Newcastle vs Bournemouth

Match summary

Newcastle and Bournemouth shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Bournemouth led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marcus Tavernier put Bournemouth ahead in the 9th minute, Thiaw's own goal made it 0-2 in the 35th minute, and Harvey Barnes pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 37th minute, set up by Lewis Hall. In the second half, Jacob Ramsey equalised in the 88th minute.

Bournemouth had the better of the chances, with 1.68 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Newcastle's 0.78 from 8.

Newcastle dominated possession with fifty-eight percent of the ball and registered four corners against three, but Bournemouth created the greater volume of opportunities during this Premier League fixture. The visitors recorded seventeen shots compared to eight from their opponents, registering five attempts on target to two and finishing with an expected goals tally of one point sixty-eight against zero point seventy-eight. Newcastle completed four hundred and fifty-nine passes at an accuracy of eighty-two percent, while Bournemouth mounted ninety attacks and committed seventeen fouls, accumulating three yellow cards alongside Newcastle's two cautions.

Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring for Bournemouth in the ninth minute with a left-footed shot following a notable chance. Malick Thiaw then turned the ball into his own net in the thirty-fifth minute to extend Bournemouth's lead to two goals. Harvey Barnes immediately responded for Newcastle with a right-footed shot in the thirty-seventh minute to reduce the deficit before half-time. Following multiple substitutions for both sides in the second half, Jacob Ramsey secured a draw for Newcastle in the eighty-eighth minute by converting a right-footed shot, leaving the final score level at two goals apiece.