West Brom v Bournemouth team news: Jack Wilshere starts for Cherries, Callum Wilson and Adam Federici out for the season

BOURNEMOUTH will seek to end an alarming slump in form when they visit West Brom in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

The Cherries have lost their last three games and taken just two points from a possible 18 this year - as well as being bundled out of the FA Cup by Millwall.

Starting Line-ups

West Brom team to face Bournemouth: Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Nyom, Livermore, Fletcher, Chadli, Morrison, Brunt, Rondon

Bournemouth team to face West Brom: 

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It has seen Eddie Howe's team drop to 14th in the table, just six points above the drop zone.

West Brom, meanwhile, are on a good run, taking eight points from their last four games and moving up to eighth in the table.

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However, top scorer Salomon Rondon is suffering a 10-game goal drought. He last found the net when he bagged a hat-trick against Swansea on December 14.

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When is West Brom v Bournemouth?

The match at the Hawthorns kicks off at 3pm on Saturday February 25.

Where can I watch it?

As is the way with 3pm kick-offs on Saturday, this game will not be broadcast live in the UK. But you can keep up to date with the SunSports live blog, or on the radio with TalkSPORT and BBC Radio 5 Live.

Highlights will be available from 5.15pm on the Sun Football app and on Match of the Day on BBC One at 10.30pm.

Form

West Brom: DWDWL

Bournemouth: LLLDL

SunSport prediction

West Brom, in search of a fourth straight home win in the league, should have too much for an out-of-sorts Bournemouth side who are leaking goals left, right and centre. Baggies to win  2-0.

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Match stats

• West Brom’s loss in this fixture last season was their only previous home defeat in six league games against the Cherries (W3 D2).
• Bournemouth have won three of their last four meetings with the Baggies in all competitions (D1), including the reverse fixture 1-0 back in September.
• All four of Bournemouth’s Premier League goals against West Brom have come in the second half, with three of these coming in the 79th minute or later.
• Indeed, the last player to score a first-half goal for Bournemouth against West Brom in any competition was Eddie Howe – in a 1-0 FA Cup win in January 1999.
• West Brom have the lowest average possession in the Premier League this season (36.8%).
• Only Leicester (1) have collected fewer Premier League points in 2017 than the Cherries (2).
• The Cherries have also conceded the most goals this calendar year (18), with West Brom conceded 10 fewer than their opponents.
• The only goalkeeper to make more saves in the Premier League this season than Ben Foster (89) is Tom Heaton (104).
• Gareth McAuley has found the net five times for West Brom this campaign – the only Premier League defender with more goals this season is James Milner (6).
• Only Liverpool (2932km) and Manchester City (2873km) have ran further as a team than West Bromwich Albion this season (2852km).