Saturday sees the Cherries in Toon, as Eddie Howe makes another attempt to record a first Premier League success for the Magpies against his former club.
Although Newcastle have beaten Bournemouth at SJP in both Carabao Cup and FA Cup ties under Howe, they are winless in all seven home or away PL meetings to date - drawing five and losing the other two.
Since our FA Cup success at SJP on penalties in January, Andoni Iraola's side are unbeaten in all 11 fixtures.
Saturday will be Bournemouth's first game since their Spanish coach confirmed that he won't be renewing his contract at the end of the season.
It's an old-fashioned, non-televised 3pm start.
The visitors have taken an allocation of 1,726 tickets.
Former Magpies Andy Cole and Tony Cunningham will be on the field before kick-off as part of Show Racism The Red Card's 30th anniversary activities.
The duo and nine other SJP old boys form the Magpies first eleven black players, to be commemorated in banner form by Wor Flags and forming an exhibition in the Milburn Stand:
Howard Gayle, Tony Cunningham, Mirandinha, Franz Carr, Justin Fashanu, Andrew Cole, Ruel Fox, Les Ferdinand, Shaka Hislop, Tino Asprilla, John Barnes.
(We're unsure the Robledo brothers weren't included, given that the equivalent Boro XI includes Lindy Delapenha from back in the 1950s).
Team: Bruno Guimaraes is back in training and may feature in Saturday's matchday squad, having missed the last 12 games in all competitions. In his absence, United have collected six PL points from a possible 18.
Joelinton begins a two game suspension while both Fabian Schar and Emil Krafth remain out.
Coral rate this game as follows:
NUFC win 19/20
The draw 14/5
AFCB win 5/2
AFCB: Justin Kluivert and Lewis Cook remain out, while Julio Soler is doubtful.
Ahead of their visit to Tyneside, Bournemouth ended a run of five successive Premier League draws with a 2-1 victory at Arsenal.
That extended their unbeaten PL run to 12 games home and away and seven on the road (four draws and three wins).
Referee: Tom Bramall - third PL game involving Newcastle this season for the Sheffield whistler, after the 2-2 home draw with Spurs and 1-2 loss at Manchester City.
Bramall was also in charge of the FA Cup meeting between United and Bournemouth in January.
VAR: Matt Donohue
UK TV: None
UK Radio: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Rail: Scheduled disruptions are online here
Stats:
Cherries in Toon - all-time:
2025/26 drew 3-3 Barnes 2, Gordon (FA) (won 7-6 pens)
2024/25 lost 1-4 Guimaraes (PL)
2023/24 drew 2-2 Gordon pen, Ritchie (PL)
2022/23 won 1-0 og (LC)
2022/23 drew 1-1 the rat (pen) (PL)
2019/20 won 2-1 Yedlin, Clark (PL)
2018/19 won 2-1 Rondon 2 (PL)
2017/18 lost 0-1 (PL)
2015/16 lost 1-3 Perez (PL)
1991/92 drew 2-2 Hunt 2 (FA) (lost 3-4 pens)
1989/90 won 3-0 Anderson, Quinn 2 (D2)
1972/73 won 2-0 Macdonald, og (FA)
Did well with his goal last week, to be fair.
