West Brom put dent in Bournemouth's title hopes with impressive win at The Hawthorns

Bournemouth's charge to automatic promotion from the Sky Bet Championship suffered a jolt with a surprise 2-0 defeat at West Brom. West Brom put a huge dent in Bournemouth's title hopes after beating them at The Hawthorns MATCH FACTS AND LEAGUE TABLE WEST BROM: Johnstone; Ajayi, Bartley, Clarke; Furlong, Gardner-Hickman, Livermore, Mowatt, Townsend; Carroll, Diangana Subs not used: Button ; Reach, Kipre, Fellows Goals: Mowatt, Carroll Bookings: Furlong, Bartley, Johnstone Coach: Steve Bruce BOURNEMOUTH: Travers; Smith, Phillips, Kelly, Zemura; Lerma, Cook, Billing; Christie, Solanke, Anthony Subs not used: Woodman ; Stacey, Pearson, Cahill Goals: None Bookings: Zemura, Kelly, Solanke Coach: Scott Parker Referee: Keith Stroud Venue: The Hawthorns Attendance: Andy Carroll Season at a glance Live tables Fixtures Scores Championship Premier League Championship League One League Two Scottish Premiership Scottish Div 1 Scottish Div 2 Scottish Div 3 Ligue 1 Serie A La Liga Bundesliga The visitors attacked first. Alex Mowatt opened the scoring for West Brom in the ninth minute with a superb strike Mowatt picked up the ball on the edge of the area before firing a low, hard shot into the net The West Brom midfielder is congratulated by his team-mates after giving them an early lead It was 2-0 five minutes later. But West Brom remained the more dangerous side and Mowatt drove wide from 25 yards before Semi Ajayi headed over from Mowatt's driven corner. Then, four minutes later, Andy Carroll doubled the lead with a brilliant goal in the 13th minute The former Liverpool and Newcastle striker shrugged off a challenge from Smith Carroll then composed himself before sending a powerful shot across the face of goal and in Carroll celebrates his goal with Jake Livermore as the Baggies took a deserved 2-0 lead Bournemouth head coach Parker made a switch at half-time by replacing Christie with Siriki Dembele.