Bournemouth 0-0 Newcastle: Magpies make it 3 straight goalless away league draws

A much-changed Newcastle played out a third consecutive goalless away Premier League draw as high-flying Bournemouth were held at the Vitality Stadium.

Newcastle, who made seven changes from the midweek Champions League defeat to Barcelona, kept the high-flying Cherries quiet but failed to threaten themselves.

Newcastle had just one shot on target with a total xG of 0.14, while Bournemouth had two shots on target with a total xG of 0.56.

The stalemate means Eddie Howe's side have not won their last six away league games, while they have failed to score in their last four.

Newcastle's heavy rotation immediately showed on the south coast as Bournemouth started brightly.

Tyler Adams forced Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope into a ninth-minute save before his opposite number, Djordje Petrovic, was made to work by Jacob Murphy two minutes later.

Bournemouth thought they had gone ahead in the 15th minute as David Brooks fired in from close range, but his goal was disallowed for offside with VAR confirming a tight decision.

It proved to be the closest either side came to a winner as they played out an uninspiring second half.

Newcastle defender Malick Thiaw, on his first start for the club, was fortunate to escape a late second yellow card after fouling Ryan Christie, with Howe quickly substituting the German.

Bournemouth substitute Justin Kluivert had the only shot on target of the second half in stoppage time, but his free-kick was saved by Pope.

Bournemouth's failure to break through the visitors meant Andoni Iraola's third-place side missed the chance to move second, while Newcastle drop to 13th and have won just one of their six games across all competitions this season.