He doesn't do that, I'm certain we win 1-0. Then momentum was always going to be hard to stop to salvage a point. Going to be hard to get the players to go again to that gut punch. Not sure how many setbacks or nearly performances they can recover from. So close but so far away… again.

Michael: Defeat down to the manager. Should have reinforced midfield earlier when 1-0 up. Too predictable with substitutes. Most teams would have protected what they had.

James: For an hour of this match, we played some excellent football and would have been worthy of the win. Nerves set in as we tried to see it out, and Bournemouth sensed this with two late, late goals. Overall, there were far more positives than negatives to come out of the game, but they are going to have to translate into points sooner rather than later if we are to stand a chance of survival.

Bournemouth fans

John: A deserved win. We wore Ipswich down in the end, with our press, pace and speed of passing. However we need to finish more of the chances we create. It was similar to the Spurs game in that way.

Tom: Two wins in four days and up to eighth, am I dreaming? But, please don't keep us waiting an on tenterhooks again.

Paul: Another outstanding team performance by a side who never stop running and fighting. So proud to be a Cherry!

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Andoni Iraola spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Bournemouth's victory against Ipswich: "We definitely didn't deserve to lose, we had great chances but just failed to take them, especially in the first half. Even in the second half we had momentum from the beginning. You start to think it's not your day but luckily we took them in the end."

On the impact from the bench: "The subs gave us the end product that we were missing. We were arriving in the right places but just not finishing.

"They finished well, we were almost in desperation mode at that point. We didn't have much structure and it was just about trying to get something."

On whether he is looking at the top four: "I don't think we have to look at the standings, it's too early. The most important thing is trying to win and then we see how many points we can get by the midway point."

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.

For week 15 he takes on Dougie Payne, bassist with rock band Travis.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Tuesday's game at home to fellow strugglers Crystal Palace was big for Ipswich, and they came up short.

Kieran McKenna's side are killing me in my predictions. So far they have been the kind of team that are always in games, but they have a little bit of softness about them that means they are not winning when I expect them to.

I have a feeling it could be a similar story here. It is great to see sell-out crowds again at Portman Road after the club spent years in the wilderness but there is a reason they are still yet to win at home.

In contrast, Bournemouth have had a great week, absolutely battering Wolves and then backing it up by beating Tottenham.

I have been backing Ipswich blindly but maybe I have to stop doing that now. They really need to recover after their result against Palace and maybe they can scramble something here, but I can't see it.

Payne's prediction: 1-1

The Tractor Boys are another team I like watching, but I do worry for them. Bournemouth have had some excellent results recently and this one will be quite tight.

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Nat Hayward
BBC Sport journalist

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game away to Ipswich (14:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Iraola is expecting to have to make changes after the win over Tottenham on Thursday: "I don't know how Lou [Lewis Cook] will be, how Tyler [Adams] will be, how the ones who started two games and played 90 minutes will be. Probably we will have to make some subs, yes."

• He was happy with Adams' performance after completing his second 90 in a row: "The way he plays naturally fits very well with the things we do. He's very aggressive without the ball, very good at reading situations. Sometimes we have to put the breaks on him because he wants to go to everything. He's improving in these things."

• He is concerned by the effort put in during Thursday's big win: "Playing against Spurs is not the type of game you want in midweek because they are team that run a lot and have athletes. To match them you have to be at your best and nobody kept anything. I felt the players finished very tired."

• On the challenge posed by Ipswich: "The games they have lost have been by very small margins. I expect a game where the small details will be key. They have a clear idea, a clear identity. They have spirit. It's a tricky one for us because we have just more than 48 hours to recover."

• More on the quick turnaround between games: "They [Ipswich] have had two extra days and play both games at home so for them it's perfect conditions. We have to use these two days to recover and see who is ready to go again, who is ready to help with some minutes and who we have to change because I suppose not everyone will be ready to start the game."

• Is back-to-back wins a key milestone? "The important thing is to win no matter what it comes after. Every win is very valuable. We have to try and continue. We have most of the way to go. We have 21 points which is good in this moment, but we need more."

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Former Bournemouth manager Tony Pulis on BBC Radio 5 Live: "Bournemouth do what they do. Every week they drop deep, defend deep and throw their bodies in front of the ball to stop it going in the net. Then when they get the ball, one sets up and then they are off.

"They have such good legs in the team and get up and down the pitch for 90 plus minutes per week."

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Bournemouth captain Adam Smith speaking to Amazon Prime: "At home we are a force, even away from home, we press high and we don't care about who the opponent is. Here the crowd gets behind us and our mentality is top.

"It was frustrating that we had a few good chances, especially at the end, and didn't score. With teams like Tottenham you have to finish them off. Credit to the defenders though who did fantastically at the other end and it was another great win.

"We have got so many exciting players. The club has done so well in recruiting big talents and we have so many options to come off the bench too. The club is moving forward for sure, we have a new training ground coming, the owner wants to build a new stadium as well. We just need to keep building forward.

"The sky is the limit. The owner wants to do big things and we have got a great manager as well, so it is only positive things going forward.

"After we beat Manchester City and Arsenal we went to Brentford away and it is teams like that which we struggle with sometimes. We need to get up for those games, especially against the teams in and around us. This league is so tough and it is only getting better, which is scary."

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We asked for your thoughts after Thursday's Premier League game between Bournemouth and Tottenham.

Here are some of your comments:

Bournemouth fans

Paul: A classic Iraola-Bournemouth performance. Press when we can, put bodies on the line when they get past it. Break in numbers and liberal use of the long ball to set up another press. Love this team and the way they play! Shout out to Kepa (finally) and the tireless work of Tyler Adams.

Mark: What a game. Fast, furious, fun. I loved the link up play we had. The intensity, the confidence that we were going to walk away with the three points. Giant killers at home we are!

Tom: This was the first match I saw live in 10 years. What a performance! Magnificent!

Spurs fans

Steve: This was a shambolic, spineless surrender by a confused and demotivated team. It is crystal clear that the manager is way out of his depth in the Premier League where his basic, simplistic, one dimensional plans were worked out by rival teams a long time ago. Arguing with fans and being rude and offhand at every press conference. The end is near.

Andy: Spurs looked tired and disorganised, just like our group who got home at 02.30 GMT. But we still have to work today! We spend a fortune going to see the lads, the least they can do is make an effort. Chelsea next, we could be slaughtered. Any chance of a plan Ange?

David: Only Forster should get paid. Johnson should never play on the left wing. Kulusevski let recent great displays go to his head and tried to go it alone instead of looking up for players in better positions. All season the defending of dead ball situations has been a joke! Maddison poor. Ange has gone for attack minded full-backs, defenders and midfielders.

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Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola after the 1-0 win over Tottenham: "It is a very good win. I especially liked the second-half.

"First half we were disciplined in defence and not conceding chances, but also not as much of a threat as we were in the second. We had many chances but luckily we finished the job."

On Dean Huijsen's performance: "I think he has shown from the beginning that he can do this. He plays with confidence and even though he is 19-years-old he has played a few games. But now with the injury to Marcos [Senesi], he for sure will have to play more.

"It is not always easy to play as a defender in the Premier League, but I hope the young players can grow together and continue their development. The good thing for them is that they have room to improve."

More on Senesi's injury: "It is a massive injury. We weren't sure if it was just a knock or big knock but we know now is a massive injury. It's quite significant so he will probably be out for some time."

Did you know?

• Dean Huijsen is Bournemouth's youngest ever Premier League goalscorer at 19-years-old and 235 days.