West Ham draw despite Füllkrug's first London Stadium goal

Photo and Report by Alessandro Schiavone at London Stadium

West Ham 2 - 2 AFC Bournemouth

Goals: Evanilson 2x (AFCB), Füllkrug, Bowen (WH)

West Ham produced a stunning second-half display to draw 2-2 with Bournemouth.

The lethargic first-half Hammers fell behind to an Evanilson tap-in on 38 minutes. And it could have been two to the good for the Cherries had Illia Zabarnyi's header hit the inside of the woodwork just before tea time.

But on came Niclas Füllkrug to spark West Ham's revival with a bullet header from a corner on the hour-mark.

It was the injury-prone German's maiden goal at London Stadium after his two away from home at Leicester and Manchester City.

Jarrod Bowen then pulled West Ham completely out of the mire when he opened his account for 2025 with an equally impressive header eight minutes on.

West Ham looked like the real deal but failed to build on their lead with Evanilson scoring his second of the day after getting on the end of Dean Huijsen's flick-on.

Bowen could have won it late on but his curler flashed inches over.

The London Stadium saw no winners between West Ham and Bournemouth.

But the visitors are the big losers as they have lost further ground on the Champions League places.

West Ham

23 Areola- 8 Ward-Prowse- 10 Paqueta- 14 Kudus- 19 Alvarez- 20 Bowen- 25 Todibo- 26 Kilman- 28 Soucek- 29 Wan Bissaka- 57 Scarles

Bournemouth

13 Kepa- 2 Huijsen- 3 Kerkez- 4 Cook- 8 Scott- 9 Evanilson- 11 Ouattara- 12 Adams- 15 Smith- 24 Semenyo- 27 Zabarnyi