Newcastle United vs AFC Bournemouth Preview

Newcastle United host AFC Bournemouth at St. James’ Park on Saturday, with both sides looking to build on contrasting starts to the Premier League campaign.

The hosts arrive in decent shape. Their most recent outing was a 2-0 win at Tottenham. Prior to that, they beat West Brom 3-2 in the EFL Cup. Before that, a 2-2 draw with Liverpool at St. James’ Park. Earlier in this run, a 1-1 draw with Strasbourg before losing 3-2 on penalties, and before that a 1-2 home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen.

Bournemouth’s form has been shakier. Their most recent result was a 1-1 draw at home to Everton. Prior to that, a 1-2 loss away at Manchester City. Before that, a 1-2 defeat at Mainz. Earlier in this run, a 2-2 draw at Betis, and before that a 10-1 win over Genoa.

The head-to-head record favours Bournemouth, who have won two of the last five meetings, with two draws and one win for Newcastle. Most recently, Bournemouth won 2-1 at St. James’ Park in April. In the previous encounter, Newcastle went through on penalties in the FA Cup (7-6) after a 3-3 draw in the FA Cup, also at St. James’ Park.

Newcastle currently sit sixth in the Premier League table with four points from two games (one win, one draw), a goal difference of +2. Bournemouth are down in 14th with a single point from two matches (one draw, one loss) and a goal difference of -1. That leaves Newcastle three points clear of their visitors heading into this one, with both sides still shaping their early-season form.

In the UK, the match is live on TNT Sports 1 and available to stream via HBO Max, with TalkSport Radio UK also carrying commentary. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on fuboTV and USA Network. The game is also available in Germany on Sky Sport Premier League and in Canada via DAZN Canada.

Possible Lineups

Newcastle United (4-2-3-1) Hall, Barnes, Botman, Miley, Hornicek, Nico, Thiaw, Wissa, Willock, Elanga, Dedic

AFC Bournemouth (4-2-3-1) Petrovic, Truffert, Hill, Cook, Smith, Scott, Silva, Tavernier, Kluivert, Evanilson, Rayan

Newcastle United Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Tottenham	0-2	Newcastle	PL	29.08.26
✅	Newcastle	3-2	West Brom	EFL	26.08.26
🤝	Newcastle	2-2	Liverpool	PL	23.08.26
❌	Newcastle	1(2)-1(3)	Strasbourg	CF	16.08.26
❌	Newcastle	1-2	Bayer Leverkusen	CF	15.08.26

AFC Bournemouth Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
🤝	Bournemouth	1-1	Everton	PL	29.08.26
❌	Manchester City	2-1	Bournemouth	PL	23.08.26
❌	Mainz	2-1	Bournemouth	CF	15.08.26
🤝	Betis	2-2	Bournemouth	CF	08.08.26
✅	Bournemouth	10-1	Genoa	CF	04.08.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Newcastle	1-2	Bournemouth	PL	18.04.26
Newcastle	3(7)-3(6)	Bournemouth	FAC	10.01.26
Bournemouth	0-0	Newcastle	PL	21.09.25
Newcastle	1-4	Bournemouth	PL	18.01.25
Bournemouth	1-1	Newcastle	PL	25.08.24

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	TNT Sports 1 / HBO Max / TalkSport Radio UK
Ireland Republic	TNT Sports 1 / HBO Max / TalkSport Radio UK
USA	fuboTV / USA Network
Canada	DAZN Canada / fuboTV Canada
Germany	Sky Sport Premier League
France	Canal+ France / myCANAL
Spain	DAZN Spain
Australia	Stan Sport
India	Star Sports Select HD1 / JioHotstar

Table

POS.	TEAM	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Manchester City	2	2	0	0	6	2	4	6
2	Arsenal	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	6
3	Hull City	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	6
4	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	7	5	2	6
5	Brentford	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	4
6	Newcastle United	2	1	1	0	4	2	2	4
7	Everton	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	4
8	Leeds United	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	0	1	7	4	3	3
10	Manchester United	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	3
11	Sunderland	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
12	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	1	4	6	-2	3
13	Liverpool	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
14	AFC Bournemouth	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
15	Nottingham Forest	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
16	Fulham	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2	0
17	Coventry City	2	0	0	2	4	8	-4	0
18	Crystal Palace	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5	0
19	Aston Villa	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0
20	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0