West Bromwich Albion slumped to a club record-equalling seventh consecutive Premier League defeat this afternoon as Bournemouth came from behind to record a late 2-1 victory over Alan Pardew's basement-dwelling Baggies.
The visitors looked to have been on course for a crucial victory at the Vitality Stadium when Jay Rodriguez gave them a deserved lead early in the second half.
However, Jordon Ibe levelled things up with 13 minutes remaining before Junior Stanislas produced an exquisite free kick in the 89th minute to steal the win and leave the Baggies 10 points from safety.
Find out how all of the action unfolded courtesy of Sports Mole's minute-by-minute updates below.
These two sides last met on the opening day of the season and West Brom's win that day would have buoyed their confidence as much as it deflated Bournemouth's. The landscape has changed significantly since then, though, and the Baggies come into this match needing a win to keep their faint hopes of survival alive.
We will have a closer look at both teams a little later, but first let's check out the team news...
Well, the headline as far as the home side are concerned is that Josh King returns to the starting lineup this afternoon, having missed out against Tottenham last time out. Lys Mousset drops to the bench to make room for King, who has been battling a neck injury but is deemed fit enough to start here.
King's pace and power could cause plenty of problems for the West Brom defence, although he has not been able to make as big an impact at the start of 2018 as he did at at the start of 2017.
That switch will also see a shuffle in terms of personnel as Smith - who has been playing as a right midfielder in recent weeks - goes to left-back in order to accommodate Ibe.
Wilson's inclusion means that Jermain Defoe has to once again settle for a place on the bench, with the striker having struggled to work his way back into the first team following an injury-hit campaign. Time is running out for Defoe to put his name forward as a possibility for England's World Cup squad this summer.
Eddie Howe is also able to call upon Ryan Fraser off the bench, with the winger having overcome a back problem to be included amongst the substitutes this afternoon.
There has been plenty of speculation over the future of Evans beyond this season - with relegation reportedly triggering a clause in his contract to make him available for just £3m - but for now his sole focus must be on giving the Baggies a fighting chance of staying in the division.
Pardew has generally put out more attacking formations than his predecessor Tony Pulis did during his time in charge of the Baggies, but that hasn't exactly shown in the results and it is no real surprise to see Pardew make some changes today.
the inclusion of Livermore and Yacob in the middle of the park is a slightly defensive one from Pardew, but he knows that his side have been too easy to get at in recent weeks and the changes are no doubt designed to improve that.
Rondon in particular will be the one expected to provide the most problems to the Bournemouth defence, but he will need help around him as he is much more adept at holding the ball up and paying others in than putting it in the back of the net himself.
The solitary clean sheet in that time did come in an impressive 3-0 victory over Chelsea, but they have gone five games without one since then and that will be a concern for Eddie Howe.
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The Cherries are also doing the business at the other end of the field too, scoring in each of their last 11 Premier League games - their best-ever goalscoring run in the top flight.
Spurs roared back to eventually win 4-1 at Dean Court - a scoreline which was harsh on Bournemouth but made it 19 points the Cherries have thrown away from winning positions this season. Only today's opponents West Brom have surrendered more points.
The Cherries are currently 12th in the table and six points clear of the relegation zone so, while they are by no means safe yet, it is looking likely that they will manage to get themselves over the line.
Bournemouth will also be buoyed by the fact that they are only one point and one place worse off than the same stage of last season, when they went to to finish ninth. Four of Bournemouth's last eight games come against teams currently below them in the table too, so things are looking rosy for the Cherries.
Tottenham's win last weekend leaves Bournemouth looking to avoid consecutive defeats for the first time since before Christmas, but even counting that 4-1 home defeat at the hands of Mauricio Pochettino's side Bournemouth have been in decent form since Christmas, with only Man City and Spurs losing fewer games in the Premier League.
Another defeat this afternoon would make it two in a row at home for the first time since their opening two of the season, although despite avoided back-to-back losses since then Bournemouth still have one of the worst home records in the division, with only Crystal Palace, Southampton and West Brom picking up fewer points in front of their own fans.
