Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Newcastle United & AFC Bournemouth face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Newcastle United form and stats
Newcastle United participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.18 points is a decent return from 8 Premier League games here at St. James' Park for Newcastle United. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Newcastle United's last game was hosting Chelsea and winning 1-0. Trippier, defender, was given a rating of 7.53/10 in that game, top of the team. Trippier hit two key passes and won 8 of 15 duels.
Ahead of that match, Newcastle United won a home game hosting Chelsea (1-0).With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), Newcastle's attacking play is working. Newcastle United are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. James' Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
AFC Bournemouth's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for AFC Bournemouth so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Bournemouth won their last game, 3-0 versus Everton played at home. Midfielder Tavernier was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.71. Tavernier scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
Before that one, the win at home hosting Everton in the Carabao Cup (4-1).
AFC Bournemouth find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. The Bournemouth defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Newcastle United have not lost in the last 6 matches (3-3-0) against AFC Bournemouth.Top Goalscorers
  M. Almirón Rejala 8 goals |  C. Wilson 6 goals |   P. Billing 4 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
AFC Bournemouth missing players
| Newcastle United | AFC Bournemouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 51 | 27 | Scored | S | 18 | 36 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 31 | 44 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 37 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 32 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 30 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Fulham | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Brentford | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 16 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Everton | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -19 | 13 |
| 19 | Southampton | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 12 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 10 |
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