Eek, Brunt gives no favours to Foster with a ropey backpass that the goalkeeper is just about able to bring under control and clear before Bournemouth can pounce.

Oooooshk. Chris Brunt almost hits back immediately for the Baggies, cutting in onto his left foot and curling an effort just wide of Artur Boruc's left-hand post.

Lightning-fast start at The Hawthorns.

Easy decision for Mark Clattenburg as Nyom leans on Cherries winger Ryan Fraser and brings him down.

Joshua King steps up...

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Joshua King takes an early blow from Jake Livermore's high boot but is up and away after a few rolls.

Harry Arter is starting deeper for Bournemouth with Jack Wilshere pushed up behind King.

The Cherries have plumped for their rather garish neon third strip here. 

Meanwhile, Nacer Chadli tries to set up Salomon Rondon early on but Artur Boruc is easily able to collect.

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And off we go...

Keep an eye out during the sixth minute of this one by the way - West Brom have scored in that minute in each of their last three games.

We'll be underway imminently...

The teams are out and handshakes are underway.

These two sides have an identical record against each other - both winning seven times against the other, with four draws.

Bournemouth hold the upper hand in the Premier League though - winning two of their three encounters, the other ending in a draw.

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Mark Clattenburg might have been hoping to be sunning himself in Saudi Arabia today after taking a new role in the Middle East.

Instead the Premier League referee is working in the West Midlands.

'Clattz' (as he is known to his mates, and us) is to become the  new head of referees in Saudi Arabia  and was expected to leave immediately.

However,  the Premier League has confirmed, external  he will continue until the end of the season, including taking charge of today's match at The Hawthorns.

The teams are in the tunnel and we're about five minutes away from kick-off at The Hawthorns.

Just had a first glimpse of our referee for the day - you may have heard of him...

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Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter says he felt a rollercoaster of emotions before and after the birth of his baby daughter, Raine.

The 27-year-old's fiancee, Rachel, gave birth to Raine last Friday, 14 months after the stillbirth of their daughter, Renee.

"This week has been unbelievable," Arter said. "There was excitement, a bit of anxiety and a bit of stress.

"It was a strange feeling to go there and everything be fine. It was quite a surreal day.

"It will be tough [leaving her]," he added. "I said to Rachel about not wanting to leave her but I am not sure I can sneak her in my bag. It will be nice for them to spend some time together. Regardless of the result, I will have something to look forward to going back home to."

There are a couple of pre-match presentations going on at The Hawthorns at the moment - Darren Fletcher is presented with a signed and framed shirt for his 300th Premier League appearance for Manchester United and West Brom.

And James Morrison is given the same honour for his 300th West Brom appearance, with former Baggies and England manager Roy Hodgson out to do the honours.

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West Brom head coach Tony Pulis:  "Bournemouth are in a reasonable position. They'll want to get a few results to be safe but I think they will be okay.

"For the previous two seasons our home form wasn't as good as we wanted. We've turned it round and scored plenty of goals.

"There are few things better than winning games and scoring goals in front of your home fans. We've done that and that's nice."

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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe:  "You can't hide from the current form and it's up to us to bounce back and show what we can do.

"West Brom have ground out some great results and they've added real quality. Tony's teams are always hard to beat."

Jonathan Pearce
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

Tony Pulis cut his teeth as a manager at Bournemouth.  He signed Eddie Howe.  Now the Cherries boss needs to learn  valuable lessons, external  from his old mentor in how to handle a team sinking in the top flight and refloat them.

Pulis has made a career of keeping Premier League clubs up from troubled positions through sheer organisation.

I'm not saying Eddie doesn't have those qualities. He does. But this is the first time his team looks in real trouble at this level. He needs to pull defenders with fine individual spirit into a more cohesive unit.

They need to be tighter here. I expect them to be so.