Newcastle United's confirmed starting XI v Bournemouth: £90m trio drop out in new injury blow

DORTMUND, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 07: Eddie Howe, Manager of Newcastle United, acknowledges the fans following the team's defeat during the UEFA Champions League match between Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle United at Signal Iduna Park on November 07, 2023 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

Eddie Howe has made three changes to his Newcastle United starting XI for this evening's Premier League clash against Bournemouth.

Howe has handed a first league start to 17-year-old Lewis Miley in place of the suspended Bruno Guimaraes. Meanwhile, Tino Livramento drops to the bench with Miguel Almiron recalled. Anthony Gordon leads the line in place of the injured Callum Wilson.

Wilson started the 2-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday evening but was brought off at half-time because of hamstring tightness. He has been called up to Gareth Southgate's England squad for Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia next weekend but is now a major doubt.

Pope has kept seven clean sheets in his last nine domestic matches.

Including Wilson and Guimaraes, Howe is without 11 senior players for his return to the South Coast.

Alexander Isak, Harvey Barnes, Jacob Murphy, Dan Burn, Elliot Anderson, Sven Botman, Javier Manquillo and Matt Targett are injured, while Sandro Tonali is serving a 10-month ban from football.

Howe has called up under-21s trio Amadou Diallo, Alex Murphy and Ben Parkinson to the bench. The latter two appeared for the Magpies' first-team in pre-season.

Here's Newcastle United starting XI in full:

Stays at right-back.

Newcastle's skipper has started nine of the last 10 games in Sven Botman's continued absence.

The Swiss international has been one of the team's most consistent performers this term.

Keeps his place at left-back.

Howe turned to Longstaff to play the No.6 role at Old Trafford when Bruno Guimaraes was rested, and is likely to do so v Bournemouth.

The 17-year-old has showed a lot of maturity when called upon in pre-season and against Dortmund midweek -so why not trust him with a first Premier League start?

Willock looks like he has never been away with a string of high energy performances since returning from a five-month injury lay-off.

Almiron was used as an impact sub versus Dortmund but has been a regular starter in the Premier League this term.

Joelinton certainly provided an attacking threat from the left-hand side versus Dortmund but was wasteful in front of goal.

With Callum Wilson a doubt for the return to his former club, who else than Anthony Gordon with Alexander Isak also injured.