West Brom v Bournemouth Betting Preview – Premier League 12th August 3.00pm
Bournemouth will, no doubt turn up and try to play as positive of a game as they possibly can. They won’t have too much to fear about meeting the Baggies. However, West Brom are hard to beat at the Hawthorns will want to start positively in front of their home fans. They have won three of their last four at home against the Cherries and this could be one of the games of the opening weekend of the Premier League where goals are at a premium.
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West Brom v Bournemouth Betting Tips
The Baggies have been underwhelming over the summer in the transfer market with no real major moves in or out of the Hawthorns. Generally, they are a hard side to break down and handled themselves very well against sides beneath them in the table last season. They have added burly defender Ahmed Hegazy to their squad and brought in Jay Rodriguez, who doesn’t quite look to be a great fit for their style of play. Rodriguez is a quote of 21/10 in the Bwin anytime goalscorer market with Salomon Rondon at 7/4. The Baggies posted a W9 D2 L8 record at home last season and were dismal down the final stretch, very surprisingly. They just ran out of steam. But they will be looking for a positive fresh start to build on the 2-1 home win they took over the Cherries in last season’s corresponding fixture. From their four previous Premier League games against Bournemouth, West Brom are down W1 D1 L2 in the head to head.
Under 2.5 goals at Bwin is a quote of 7/10 which will no doubt have appeal. Jermain Defoe joined up with Bournemouth over the summer on a free transfer from Sunderland, while Lewis Grabban went the other way. Defoe is a 15/8 anytime goalscorer option with Joshua King at 9/4. There really haven’t been any major departures from the club through and they have brought in Nathan Ake and have upgraded in the goalkeeper department by getting Asmir Begovic from Chelsea. In normal Bournemouth fashion, everything has been understated and under the radar from them, but holding on to what they have has been a great boon for them. You can back them to get on the scoresheet at Bwin with a both teams to score punt at 10/11. Up in the Bwin correct score market, you have a price of 11/2 on a 1-1 draw being churned out. What will cast doubt on them is the fact that they won just three times on the road last season in the top flight.
West Brom v Bournemouth Betting
West Brom 7/5, Bournemouth 2/1, Draw 11/5
West Brom v Bournemouth Predictions
West Brom to win: West Brom have edged three one-goal margin victories over the Cherries in their last four home games against them. That’s not a bad trend to go with in this one to see the home side just edge their way to the three points as the Cherries will have to prove themselves to punters on the road.
