Both teams got on the scoresheet in Bournemouth’s opening game of the Premier League season last weekend and a repeat looks worth siding with in their maiden home match of the campaign on Sunday.

Goals were a regular feature in the Cherries’ home matches towards the tail end of last season, with five of their final seven fixtures at the Vitality delivering winning BTTS selections.

It was a similar story as far as Newcastle’s away games were concerned during the second half of last season, with both teams getting in on the act in eight of the Magpies’ final 10 Premier League road trips of the campaign. It’s also worth noting that both teams have landed a blow in eight of the last nine Premier League meetings between the pair.

Antoine Semenyo has big shoes to fill at Bournemouth following the departure of Dominic Solanke but last week’s goal against Nottingham Forest showed he is not daunted by the task ahead of him.

The Ghanaian forward notched with one of his two on-target efforts, making him an attractive option to work Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope a minimum of once this weekend.

Semenyo ended last season as the Cherries’ second-top goalscorer in the Premier League with eight goals, not to mention he was averaging 1.33 shots on target per 90 minutes.

With Semenyo expected to be spearheading Bournemouth’s attack on Sunday, he looks worth backing to hit the target at least once.

Dan Burn committed three fouls during Newcastle’s 1-0 win over Southampton last Saturday and he should have his work cut out again this weekend.

Given the pace and flair that Bournemouth possess in forward areas, the Newcastle defender can expect another busy afternoon.

The Cherries drew no fewer than 17 fouls from Nottingham Forest last weekend, making a solitary Burn foul an appealing option for the Bet Builder.

Burn was committing an average 1.06 fouls per-game in the Premier League last season, and he may have to ramp up his aggression here given that he won’t be playing alongside regular centre-half partner Fabian Schar following his red card last weekend.

These two teams played out an action-packed 2-2 draw at St James’ Park back in February and another entertaining encounter could be on the cards on Sunday.

A sizeable 27 of Bournemouth’s 38 Premier League matches last season produced over 2.5 goals, a tally topped only by Tottenham’s 30 games. That sample included six of the Cherries’ final seven home games of the campaign, and there is plenty of scope for a repeat when Newcastle come to town this weekend.

Like Bournemouth, 27 of the Magpies’ 38 top-flight fixtures last term featured three or more match goals, including eight of their final 10 away games of the season. Thus, all the ingredients appear to be in place for a high-scoring contest on the south coast on Sunday.

Alexander Isak failed to open up his Premier League account for the season at the first attempt last weekend but he looks a prime candidate to have a goal involvement on Sunday.

Only Erling Haaland and Cole Palmer scored more Premier League goals than the Magpies marksman last season, who netted 11 times across his final 12 appearances of the 2023-24 campaign.

While chances were at a premium for Isak last Saturday given that Newcastle were reduced to 10 men during the first-half, he still managed to provide the assist for what proved to be the winning goal.

The Swedish striker should be presented with scoring opportunities this weekend, making him a stand out selection for a goal or an assist against a Bournemouth side that found clean sheets hard to come by last season.

Bruno Guimaraes is a key component in Newcastle’s midfield engine room and he looks a good option to commit a minimum of two fouls during Sunday’s clash on the south coast.

The all-action Brazilian was reprimanded twice by the referee during Newcastle’s 1-0 win over Southampton last weekend, not to mention he earned his side a whopping six free kicks.

Guimaraes appears to have picked up where he left off on the foul front from the end of last season, as he committed multiple fouls in five of Newcastle’s final seven league games of the campaign.

The Magpies midfielder was carded 14 times in 50 appearances across all competitions last term, averaging 1.36 fouls per-game in the Premier League.

With the midfield battle likely to be intense on Sunday, Guimaraes holds plenty of appeal to commit another couple of fouls against the Cherries. He is likely to come up against Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott, who was fouled five times against Nottingham Forest last weekend.

Anthony Gordon found himself on the receiving end of some rough treatment against Southampton last Saturday.

The England international was fouled on four occasions and he should expect more of the same during Newcastle’s second Premier League assignment of the season.

Gordon was earning his side an average of 1.98 free-kicks per 90 minutes in the Premier League last season, drawing at least two fouls from the opposition in four of his final seven appearances of the campaign. In fact, the Newcastle winger was among the top-10 most-fouled players in the English top-flight last term.

With that in mind, a minimum of two fouls on Gordon should be within range at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday.

Bournemouth right-back Adam Smith will likely be tasked with defusing the threat provided by the aforementioned Anthony Gordon.

While the Cherries defender managed to keep himself out of trouble last weekend, he was averaging just over one foul per-game in the Premier League last season.

He also collected six yellow cards across his 28 top-flight appearances last term, while two seasons ago he hit double figures (11) for cautions, further highlighting his habit for sticking the boot in.

Given that he will have his sights set on performing an admirable shackling job on Magpies foul magnet Gordon, siding with a minimum of one Smith foul makes plenty of sense.