A 1-0 win at Burnley in their first away game of the season was a promising start having failed to win any in 2017 prior to that, but they have since gone 14 without a win on the road, picking up only four points from a possible 42 in that time - including five defeats from their last six.
The Baggies have picked up only seven points on their travels this season, while no team has scored fewer goals than their seven either. One relatively bright note is that they have 'only' conceded 23 away goals - fewer than 10 other teams including Liverpool and Arsenal - but when you have scored only seven that is still a losing formula.
Things look very bleak for Alan Pardew's side, with eight points separating them from safety - and seven points from 19th place - with only eight games of the season remaining. The Baggies board will reportedly not sack Pardew until the summer, but they are likely to be planning for the Championship already.
West Brom's current run is particularly bad, with the Baggies having lost all of their last seven games across all competitions, including six in a row in the Premier League.
It all looked so promising for West Brom when they began the season with back-to-back wins - including beating Bournemouth in the reverse fixture - but they have won just one of their 28 league games since then.
The last team to have has 20 points after 30 games and still survive was Crystal Palace, who achieved the remarkable comeback in 1969-70.
That run-in makes today's game all the more important, although Pardew is winless in his three previous Premier League matches against Eddie Howe, drawing one and losing two.
It is hard to see past a Bournemouth win today. West Brom should be fighting for their lives, but instead they seem to be going down with a whimper and their form both in general and away from home is impossible to ignore. We're going for a convincing home win.
SPORTS MOLE SAYS: Bournemouth 3-0 West Brom
That includes the reverse fixture on the opening day of the season as Ahmed Hegazi scored the only goal of the game at The Hawthorns, and should West Brom win again today then they would complete the league double over Bournemouth for the first time since 1992-93, when both sides were in the third tier.
The most recent of those came in September 2016, when Callum Wilson scored the only goal of the game 11 minutes from time to hand the Cherries all three points.
However, the Baggies have never won three consecutive games against Bournemouth, which is something they could change this afternoon.
BOURNEMOUTH STARTING XI: Begovic; Francis, S Cook, Ake, Smith; Stanislas, L Cook, Gosling, Ibe; King; Wilson
WEST BROM STARTING XI: Foster; Dawson, Evans, Hegazi, Gibbs; Nyom, Livermore, Yacob, Brunt; Rodriguez, Rondon
Neither side have been able to conjure up any really good chances, but the best have fallen the way of West Brom despite Bournemouth seeing the majority of the ball. It is still all to play for in the coming 45 minutes, though, and this is all about which team is able to take the game by the scruff of the neck.
Rondon should have perhaps done better considering his aerial ability, but he could only flick his header straight at Begovic. Rondon has looked the most likely for the Baggies, but he hasn't had a great deal to feed off.
The visitors have looked more likely to break the deadlock than Bournemouth, though, with the hosts yet to have a single clear chance - their only minor sights of goal seeing Gosling's looping header saved and Daniels draw a stop from Foster from range.
West Brom take a deserved lead through Rodriguez, and it is really poor defending from Bournemouth as they again concede from a cross. Gibbs's ball to the back post finds Rondon up against Ake, and he nods it back down inside for Rodriguez, who is able to take a touch and fire home on the turn from inside the six-yard box.
3 - Jay Rodriguez has netted three goals in his four Premier League appearances against Bournemouth; against no other side has he scored more (also 3 v Newcastle and Stoke). Opener.
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The winger lines up a free kick from a similar position to two he has already had, and this time he gets it spot on with a brilliant curling effort inside the post which leaves Foster with no chance.
This will be a tough one to take for the Baggies - they were the better side for much of this match and looking like going on to pick up all three points, but a late comeback from Bournemouth condemned them to a seventh consecutive league defeat. The gap to safety is now 10 points, and you have to say that West Brom are all but down now.
Thank you very much for joining Sports Mole for today's match as Bournemouth inflict more misery on West Brom courtesy of a late comeback at Dean Court. I will leave you with our match report, and be sure to stick around for reaction too.
From me, though, it is goodbye for now!