Newcastle United and Chelsea will be looking to return to winning ways and climb the Premier League table when they do battle at St James' Park on Saturday afternoon.
While the Magpies sit seventh in the table with 20 points from 12 matches, the Blues find themselves four places and four points further back in 10th spot.
Just four days after losing 2-0 to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, a depleted Magpies squad were beaten by the same scoreline away against the Cherries courtesy of a second-half brace from Dominic Solanke.
Injuries have slightly derailed Newcastle's campaign, but the international break arguably came at a decent time for Howe's men to reset and allow some first-team stars to build up their fitness ahead of a challenging run of fixtures in the coming weeks.
Sitting six points adrift of the top four in the Premier League and also bottom of their Champions League group, Newcastle's clash with Chelsea on Saturday will be followed by meetings with Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan – four of which are on home soil.
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