Team news: Magpies unchanged for Cherries clash | OneFootball

The Magpies head coach has opted not to shuffle his pack for the visit of his former club, with United having beaten Wolves 3-0 on Wednesday night in their last outing, which was their ninth win in a row.

The Cherries, meanwhile, are on an unbeaten run of their own which could stretch to ten Premier League games if they avoid defeat at St. James' Park, but to do so they'll have to topple a settled and in-form Newcastle side.

Martin Dúbravka is in goal behind a backline of Tino Livramento, Sven Botman, Dan Burn and Lewis Hall.

Howe's midfield triumvirate again features skipper Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali and Joelinton, while further forward Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon will continue to share the attacking burden with Alexander Isak, who has 11 goals in his last nine games.

Fabian Schär is back on the bench following illness, with fellow defenders Kieran Trippier and Lloyd Kelly also named.

Sean Longstaff, Joe Willock and Lewis Miley provide midfield reinforcements, with Miguel Almirón and Will Osula ready to be deployed to bolster the Magpies' attack if required. Odysseas Vlachodimos is the substitute goalkeeper.

Newcastle United: Martin Dúbravka; Tino Livramento, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall; Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton; Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon.

Substitutes: Odysseas Vlachodimos, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schär, Lloyd Kelly, Sean Longstaff, Lewis Miley, Joe Willock, Miguel Almirón, Will Osula.

What Howe said ahead of kick-off

On the winning run:

We’ve not talked too much about history, it’s been very much just focussing on performances and looking at it step by step. The players have been professional in this run, we haven’t got too high, we’ve just concentrated on the next match.

On Anthony Gordon:

He’s really contributing this season; goal creation is a big thing for him, he works tirelessly on his crossing and his final ball, he’s got absolute pace which no defender would want to play against and now he’s adding goals as well.

On Bournemouth:

I think they’ve got some obvious threats that we need to handle well today, we need to be good with the ball, be ourselves and be careful on transitions because that’s where they’ll hurt you the most.

On the potential of the season:

We’ve put ourselves in a position where we’re fighting on a lot of different fronts which I think is a great thing. There’s a lot of excitement for the supporters at the moment and as long as we can keep the positive factor here [St. James’ Park] it helps us massively because this environment is such a game changer.