Three days on from their Champions League defeat at home to Barcelona, Newcastle make the long trip south to the Vitality Stadium to take on Bournemouth in the Premier League.
Newcastle suffered defeat in their Champions League opener on Thursday night, as a stunning brace from Marcus Rashford helped seal a 1-2 victory for The Catalans on an evening where both of The Betting Desk’s selections landed.
Domestically, Eddie Howe’s men come into this clash off the back of their first victory of the campaign, as a goal from debutant Nick Woltemade sealed a 1-0 win at home to Wolves.
However, to say Newcastle’s matches have been dull away from home is an understatement, as they have played out a pair of goalless draws with Aston Villa and Leeds United in each of their opening two road trips.
After beginning the campaign with a 4-2 defeat at champions Liverpool, Bournemouth won their next two matches 1-0 at home to Wolves and away at Spurs respectively.
Andoni Iraola’s hosts then made it three wins on the bounce last weekend, as they defeated Brighton 2-1 at home on an afternoon where our man Kevin Mac landed a lovely couple of winners.
How the bookies view it: Cherries slight favourites
Bournemouth have been installed as slight favourites for this clash, with BoyleSports pricing the hosts at 7/5.
Newcastle are 17/10 to claim their first three points away from home this season, whilst the draw is 12/5.
Head to head: Bournemouth a bogey team for the Geordies
Bournemouth have proven to be a tough nut to crack for Newcastle in recent seasons, with The Cherries unbeaten in each of their previous six Premier League meetings with Newcastle, including a 1-4 romp at St James’ Park in their last clash at the turn of the year.
Players to watch: Semenyo to star again?
Antonine Semenyo has made a blistering start to the campaign, as he bagged a brace at Anfield in the Premier League curtain raiser, before setting up the only goal in Bournemouth’s 1-0 win over Wolves.
The Ghanaian winger also set up Alex Scott’s opener against Brighton, before scoring the winner from the spot, meaning the 11/8 on offer at Bet365 for him to score or assist appeals to me here.
Predicted line-ups:
Andoni Iraola appears to have a near fully fit squad at his disposal on Sunday, with only Turkish forward Enes Unal ruled out through injury.
Eddie Howe will be without winger Anthony Gordon who will serve the final match of his suspension following his red card against Liverpool.
AFC Bournemouth: Petrovic, Hill, Milosavljevic, Senesi, Truffert, Adams, Scott, Brooks, Tavernier, Semenyo, Evanilson
Newcastle United: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Elanga, Barnes, Woltemade
Anything else catch the eye?
Unlike their away matches, Bournemouth’s Premier League encounters at The Vitality tend to be low-scoring, with Under 2.5 Goals being a winning selection in 11 of their last 15.
Given 3/4 (75%) of Newcastle’s Premier League fixtures this season have featured fewer than two goals – including a pair of goalless draws in each of their opening two road trips – I like the 20/21 on offer at BoyleSports for Under 2.5 Goals.
As alluded to, The Cherries are unbeaten in each of their last six Premier League meetings with Newcastle, meaning I’m happy to back them Draw No Bet on Sunday.
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