# Newcastle United v AFC Bournemouth — the Match Wizard Premier League, game week 3 — Saturday, 5 September 2026, kick-off 12:30 UK time. > The wizard is price-blind: four steps on played-match facts alone, then your appraisal — and only then the market. Read it in order. Nothing here is a tip or a selection. Newcastle United: 40 league matches in the bank, 2 from this season and the rest from last season. AFC Bournemouth: 40 league matches in the bank, 2 from this season and the rest from last season. Look and learn: it is early in the season, so nearly everything counted here was earned last season -- by squads and dugouts a summer window may have reshaped. Treat the first five weeks as pointers while the new shapes settle, not proof. ## Step 1 of 4 — The table **The table makes AFC Bournemouth the bigger side: 6th against 12th of 20 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Newcastle United takes 0.69 points a game, AFC Bournemouth 1.47 -- the block form is AFC Bournemouth's.** Step one is THE TABLE: rank against rank, and the blocks -- the table cut into a top, middle and bottom block, drawn from last season's final standings. The question is not just where each side stands but how it behaves against the company the other keeps: does it play to rank against the blocks above and below, or come apart? ### Newcastle United -- at home - **Where it stands:** Stands 7th of 20 after 2 games, with 4 points -- too few games yet to mean much. Last season it finished 12th of 20 in this division. - **Its block:** By last season's final table it sits in the middle block (7th to 13th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 2 games old. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side from the top block (1st to 6th). Against that block it has won 2, drew 3, lost 8 of 13 -- 9 points of 39. At home against them: won 2 of 7. Away against them: won 0 of 6. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 2, drew 3, lost 8 of 13 (0.69 a game); against the middle block won 4, drew 1, lost 7 of 12 (1.08 a game); against the bottom block won 9, drew 4, lost 2 of 15 (2.07 a game). ### AFC Bournemouth -- away - **Where it stands:** Stands 14th of 20 after 2 games, with 1 point -- too few games yet to mean much. Last season it finished 6th of 20 in this division. - **Its block:** By last season's final table it sits in the top block (1st to 6th). Blocks are drawn from last season because the current table is only 2 games old. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side from the middle block (7th to 13th). Against that block it has won 5, drew 7, lost 3 of 15 -- 22 points of 45. At home against them: won 2 of 8. Away against them: won 3 of 7. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 2, drew 4, lost 5 of 11 (0.91 a game); against the middle block won 5, drew 7, lost 3 of 15 (1.47 a game); against the bottom block won 6, drew 8, lost 0 of 14 (1.86 a game). ## Step 2 of 4 — Home and away form **+0.35 points a game is the venue form gap, in Newcastle United's favour: Newcastle United takes 1.65 a game at home over the last two seasons, AFC Bournemouth 1.30 away.** Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so. ### Newcastle United -- at home - **Its record at the relevant venue:** This season at home: won 0, drew 1, lost 0 of 1, scoring 2 and conceding 2. Last season at home: won 10, drew 2, lost 7 of 19, scoring 36 and conceding 30 -- 1.68 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 away; drew with Liverpool 2-2 at home; lost to Fulham 0-2 away; beat West Ham United 3-1 at home; drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 away. The last 3 of these are from last season. - **The dugout:** The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 40 matches with one recorded (38, 2 apiece), most recently Matthias Jaissle with 2. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ### AFC Bournemouth -- away - **Its record at the relevant venue:** This season away: won 0, drew 0, lost 1 of 1, scoring 1 and conceding 2. Last season away: won 6, drew 8, lost 5 of 19, scoring 29 and conceding 34 -- 1.37 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: drew with Everton 1-1 at home; lost to Manchester City 1-2 away; drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 away; drew with Manchester City 1-1 at home; beat Fulham 1-0 away. The last 3 of these are from last season. - **The dugout:** The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 40 matches with one recorded (38, 2 apiece), most recently Marco Rose with 2. