Bournemouth vs Newcastle United Matchday Stats Preview

Bournemouth have won just one of their last nine Premier League games against Newcastle (D5 L3), having won two of their first three against the Magpies (L1).

Having kept a clean sheet in their first Premier League meeting with Bournemouth (1-0 in November 2015), Newcastle have conceded at least once in each of their last 11 against the Cherries.

Bournemouth have won none of their last eight Premier League games in August (D3 L5) since a 2-0 win over Aston Villa in 2022. In those eight winless games, the Cherries have scored three times while shipping 23.

Newcastle are looking to win their opening two Premier League matches in a season for the first time since the 1997-98 campaign under Kenny Dalglish.

19 of Bournemouth’s last 25 Premier League goals have been netted in the second half, with 65.5% of the goals they’ve netted under Andoni Iraola coming after the break (36/55). In Premier League history among managers whose sides have 50+ goals, only Michael Laudrup (72.4%) and Steve Clarke (66.2%) have seen a higher share of goals scored in the second half of matches.

Newcastle United won 1-0 with a goal from Joelinton on MD1 against Southampton despite playing with 10 men from the 28th minute onwards and enjoying just 22.2% possession. It was the Magpies’ lowest possession in a Premier League win since August 2019 against Spurs (19.8%) – a game they also won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Joelinton.

Newcastle United’s away Premier League matches last season saw 76 goals scored (36 for, 40 against), the most by a team in a season since Chelsea in 2019-20 (77 – 39 for, 38 against). Eight of their 10 away games in 2024 have seen at least four goals scored with an overall average of 4.4 goals per game.

Antoine Semenyo has scored six goals in his last 13 Premier League starts for Bournemouth. His goal against Nottingham Forest was his 10th in the competition overall, the seventh Ghanaian to score 10+ goals; the only African countries with more players on 10 goals are Nigeria (17), Senegal (14) and Côte d'Ivoire (10).

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has never beaten former club Bournemouth in the Premier League in four attempts (D3 L1). The Cherries are one of only three sides Howe has faced but failed to defeat, along with Luton (D1 L1) and Man City (D1 L15).

Bournemouth’s Alex Scott made eight tackles in their 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest on MD1, the joint most by a Cherries player in a Premier League match. He also won 13 duels, four more than any other player in the game.