Newcastle v Bournemouth: Key stats and talking points

BBC Sport examines some of the key themes before Saturday's match (12:30 BST), with Newcastle seeking back-to-back league wins and Bournemouth boss Marco Rose awaiting his first victory. Magpies seek to end Bournemouth hoodoo Matthias Jaissle earned his first top-flight win as Newcastle boss against Tottenham last weekend and could easily already have two victories under his belt, with only an injury-time equaliser from Liverpool 's Dominik Szoboszlai denying the Magpies on the opening weekend. Nonetheless, his tally of four points from his first two top-flight games represents the best start by a Newcastle manager for 19 years and beating Bournemouth would take his team top of the embryonic league table - for a few hours at least. At Thursday's pre-match news conference, Jaissle was keen to stress that his side have one of the youngest squads in the Premier League and insisted the club are "realistic" about what can be achieved while in a "transition phase". If they are to maintain their early momentum, the Magpies will have to improve their surprisingly poor recent record in this fixture. They have failed to win any of their past eight league matches against Bournemouth and have lost the past two such meetings at St James' Park. Excluding cup competitions, their most recent victory against the Cherries came on Tyneside in July 2020, when the Cherries were managed by Eddie Howe. [BBC] Late goals costly for draw specialists Bournemouth Like Newcastle, Bournemouth conceded an injury-time equaliser against Merseyside opposition in their first home game of the season. James Tarkowski's late strike for Everton denied Rose a first win last weekend, with the German bemoaning "slapstick" defending from a corner. Rose's side also led until the 84th minute in his opening game against Manchester City but eventually lost 2-1, meaning they have already dropped five points from winning positions. Failing to hold on to leads has been a recurring theme for the Cherries. They have surrendered 27 points after going in front since the start of last season - a tally exceeded only by Newcastle. That tendency to let victories slip away also helps explain why, despite losing just once since early January, Bournemouth remain the Premier League's draw specialists. They have drawn 19 top-flight fixtures since the start of last season, at least four more than any other club. [BBC]