NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. AFC Bournemouth and Newcastle United draw 1-1. P. Billing scored the first goal (62′) for AFC Bournemouth. A. Isak equalized (67′) with a penalty. Newcastle United was definitely better in terms of ball possession (73%)​

The match was played at the St. James’ Park stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 52,238 spectators.​ The referee was Craig Pawson who had the assistance of Marc Perry and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Chris Kavanagh. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.5 degrees Celsius or 59.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Newcastle United was in firm control of the ball 73% while AFC Bournemouth was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle United was more aggressive with 99 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Newcastle United to win the match​.

Newcastle United shot 20 times, 7 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, AFC Bournemouth shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards (Joelinton and D. Burn). Regarding the opposition, AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards (R. Christie and M. Tavernier).

Standings

After this match, Newcastle United will have 8 points like Leeds United and AFC Bournemouth to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, AFC Bournemouth will have 8 points like Newcastle United and Leeds United to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Newcastle United will play away with Leeds United on the 13th of May with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Newcastle United (2 draws).

AFC Bournemouth will play away agasint Crystal Palace on the 13th of May with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Crystal Palace (5 draws).

Newcastle United – Formation

Newcastle United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Eddie Howe decided to play with the following team: Nick Pope (6.4), Kieran Trippier (7.3), Fabian Schär (7.1), Dan Burn (7.1), Matt Targett (6.2), Joe Willock (6.8), Bruno Guimarães (7.0), Joelinton (6.9), Miguel Almirón (7.1), Alexander Isak (7.6) and Ryan Fraser (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Loris Karius, Jacob Murphy (6.4), Jamaal Lascelles, Chris Wood (6.9), Sean Longstaff (6.4), Sven Botman, Matt Ritchie, Javier Manquillo and Jamal Lewis.

Substitutions

Newcastle United made 3 changes: R. Fraser for J. Murphy (71′), B. Guimaraes for S. Longstaff (72′) and M. Almiron for C. Wood (89′).

Best player: Alexander Isak​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle United was Alexander Isak.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 16 passes (68% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

AFC Bournemouth – Formation

AFC Bournemouth started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Gary O\’Neil played with: Neto (7.8), Adam Smith (6.5), Chris Mepham (6.2), Marcos Senesi (6.6), Jordan Zemura (7.6), Lewis Cook (6.8), Jefferson Lerma (6.4), Marcus Tavernier (7.3), Philip Billing (7.7), Ryan Christie (6.9) and Dominic Solanke (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kieffer Moore, Jaidon Anthony (6.5), Jack Stacey (6.8), Siriki Dembélé, Jamal Lowe, Junior Stanislas, Mark Travers, Emiliano Marcondes and Jack Stephens.

Substitutions

AFC Bournemouth made 4 changes: M. Tavernier for J. Anthony (80′), R. Christie for J. Stacey (87′), P. Billing for J. Stephens (90′) and D. Solanke for K. Moore (90′).

Best player: Neto​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AFC Bournemouth was the goalkeeper: Neto. His rating is 7.84. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Manchester City – 0-3
• Tottenham Hotspur – Leicester City – 6-2
• Newcastle United – AFC Bournemouth – 1-1