BOURNEMOUTHVNEWCASTLE

Match insight

Bournemouth and Newcastle both sit clear of any zone pressure right now, making this a fairly even contest on the numbers. Newcastle currently sit 7 places and 5 points above Bournemouth in the table — 11th against 18th. Bournemouth have taken 3 points from their last 5, against 7 for Newcastle over the same stretch. Bournemouth's underlying rating suggests a stronger side than the actual table currently shows — about 6 places off where our metrics alone would put them.