Newcastle United 1-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2026

Result

Newcastle United 1-2 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Newcastle United · AFC Bournemouth · Premier League predictions

Newcastle United 1-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Newcastle United lost to AFC Bournemouth 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Newcastle United's goal came from William Osula (68'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Marcus Tavernier (32') and Adrien Truffert (85').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 14th on 42 points from 32 and AFC Bournemouth 11th on 45 points from 32. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and AFC Bournemouth 6th with 57.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Hill of AFC Bournemouth (7.6), ahead of Alex Scott (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 6 draws and 2 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Marcus TavernierAFC Bournemouth · 0-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Ryan ChristieAFC Bournemouth
  • 55'Yellow card · Marcus TavernierAFC Bournemouth
  • 68'Goal · William OsulaNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Sven BotmanNewcastle United
  • 80'Yellow card · Jacob MurphyNewcastle United
  • 82'Yellow card · Alex ScottAFC Bournemouth
  • 85'Goal · Adrien TruffertAFC Bournemouth · 1-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Djordje PetrovicAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 2, draws 6, AFC Bournemouth 2.

Team news

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Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Aaron Ramsdale, Tino Livramento, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Lewis Hall, Sandro Tonali, Lewis Miley, Jacob Ramsey, Anthony Elanga, William Osula, Harvey Barnes

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Djordje Petrovic, Alejandro Jiménez Sánchez, James Hill, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, Alex Scott, Ryan Christie, Rayan, Junior Kroupi, Marcus Tavernier, Evanilson