Having lost their first two Premier League home games against Bournemouth, Newcastle are now unbeaten in their last three against them at St. James’ Park (W2 D1).

Bournemouth are looking to complete a league double over Newcastle for the first time, with this the seventh different league campaign in which they’ve met.

Newcastle United have shipped 10 goals in their last three home Premier League games, conceding at least three times in each game, as many goals as they had conceded in their previous 16 at St. James’ Park combined. They have never conceded 3+ goals in four consecutive home league games in their history.

Bournemouth have scored at least once in 14 of their last 15 Premier League games (26 goals total), failing only at home to Liverpool in January (0-4 defeat). Away from home, the Cherries have netted in their last eight (15 goals total), their longest ever such run in the top-flight.

Newcastle have scored 51 Premier League goals in 24 matches this season – it’s the earliest into a top-flight season they’ve hit 50+ goals since 1960-61 (23rd game). Across nine seasons in the Premier League between 2012-13 and 2021-22, the Magpies didn’t score 50+ goals in a season once.

Since a run in which they scored two or more goals in seven Premier League games in a row, netting 18 goals, Bournemouth have only scored four goals in their last five league matches, and never more than once in those games. Their shot conversion rate has been 5% in their last five league games, compared to 16% in their previous seven.

Eddie Howe has faced Bournemouth three times in the Premier League since leaving them, and is winless in all three (D2 L1). Indeed, Newcastle managers have won just one of their last 13 Premier League matches against teams they have previously managed (D4 L8), a 3-0 win for Rafael Benítez against Chelsea in May 2018.

Since the start of last season, Newcastle United have conceded a goal, on average, every 43 minutes in the Premier League with Martin Dúbravka in goal at St. James’ Park; with Nick Pope as goalkeeper, they have conceded a goal every 131 minutes on home soil in the league in this time.

Defender Fabian Schär has scored three goals in his last three Premier League matches for Newcastle United, scoring from eight attempts at goal in those games (37.5% shot conversion). His previous three goals came over a period of 82 games with 96 shots attempted (3% conversion).

Dominic Solanke has been directly involved in 15 Premier League goals this season for Bournemouth (13 goals, 2 assists), while away from home, Solanke has scored eight times and assisted five more goals in his last 16 appearances on the road in the league.