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ## Step 3 of 4 — Goals, and when they come **Newcastle United scores heaviest in the 76-90+ spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; AFC Bournemouth scores heaviest in 76-90+ and concedes heaviest in 76-90+. The shapes mesh: Newcastle United's strongest scoring spell is exactly where AFC Bournemouth is softest.** Step three is GOALS, AND WHEN THEY COME. Not just how many each side scores and lets in, but the minute bands they come in, who lands the first blow, what each side does after falling behind, and who finds goals late. A side that concedes early and scores late reads very differently from one that does the opposite, at the same goal difference. Side by side: Newcastle United scores most in the 76-90+ band (13 of 57); Newcastle United concedes most in the 76-90+ band (22 of 57); AFC Bournemouth scores most in the 76-90+ band (16 of 60); AFC Bournemouth concedes most in the 76-90+ band (18 of 57). Who lands the first blow and who lands the last is the question this step exists to ask. ### Newcastle United -- at home - **Goals a game:** Scores 1.4 and concedes 1.4 a game over its last 40 league matches; at home, 1.9 for and 1.6 against over 20. - **When it scores:** Of 57 scored across its own 40 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 9; 16-30: 10; 31-45+: 10; 46-60: 5; 61-75: 10; 76-90+: 13. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 13 of 57 (23%). - **When it concedes:** Of 57 conceded across its own 40 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 2; 16-30: 6; 31-45+: 13; 46-60: 7; 61-75: 7; 76-90+: 22. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 22 of 57 (39%). - **The first goal:** Scored first in 25 of its 40 read -- then won 14, drew 4, lost 7; conceded first in 11 -- pulled back 1 win and 0 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 3 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Led by two goals at some point in 9 of its 40 read, winning 8 of them; trailed by two in 6, rescuing nothing; was ahead at some point without winning in 11. ### AFC Bournemouth -- away - **Goals a game:** Scores 1.5 and concedes 1.4 a game over its last 40 league matches; away, 1.5 for and 1.8 against over 20. - **When it scores:** Of 60 scored across its own 40 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 8; 16-30: 9; 31-45+: 11; 46-60: 6; 61-75: 10; 76-90+: 16. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 16 of 60 (27%). - **When it concedes:** Of 57 conceded across its own 40 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 5; 16-30: 7; 31-45+: 11; 46-60: 7; 61-75: 9; 76-90+: 18. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 18 of 57 (32%). - **The first goal:** Scored first in 21 of its 40 read -- then won 10, drew 8, lost 3; conceded first in 14 -- pulled back 3 wins and 6 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 17 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Led by two goals at some point in 7 of its 40 read, winning 5 of them; trailed by two in 6, rescuing 1 result; was ahead at some point without winning in 12. ## Step 4 of 4 — The bookies' favourite markets **Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 59% of their games, both teams scoring in 66%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 38%. On the record this leans a goals match.** Step four is THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE MARKETS -- over and under, both teams to score, and the two-goal lead that pays the 2UP offer out early -- read from what these two sides have actually produced, with the denominator on every figure. Still no price: these are the match's tendencies, not its odds. How the counting works, once for the whole step: every figure is counted over ONE side's own matches -- Newcastle United's numbers over its games, AFC Bournemouth's over its own. The two clubs are never pooled into one denominator; where a single figure for this fixture is wanted, it is the AVERAGE of the two sides' rates, and says so. For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Newcastle United's own 20 home matches read, one appeared in 8 (40%). In AFC Bournemouth's own 20 away matches read, 7 (35%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 38% of games. ### Newcastle United -- at home - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 25 of its own 40 (62%); over 1.5 in 31 (78%); over 3.5 in 14 (35%). At home: over 2.5 in 16 of its 20 (80%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 26 of its own 40 (65%). At home: 16 of its 20 (80%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 9 of its own 40 (22%); failed to score in 9 (22%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over