Bournemouth v Newcastle

Bournemouth vs Newcastle Preview

Bournemouth return to the more familiar surroundings of their Vitality Stadium for Saturday evening's clash with Newcastle United but even with home advantage behind them, The Cherries will head into this encounter having been dealt a severe 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Manchester City, while Newcastle United extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to seven games with a 1-0 home win against Arsenal.

Bournemouth had previously registered a 2-1 home win against Burnley but that has been The Cherries' only success in what has otherwise been a lean and dismal campaign so far for the south coast club who have suffered seven defeats within their opening 11 games overall, including losses at home to Tottenham, Arsenal and Wolves respectively, so this upcoming clash with high-flying Newcastle United looks another tough assignment.

The bigger picture shows Bournemouth have managed to capture just one win from their previous 15 matches overall in the English top flight and this poor sequence of results include no fewer than 11 defeats which do not bode well for The Cherries.

Goals also look likely on Saturday evening as eight of Bournemouth's 11 games to date this season have resulted in Over 2.5 goals.

Newcastle United recorded what could prove to be an important win against Arsenal last weekend with a 1-0 home win at St James' Park which also extended The Magpies' unbeaten run in the domestic top flight to seven games overall, including five wins and two draws.

Although Eddie Howe's side slumped to a worrying three-match losing streak following their opening day 5-1 massacre of Aston Villa, being handed losses by Manchester City, Liverpool and Brighton, the north-east club have more than made amends in recent weeks and the visitors now sit on the fringes of the top five pack in the Premier League table.

Goals look likely to figure here on Saturday evening where Newcastle are concerned as Eddie Howe's side have scored in each of their last nine league matches while seven of Newcastle's 11 games overall so far this season have resulted in Over 2.5 goals.

Newcastle's results away from home though have been a little more modest as The Magpies have picked up just one win from their last seven outings on the road but again goals have remained prominent as eight of Newcastle's last 10 away games have also resulted in Over 2.5 goals.

Bournemouth v Newcastle United Verdict

Newcastle United manager, Eddie Howe, returns to his former club looking to get one over his former employers and although The Magpies should take the three points here, it's the prospect of goals that are keenly anticipated prior to this clash on Saturday evening.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 2.5 goals @ 1.65

Other side bets worth considering:

Newcastle Utd win & Over 2.5 goals @ 2.40

Correct Score: Newcastle Utd 3-1 @ 13.00