Solly March gets away from Adam Smith on the left and breaks towards the area before his cross is cut out.

Brighton have their first corner of the game...

Bournemouth pick up from where they left off, passing the ball around a Brighton side that is quite content to stay in its own half for now.

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Matt McGuire: Friday night football Bournemouth v Brighton is like a Premier League Stars in Their Eyes... tonight Matthew I'm going to be League Two

Alexander Turner: Admittedly not thrilling, but certainly not terrible! The Cherries play genuinely lovely (albeit somewhat blunt) football.

Rory, Liverpool: Whoever's bright idea it was to schedule this snore-fest as the focus of our Friday night should have his/her job looked into.

The second half gets under way with no changes for either side.

The two teams come out to warm applause from both sets of fans, who seem reasonably happy with what they have seen so far from their sides.

• Nathan Ake has completed all 51 of his passes in the first half.
• Six of the seven shots in the match have been from outside the box.
• Bournemouth have lost five of their last six home PL games that have been level at HT.

Stuart Wonden: Bournemouth may have had a slow start in terms of points but Watford is the only bad result

John: Need to announce at half-time that there's no points available for a 0-0 tonight. Such low quality!

Decky: Don't understand why Bournemouth bought Defoe. Good player but he forces King deeper and doesn't suit their style.

Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

It is tough when a team is sitting back, you have to work the ball around and make decisions quicker. Jermain Defoe has had to feed off scraps.

Eddie Howe will somehow need to a give a half-time speech that gives them confidence and not to lay into them too much. He needs to tell them to stay calm as it is not going their way.

Does Chris Hughton want to win the match? He will be content with a point.

But you will not catch Bournemouth in a worse state throughout the season. Players making wrong decisions, not playing passes well. He will make that decision later in the game.

Not a classic, but it's understandable why it hasn't exactly been an open, fast-paced game.

Bournemouth are desperate for a positive result while for Brighton, every point - especially away from home - is vital as they look to survive in the Premier League.

Needs must.

Zzzz.

One last attack for Bournemouth but there's just so little room for them to work something when they get to the edge of Brighton's area and Marc Pugh, under pressure, over hits his ball to Charlie Daniels.

We'll, we've almost made it until half time. Just one minute to go.

Not a memorable half of football...

Andrew Gillies
BBC Radio 5 live at Vitality Stadium

Jermaine Jenas has been talking about Joshua King's role with Jermain Defoe. It is so interesting to see Defoe just now engaged in some detailed conversation clearly about how he wants King to link up with him.

Eddie Howe doesn't want Bournemouth to lose their identity despite their bad start and they are persisting with keeping the ball on the ground and passing it about. Problem is they are lacking bite in the final third.

Brighton are more than happy to let Bournemouth have the ball where they can't do any damage.

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Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

It hasn't been a thriller, no.

Backpass?

Davy Propper intercepts a cross with his second touch resulting in the ball being knocked back for keeper Mat Ryan to pick up. Bournemouth players claim it was a backpass, but Craig Pawson doesn't see it that way.

Ten minutes to go until half time and Brighton are yet to have a touch of the ball inside the Bournemouth area...

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Liam Rosenior, with Joshua King behind him, takes no chances with a ball into the box and knocks it behind for the first corner of the game.

A chance for Bournemouth, but one they waste as they play it quickly before Ryan Fraser is knocked off the ball by Tomer Hemed.

Chance!

The closest we've come to a goal so far as Jermain Defoe turns and shoots from just outside the area but his effort whistles just past the post.

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Bournemouth are just as guilty at squandering possession as Harry Arter loses the ball to Davy Propper, who races off towards the Cherries' goal but chipped just over.