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Michail Antonio scored his 100th goal in the top four tiers of English league footballWest Ham took a big step towards Premier League safety by thrashing fellow strugglers Bournemouth.
An unmarked Michael Antonio rose highest and headed home from Aaron Cresswell's corner for the opener at Vitality Stadium.
Lucas Paqueta scored another header, getting on the end of a deep cross from Vladimir Coufal, as West Ham scored twice in the opening 12 minutes.
Hammers captain Declan Rice smashed past Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto for number three just before half-time, with the home side failing to clear the ball from Cresswell's corner once more.
Substitute Pablo Fornals completed the rout with a flicked, acrobatic effort following Jarrod Bowen's cross.
The win lifts West Ham up to 13th in the table and six points clear of the relegation zone. Bournemouth are one point and two places behind in 15th.
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AFC Bournemouth
Squad number13Player nameNeto
Squad number3Player nameStephens
Squad number6Player nameMepham
Squad number5Player nameKelly
Squad number15Player nameA Smith
Squad number14Player nameRothwell
Squad number8Player nameLerma
Squad number16Player nameTavernier
Squad number10Player nameChristie
Squad number29Player nameBilling
Squad number9Player nameSolanke
Squad number4Player nameL Cook
Squad number11Player nameOuattara
Squad number18Player nameViña
Squad number21Player nameMoore
Squad number32Player nameAnthony
West Ham United
Squad number1Player nameFabianski
Squad number5Player nameCoufal
Squad number4Player nameZouma
Squad number27Player nameAguerd
Squad number3Player nameCresswell
Squad number28Player nameSoucek
Squad number41Player nameRice
Squad number11Player nameLucas Paquetá
Squad number20Player nameBowen
Squad number9Player nameAntonio
Squad number22Player nameBenrahma
Squad number8Player nameFornals
Squad number12Player nameDownes
Squad number14Player nameCornet
Squad number18Player nameIngs
Squad number24Player nameKehrer
Line-ups
Bournemouth
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 13Neto
- 3Stephens
- 6Mepham
- 5KellySubstituted forViñaat 61'minutes
- 15A SmithSubstituted forAnthonyat 61'minutes
- 14RothwellSubstituted forMooreat 45'minutesBooked at 48mins
- 8LermaSubstituted forL Cookat 75'minutes
- 16Tavernier
- 10ChristieSubstituted forOuattaraat 61'minutes
- 29Billing
- 9Solanke
Substitutes
- 1Travers
- 4L Cook
- 11Ouattara
- 18Viña
- 21Moore
- 24Semenyo
- 25Senesi
- 27Zabarnyi
- 32Anthony
West Ham
Formation 4-3-3
- 1FabianskiBooked at 67mins
- 5CoufalSubstituted forKehrerat 83'minutes
- 4Zouma
- 27AguerdBooked at 56mins
- 3Cresswell
- 28Soucek
- 41Rice
- 11Lucas PaquetáSubstituted forDownesat 77'minutes
- 20BowenSubstituted forCornetat 76'minutes
- 9AntonioSubstituted forIngsat 65'minutes
- 22BenrahmaSubstituted forFornalsat 65'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Fornals
- 10Lanzini
- 12Downes
- 13Aréola
- 14Cornet
- 18Ings
- 21Ogbonna
- 24Kehrer
- 33Emerson
Referee:Anthony Taylor
Attendance:10,465
Live Text
Match ends, Bournemouth 0, West Ham United 4.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 0, West Ham United 4.
Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Thilo Kehrer with a cross following a corner.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
Attempt blocked. Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
VAR Decision: No Goal Bournemouth 0-4 West Ham United.
GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Maxwel Cornet (West Ham United) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
Offside, West Ham United. Pablo Fornals tries a through ball, but Maxwel Cornet is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Maxwel Cornet (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Tomás Soucek.
Substitution, West Ham United. Thilo Kehrer replaces Vladimír Coufal.
Attempt missed. Kieffer Moore (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Tavernier with a cross.
Attempt saved. Jaidon Anthony (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dango Ouattara.
Offside, West Ham United. Vladimír Coufal tries a through ball, but Maxwel Cornet is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Flynn Downes (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Declan Rice.
Substitution, West Ham United. Flynn Downes replaces Lucas Paquetá.
Substitution, West Ham United. Maxwel Cornet replaces Jarrod Bowen.
Matías Viña (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Ings (West Ham United).
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