Champions League hopefuls Newcastle United will face Eddie Howe’s former club Bournemouth in their second league match of the 2024/25 season.
The Magpies will be targeting all three points at the Vitality Stadium as they look to maintain their 100 percent record after an opening day victory over Southampton.
Meanwhile, the Cherries will be hoping to cause an upset as new striker Evanilson aims to make an impression in his first match after becoming the club’s all-time record transfer.
The fixture marks the 12th Premier League meeting between the two sides and Howe’s third return to the ground which once regularly cheered his name on matchdays. Howe ironically took charge of Bournemouth in their first ever top-flight match against the Magpies in November 2015 and suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat against the run of play on home soil after a first half winner from Ayoze Perez.
The victory marked the first of just two away victories throughout the 2015/16 season as the Magpies suffered the heartbreak of relegation to the Championship.
But who was included in the starting line-up for Newcastle on that occasion and where are they now?
5. CB: Chancel Mbemba - Marseille
Chancel Mbemba fell down the pecking order under Rafael Benitez after relegation and was sold to FC Porto in 2018. He rebuilt his career by winning two league titles in Portugal and agreed to join Marseille in the summer of 2022. | Getty Images
6. RB: Daryl Janmaat - Retired
Daryl Janmaat left Newcastle for Watford in a £7.5m deal in 2016. He stayed with the Hornets for five seasons and most recently worked as technical director of ADO Den Haag where he ended his career. | Getty Images
7. CM: Vurnon Anita - Al-Orobah FC
Vurnon Anita stayed around long enough to help Newcastle win promotion back into the Premier League before departing on a free transfer in 2017. After spells at Leeds, CSKA Sofia and Waalwijk he agreed to join Al-Orobah FC in Saudi Arabia. | Getty Images
8. CM: Chieck Tiote - died (5 June 2017)
Powerful Ivory Coast midfielder Chieck Tiote was a firm fan favourite throughout his seven-year stay in the North East. He left Newcastle in 2017 to complete a move to Beijing Enterprises Group. He unfortunately died in a training session from a cardiac arrest just months after his move. | Getty Images