Bournemouth 1 West Brom 0 - Report and pictures

His audacious back-heel flick from a low Adam Smith cross came after the Baggies had marginally outplayed their opponents in the second half.

But it was nothing less than the Cherries deserved after a dominant first-half had overshadowed Tony Pulis's visitors.

It is too much to expect one new player to immediately change a whole team.

Even though Nacer Chadli, much like the rest of his newly adopted side, grew into his competitive debut at the Vitality Stadium, for now the same strengths and weaknesses of this team remain.

Solid at the back, but toothless in attack, Albion were unable to cling on to their second successive goalless draw and now have just one win in their last 13 Premier League games.

They may have added to that tally were it not for Artur Boruc, who made a stunning reflex save from Saido Berahino during the Baggies' period of pressure in the second half.

But games are won and lost on fine margins such as these, and Albion's inability to score has predictably come back to sting them once again and at the end of the game the disgruntled away fans made their feelings felt towards Pulis.

Even though they only have three senior strikers in their squad, Hal Robson-Kanu didn't make the bench after Pulis said the Wales international would need 10 days to get up to speed.

James Morrison was also omitted from the squad for the second game running, with Pulis claiming before the game that the Scotland international had picked up a 'little knock'.

Record signing Chadli made his competitive Albion debut and 18-year-old Sam Field kept his place in central midfield after his man of the match performance against Middlesbrough.

It took Chadli and Brendan Galloway a few minutes to get their positioning sorted, and Harry Arter nearly capitalised on that in the fourth minute when he slipped Jordon Ibe in behind the left-back but the £15million winger's shot was blocked.

The former Liverpool man looked dangerous skipping in off the right wing, and 20 minutes in he put in a wicked cross that Gareth McAuley had to stretch to in order to divert it inches over his own bar.

Evans was then forced into a heroic last-ditch tackle from the resulting short corner after a Charlie Daniels back-heel allowed Simon Francis to fire in a dangerous low cross as the Baggies clung on manfully to their clean sheet.

Albion looked solid at the back, but rarely threatened going forward, and Berahino was losing every header to Bournemouth's big centre-backs on the rare occasion a clearance was pumped his way.

The 23-year-old eventually got on the ball in the 40th minute after a rare mistake from Steve Cook, but he curled his 25-yard shot over.

And he nearly scored on the stroke of half-time when he worked himself some space with a clever chest control before diverting a tough chance just over the bar.

But the first half belonged to Bournemouth, who should have scored two minutes before the whistle when Foster pushed Junior Stanislas' effort into the path of Callum Wilson.

The striker's initial cross cannoned off McAuley and back to him on a narrow angle.

Even though the ball came quickly to him, he should have put it into the gaping net with Foster stranded, but could only fire it over.

Albion looked far more adventurous after the break. Chadli had a chance to open the scoring when Craig Dawson's cross broke to him at the back post but his effort was blocked.

And two minutes later only a stunning save from Artur Boruc stopped Albion from taking the lead.

Galloway, who had looked shaky in defence, burst forward and nutmegged Smith on the byline before firing in a low cross which Boruc stuck out an arm and stopped.

The ball bobbled to Berahino four yards out but somehow the Cherries keeper, who was lying on the floor, stuck out a palm and stopped his shot.

Five minutes later he pulled off another short-range save, denying McAuley from scoring a header after his well-timed run at the corner.

The cherries were rattled, and so Eddie Howe played his trump card on the hour mark, brining Arsenal loanee Jack Wilshere on, but strangely, he decided to take Ibe off.

At the same time Pulis swapped Salomon Rondon for Berahino, and it was the Baggies who stayed on top.

Matt Phillips rattled the crossbar with a free-kick from a narrow angle as he looked for the towering presence of McAuley once more, and Fletcher whistled a volley wide of Boruc's post.

But Stanislas had a golden opportunity at the other end kicked away by Foster as the game finally started to open up. And the home side resumed control for the last 15 minutes.

Four months ago Matt Ritchie equalised eight minutes from time to deny Albion three points at this ground, but the Cherries didn't leave it that late this time.

Wilson's flick in the 79th minute proved to be the winner, and even though Pulis threw 17-year-old Jonathan Leko on for Claudio Yacob, Bournemouth looked more like grabbing a second than conceding an equaliser.

Bournemouth (4-4-2): Boruc, Smith, Cook, Francis, Daniels, Ibe (Wilshere 62), Surman, Arter, Stanislas (Gosling 73), Wilson. King (Gradel 73). Unused subs: Federici, Afobe, Smith, Wilson.

Albion (4-5-1): Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Galloway, Phillips, Field, Yacob (Leko 82), Fletcher (c) (Gardner 71), Chadli, Berahino (Rondon 62). Unused subs: Myhill, Nyom, Olsson, McClean.