In a weekend match in week 8, on Sat Sep 17th, AFC Bournemouth and Newcastle United will play a match in Newcastle upon Tyne in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Newcastle United is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Crystal Palace. Newcastle United had 22 on net, and Crystal Palace had 20, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Newcastle United is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed AFC Bournemouth, recorded a 3-2 win against Nottingham Forest. Cheikhou Kouyaté scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the 33rd minute, then Brennan Johnson added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 87th minute on a goal by Jaidon Anthony. AFC Bournemouth is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
AFC Bournemouth is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jaidon Anthony and Dominic Solanke each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Kieran Trippier and Callum Wilson are the top scorers for Newcastle United in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Eddie Howe’s squad will be without Allan Saint-Maximin, Jamaal Lascelles, Callum Wilson, Alexander Isak, Emil Krafth, Jonjo Shelvey and Bruno Guimarães, while Gary O’Neil’s squad will be without Junior Stanislas, David Brooks and Ben Pearson.