West Ham United vs A.F.C. Bournemouth Tickets

One of the largest sporting venues in England, London Stadium has been the home ground of West Ham United since 2016.

The 60,000-seater stadium was built ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games, before replacing Upton Park as the home of the Hammers. Check out the London Stadium seating plan to help decide on the most ideal seats for an event at this venue.

West Ham United vs AFC Bournemouth History

Their first-ever meeting came in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup in 1929. The tie was drawn before a replay at Upton Park, which produced a 3-1 win for the Hammers.

These teams do not share a particularly prolonged history, with only a handful of previous encounters to date. The 2015/16 Premier League season housed just the sixth and seventh meetings between West Ham and Bournemouth.

In terms of past achievements, West Ham are the more successful club in this fixture. Three-time winners of the FA Cup, the London-based side also celebrated success in the UEFA Conference League in 2023.

On the other hand, as of the end of the 2022/23 season, Bournemouth awaits a first major trophy after more than 120 years since the club was founded.

In recent years, there have been a fair share of individuals who have played for, and even managed, both of these teams.

•Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe earned a combined 138 caps for England. They each joined Bournemouth on loan from West Ham, in 1996 and 2000, respectively.

•Junior Stanislas was part of the West Ham Academy in the 2000s before the winger moved to Bournemouth, from Burnley, in 2014.

•Harry Redknapp, best known in recent years as a manager in the Premier League, joined the famed West Ham academy in the 1960s. He stayed at Upton Park until moving to Bournemouth in 1972. Redknapp spent four years with the Cherries and he later returned to the south coast for a brief spell before bringing his playing career to an end in 1980. He was the manager of Bournemouth for the best part of nine years before a seven-year spell in charge of West Ham until 2001.

West Ham United vs AFC Bournemouth Head-to-Head

In 2015, these teams contested a top-flight fixture for the first time in the 2015/16 Premier League campaign. A seven-goal thriller at Upton Park saw Bournemouth escape with all 3 points, largely thanks to Callum Wilson’s hat-trick.

On New Year’s Day 2020, West Ham picked up a 4-0 victory with then-skipper Mark Noble scoring twice.

In the 2022/23 season, West Ham won this fixture by two goals to nil. Goals from Kurt Zouma and Said Benrahma gave the Hammers all 3 points and a clean sheet at the London Stadium.

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