In this week's predictions Mark Lawrenson took on 2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas, who will be competing in the men's road race at the Road World Championships in Yorkshire on Sunday.

Both have predicted that Bournemouth will win it 2-1.

West Ham United

Again, those words came back to haunt Manuel Pellegrini a little. They were neither consistent nor solid as they were humbled 4-0 at Oxford, although the West Ham boss did hold his hands up for naming a much-changed side.

He said: "The responsibility is first on me because I picked the players, and second on the team that didn't compete."

West Ham United

West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini said his side are becoming "more consistent and more solid" after they continued their fine start to the campaign with a 2-0 win over Manchester United last Sunday.

Mark Mitchener
BBC Sport at Vitality Stadium

The eight previous Premier League meetings between these sides have produced 30 goals, at an average of 3.75 per game.

A possible omen for the home fans is that of Bournemouth's three top-flight hat-tricks, two have been scored against West Ham - Callum Wilson at Upton Park in 2015 for the Cherries' first Premier League win, and Joshua King here in 2017, having missed an early penalty.

Bournemouth

And after that win at Southampton, boss Eddie Howe said he enjoyed "pure emotion and joy for a few seconds, and then you start thinking about next week and West Ham very quickly".

Bournemouth

Bournemouth won at Southampton for the first time last Friday before manager Eddie Howe said the Cherries "need to keep grounded".

He added: "You want the players brought down to earth because you want the focus on consistent success." That midweek defeat at League One Burton should have done that.

Mark Mitchener
BBC Sport at Vitality Stadium

While both sides keep the same XI, Bournemouth make two changes on the bench - with fit-again club captain Simon Francis and Dutch winger Arnaut Danjuma, who both returned in the midweek cup defeat at Burton, named among the substitutes. Scotland winger Ryan Fraser misses out because of illness, with young defender Jack Simpson also omitted.

Having missed two games with a foot injury, Manuel Lanzini returns to the West Ham bench at the expense of Carlos Sanchez.

Here's the team news for today's match between Bournemouth and West Ham. Join us at 14:50 BST for live text commentary on the top-six clash.

Bournemouth made 10 changes for their midweek Carabao Cup exit at Burton, external but have reverted to the same side which started last Friday's 3-1 win at Southampton.

Bournemouth XI: Aaron Ramsdale, Jack Stacey, Steve Cook, Nathan Ake, Diego Rico, Harry Wilson, Philip Billing, Jefferson Lerma, Josh King, Dominic Solanke, Callum Wilson.

Subs: Simon Francis, Andrew Surman, Jordon Ibe, Arnaut Danjuma, Lewis Cook, Chris Mepham, Artur Boruc.

West Ham suffered a 4-0 defeat by Oxford in midweek after making nine changes but they too have gone back to the same line-up they had for their last league game, a 2-0 win over Manchester United last Sunday.

West Ham XI: Lukasz Fabianski, Ryan Fredericks, Issa Diop, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell, Declan Rice, Andriy Yarmolenko, Mark Noble, Pablo Fornals, Felipe Anderson, Sebastien Haller.

Subs: Fabian Balbuena, Pablo Zabaleta, Manuel Lanzini, Robert Snodgrass, Jack Wilshere, Albian Ajeti, Roberto Jimenez.