Goals:

0-1: H Wilson (14, moved freely in the area to sweep home a finish from a well worked corner involving King and Fraser)

1-1: Yedlin (42, flew to meet a deflected Saint-Maximim effort with a fine header that had to be checked by VAR for offside)

2-1: Clark (52, in the right place to finish after Fernandez had nodded down Willems’ ball into the area for the Irishman to react first)

Bookings: Hayden (37, foul), Fernandez (75, foul)

Referee: Martin Atkinson (Leeds) – annoyed Newcastle with one early decision over a foul but then got things right for the majority of the game. 7

Attendance: 44,424

Entertainment: ****

Newc Bourn

Shots on 9 3

Shots off 11 13

Corners 5 4

Fouls 10 5

Offsides 2 3

NEWCASTLE UNITED (3-4-2-1):

7 Dubravka: Made a few decent saves when Bournemouth were on top to keep them at bay, including a strong save from Wilson;

8 FERNANDEZ: Looked the part on and off the ball in both halves and he will be a hard man to shift when others return from injury

4 Lascelles: Suffered an early injury and was never able to recover from it and eventually went off with less than 20 minutes played

7 Clark: Second goal in as many games to cap a fantastic turnaround which has seen him deservedly return to the team;

6 Yedlin: Found it hard in the first half against Fraser but settled into the role and then dived to head the winner too

7 Shelvey: Another weekend when he has put the yards in defensively to cover the grass and he looked confident on the ball again

6 Hayden: Complimented Shelvey in the middle by covering plenty yards and that allowed Shelvey to display his array of passes

8 Willems: Looked excellent down the left hand side again and is forming a great understanding with Saint-Maximim:

8 Saint-Maximin: Lit up the play every time he got on the ball the only down side was his finishing which could have given Newcastle extra space

6 Almiron: Unfortunate not to score but showed why Bruce is so keen to keep him in the side with his energy down the right;

6 Joelinton: Put in a lot of work to help those around him even though he didn’t look like scoring himself

Subs

Dummett (for Lascelles 20); Had to slot in and adapt and did so convincingly. 6

Carroll (for Joelinton 83)

Atsu (for Saint-Maximim 89)

(not used): Darlow (gk), Gayle, Krafth, M Longstaff.

BOURNEMOUTH (4-4-2): Ramsdale 7; Smith 6 (Danjuma 78), Ake 7, S Cook 5, Rico 5 (Solanke 66, 5); FRASER 7, Billing 6, L Cook 6, H Wilson 7 (Francis 66, 5); King 6, C Wilson 6. Subs: Boruc (gk), Gosling, Stacey, Mepham.

MAN OF THE MATCH: Federico Fernandez – had to stand tall particularly after Lascelles’ injury and did so to help lay the foundations for a win.