Fabian Schar missed Wednesday’s win through illness as Sven Botman and Dan Burn returned to action after being rested against Bromley at the weekend. In Schar’s absence, however, the Magpies were able to record their ninth-consecutive win in all competitions and ended the day 4th in the Premier League table, leapfrogging Chelsea in the process.
However, that was only allowed to happen after the Blues dropped points on Tuesday night against Bournemouth - Newcastle’s next opponents. The Cherries are enjoying a fine run of form themselves under Andoni Iraola, despite having a multitude of injury concerns to deal with.
Their record signing Evanilson has a broken foot, whilst Enes Unal will miss the remainder of the campaign with an ACL injury. Adding to that are a whole host of other long-term injury concerns that Iraola will again have to deal with this weekend when he takes his side to St James’ Park.
Here, we take a look at all the latest injury news from both camps ahead of Newcastle United v Bournemouth:
5. Adam Smith - doubt
Smith has been sidelined since late-December with a muscle injury. | Getty Images
6. Julian Araujo - out
Araujo had surgery on a hamstring injury back in November. He will not feature this weekend. | AFP via Getty Images
7. Marcus Tavernier - doubt
The former Middlesbrough man has been sidelined since mid-December and may not feature this weekend. He scored Bournemouth’s goal in the reverse fixture at the Vitality Stadium back in August. | Getty Images
8. Evanilson - out
Bournemouth's record signing broke his foot earlier this month and has been ruled out for a number of weeks. | Getty Images