Eddie Howe has been impressed with the methods of Marco Silva as he prepares to do battle with the Watford head coach again at the Vitality Stadium tomorrow.

Bournemouth go into their first home game of the new season looking for a first point after being beaten 1-0 at West Bromwich Albion on the opening day, while the Hornets will be buoyed after scoring an injury-time equaliser to earn a pulsating 3-3 draw with Liverpool at Vicarage Road.

"They had a good shape against Liverpool and you could see that Marco Silva has worked with them, they have always been able to bring good players in and this summer's been no difference," the Cherries boss said.

"We played Hull in Marco Silva's first game and that day Hull were very impressive, came from a goal down and were very strong. He built spirit from quite a low ebb.

"After the game he also left an impression on me, he was very friendly and knowledgeable and had done his research about the Premier League.

"It doesn't surprise me that he is still in the league with a job."

The Amersham-born boss admitted “there were some positives at West Brom, but not too many” and continued: "We expected a difficult game and we dominated possession, but didn't do enough with it - which is unlike us really as we saw from last season.

"We wanted to get up and running and get the momentum early on, so we're disappointed by that.

"(Against Watford), we need to get our tempo and passing moving and if we do that we will have a good chance."

Matches between the two teams have been close affairs in recent seasons, with the last four fixtures - and six of the past seven meetings - ending in draws.