Newcastle United hosts AFC Bournemouth in matchup of two surprisingly good sides. Newcastle is back in the top four, as they’ve won their last six Premier League matches and the past nine across all competitions. Are they title contenders? It’s not outside the realm of possibility.
Meanwhile 8th place AFC Bournemouth are undefeated (6W4D) in their last 10. Here they sit in eighth place, contending for the first UEFA competition berth in their history.
AFC Bournemouth at Newcastle United FYIs
Kick: Sat. Jan. 18, 12:30pm, St. James Park, Newcastle, UK
Newcastle United Preview Material: Team News Starting XI Prediction
Google Result Probability: Newcastle Win 59% Draw 22% AFC Bournemouth Win 19%
And the way that they’re playing, a Conference League, or maybe even a Europa League berth, could be in the cards for the Cherries.
That is an amazing accomplishment for a club that was just promoted to the Premier League in 2022-23.
This is just a phenomenal job being done here by Andoni Iraola. So who will keep the positive momentum going in the Saturday lunch time fixture?
Newcastle United Starting XI Prediction vs AFC Bournemouth
Martin Dubravka; Tino Livramento, Lloyd Kelly, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall; Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton; Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon
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