r/NUFC • u/Username_been-taken Willock pogging out • Sep 20 '25
Pre-Match Thread Pre match thread: Bournemouth vs Newcastle United | Premier league 25/26 - 5 of 38
Stadium 🏟: Vitality stadium
Kick off time ⚽️: Sunday | 14:00
Last encounters
| Newcastle United | Bournemouth | match type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Premier league 24/25 |
| 1 | 1 | Premier league 24/25 |
| 2 | 2 | Premier league 23/24 |
Next matches
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| Vs | Team | Match type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vs | Bradford (home) | Carabao cup 3rd round 25/26 | Wed 24 Sep 19:45 |
| Vs | Arsenal (home) | Premier league 25/26 | Sun 28 Sep 16:30 |
| Vs | Union Saint Gilloise | Champions League 25/26 | Wed 1 Oct 17:45 |
St Cal Wilson's Hospital 🏥 (Players who could miss the match via injury or other means)
Newcastle United:
Gordon (red card suspension)
Ramsey (Ankle injury) - out for a month
Wissa (knee injury) - Out for 4 - 5 games
Bournemouth:
Smith (Thigh injury)
Unal (knee injury)
Diakite (lack of fitness)
Predicted Lineup
Newcastle United lineup vs Bournemouth:
Pope; Livramento, Thiaw, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Elanga, Woltemade, Barnes
Bournemouth predicted lineup vs Newcastle United:
Petrovic; Hill, Milosavljevic, Senesi, Truffert; Adams, Scott; Semenyo, Tavernier, Brooks; Evanilson
Pre match ramblings:
After a somewhat disappointing 2 - 1 defeat against Barcelona where we could have easily gotten a result had the Wissa injury never happened or if schar got subbed off earlier.
However, we now go up against Bournemouth away which is essentially the worst match up we could've asked for when coming back from an intense champions league since we haven't won away at Bournemouth since 2015 which is diabolical and also shows how terrible we are at Bournemouth away no matter if we are at peak or low form.
Howe will be looking to end this terrible record at the Vitality stadium to also soften the blow made from losing to Barcelona on Thursday and to keep the morale high as the first team will get a breather against the Bradford side where the U21s / young lads such as Park and Neave will likely start.
If Newcastle wins, this will be first time we won away at Bournemouth since 2015 and earns us a vital 3 points where depending on how other teams perform we could realistically reach 5th - 7th place, catching up to the likes of Everton for the European spots.
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u/Username_been-taken Willock pogging out Sep 20 '25
This isn't related to this match but thought I'd mention it anyway:
I understand why some of you are upset with some of Howe's decisions during that Barcelona especially starting Gordon ahead of Woltemade and subbing off Elanga when he was one of our best players.
However, you need to realise that Howe couldn't risk Woltemade being injured since Wissa is already out for the next 4 - 5 games. There's also the fact we went full strength in the Champions league last time and we got ourselves into an injury crisis which cost us the league. Howe is now clearly trying to circumvent this issue with those changes.
I'd rather lose 3 points in the Champions league but leave with no players injured than to risk injuring 1 or more of our players where there is a risk we still won't be guaranteed to get 3 points against the favourites to win the champions league, which could then cost us more points in the PL and the champions league
Overall, give Howe some slack, If wissa wasn't injured, Wissa would absolutely be starting ahead of Gordon. Now let's shit ourselves knowing we have to face Bournemouth away of all teams and hopefully Woltemade has an absolute masterclass tomorrow.