Newcastle United's own 40 matches read: Newcastle United or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 15 (38%). Newcastle United itself held the lead in 9, winning 8. In its home matches: one side or the other went two up in 8 of 20. ### AFC Bournemouth -- away - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 22 of its own 40 (55%); over 1.5 in 31 (78%); over 3.5 in 16 (40%). Away: over 2.5 in 13 of its 20 (65%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 27 of its own 40 (68%). Away: 14 of its 20 (70%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 11 of its own 40 (28%); failed to score in 7 (18%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over AFC Bournemouth's own 40 matches read: AFC Bournemouth or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 13 (32%). AFC Bournemouth itself held the lead in 7, winning 5. In its away matches: one side or the other went two up in 7 of 20. ## Your appraisal — and now the market **The table makes AFC Bournemouth the bigger side: 6th against 12th of 20 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Newcastle United takes 0.69 points a game, AFC Bournemouth 1.47 -- the block form is AFC Bournemouth's. +0.35 points a game is the venue form gap, in Newcastle United's favour: Newcastle United takes 1.65 a game at home over the last two seasons, AFC Bournemouth 1.30 away. Newcastle United scores heaviest in the 76-90+ spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; AFC Bournemouth scores heaviest in 76-90+ and concedes heaviest in 76-90+. The shapes mesh: Newcastle United's strongest scoring spell is exactly where AFC Bournemouth is softest. Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 59% of their games, both teams scoring in 66%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 38%. On the record this leans a goals match.** If the pattern holds -- and a pattern is a shape, not a promise: Newcastle United lands the first blow more often (25 of 40 to 21 of 40); a one-goal lead has not been safe in Newcastle United's hands -- ahead without winning in 11 of 40; a one-goal lead has not been safe in AFC Bournemouth's hands -- ahead without winning in 12 of 40; Newcastle United finds its goals latest of all -- 13 of its 57 after the 75th, and AFC Bournemouth concedes most in that same spell; AFC Bournemouth finds its goals latest of all -- 16 of its 60 after the 75th, and Newcastle United concedes most in that same spell; the last quarter-hour is where this fixture's money is likeliest to move. That read is built from the four steps, with no price in your ear -- the steps hold the evidence if you want the post-mortem. Now the market gets its say. Where it agrees with you it got there first; where it does not, your read and the crowd's disagree -- that is the conversation this tool exists to set up, and no measured edge backs either side of it. The tissue is a plain goals model: Newcastle United 2.06 goals expected, AFC Bournemouth 1.78, from two seasons of scoring rates (20 home matches and 20 away in the bank), shrunk toward the division average. It is calibrated against nothing and claims no edge -- it exists to make your view concrete before the market speaks. - **Match result:** Our tissue: Newcastle United 2.21 (45%), the draw 4.77 (21%), AFC Bournemouth 2.95 (34%). The market's averages: 2.20, 3.60 and 2.90. The widest gap is on the draw: the market is shorter (3.60) than our 4.77 -- it rates that outcome more than we do. - **Over or under 2.5 goals:** Our tissue: over 2.5 1.36 (74%), under 2.5 3.81 (26%). The market's averages: over 2.5 1.57, under 2.5 2.37. The market offers more than our number on over 2.5 -- if our figures are right that is value; nothing proves they are. - **Both teams to score:** Our tissue: yes 1.38 (73%), no 3.64 (27%). The market's averages: yes 1.47, no 2.55. Close to our view -- no argument either way. - **The 2UP fact:** For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Newcastle United's own 20 home matches read, one appeared in 8 (40%). In AFC Bournemouth's own 20 away matches read, 7 (35%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 38% of games. No tissue is offered for this -- the played-match rates above are the honest read. The market figures are the AVERAGE pre-match odds our feed records across books, not a best price -- a shaded average, so small gaps mean nothing. ## Half-time The HTML page reads the second half from any half-time score you give it: /football/wizard/epl/2026-09-05/newcastle-united-v-afc-bournemouth/halftime/ Built 2026-09-03T05:37:14+00:00 from matches completed before kick-off.