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Newcastle v Bournemouth line-ups
Newcastle: Dubravka; Livramento, Botman, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
Subs: Odysseas, Trippier, Schar, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley.
Bournemouth: Kepa; Cook, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Christie, Adams; Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo; Ouattara.
Subs: Travers, McKenna, Jebbison, Silcott-Duberry, Adu-Adjei, Akinmboni, Winterburn, Kinsey, Rees-Dottin
Early Newcastle team news
Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope remains out with a knee injury but the club can call on Martin Dubravka, who has proved a more than capable deputy, following the news that rumours of his imminent move to Saudi Arabia were greatly exaggerated.
Callum Wilson and Harvey Barnes are both sidelined with thigh injuries, while long-term absentee Jamaal Lascelles is back in training but still a long way off full fitness. Fabian Schar trained yesterday following his recovery from illness but may not be ready to feature today. Miguel Almiron is expected to be named in Newcastle’s matchday squad despite reports linking him with a £10m return to MLS side Atalanta.
“It’s not ideal,” said Eddie Howe of the prospect of losing the Paraguayan winger. “But I don’t think it would be ideal from anyone’s viewpoint. From our perspective, we don’t want to lose players but we know the reality of PSR [profit and sustainability rules] and our ongoing management of that. We are making decisions not based on football but making ones for the future.”
Early Bournemouth team news
Much was made the of the fact that Bournemouth only had 12 fit senior players to choose from for their midweek draw against Chelsea and their list of lame and halt makes for grim reading.
Their strikers Enes Unal and Evanilson are both sidelined, with the former out for the rest of the season, while Marcos Senesi, Julian Araujo, Marcus Tavernier, Adam Smith, Alex Scott, Luis Sinsterra, James Hill and Julio Soler are also unavailable.
“It’s not going to be the most difficult starting XI to guess,” said Andoni Iraola in his pre-match press conference. “We are not going to recover anyone from the other day. Half the teams in the Premier League have seven, eight or nine injuries – but in our very short squad, we suffer it more.”
Premier League: Newcastle v Bournemouth
Seeking a club record tenth consecutive win in all competitions, Newcastle host a Bournemouth side who are unbeaten in 10 and also enjoying something of a purple patch going into the game selected for today’s televised early kick-off.
Bournemouth fans already inconvenienced by the prospect of a 700-mile round-trip could probably do without the additional hassle of an early start but it’s no great surprise that they have been treated so shabbily by the powers that be.
A win today for Newcastle will take them third in the table above Nottingham Forest on goal difference, while Bournemouth will overtake Manchester City and Aston Villa to go sixth, should they take all three points. Kick-off at St James’ Park is at 12.30pm (GMT) but we’ll be here in the meantime with team news and build-up.
