Analysis: Cherries happy to play it safe

With West Ham's biggest threat coming from set-pieces, Bournemouth were content to control possession throughout while threatening on the break.

With manager Andoni Iraola watching from the stands as he served a touchline ban, they offered little going forward in the first half.

Rayan and Alex Scott had tame long-range efforts before Rayan almost became the first teenager to register a goal involvement in each of their first four Premier League appearances.

The new signing broke forward just after the hour mark after a West Ham free-kick was cleared, running from his own half before his left-foot strike from the edge of the box glanced off the woodwork.

The 19-year-old Brazilian had another effort blocked having taken too long to get his shot away, while Marcos Senesi, Scott and Junior Kroupi tested home goalkeeper Mads Hermansen late on.

A late Bournemouth winner would have been harsh on the Hammers, and the Cherries will settle for a point and a seventh straight league game unbeaten, with two home games and a trip to second-bottom Burnley coming up.