"If we can keep the level of performance that we've had over the last few weeks, we're confident that the goals will come," assistant manager Paul Simpson told the official Newcastle website.
"Bournemouth is a lovely stadium, a really nice, tight, compact stadium with a fantastic playing surface and a good atmosphere and it'll be made even better with our fans down there.
"We've got to make sure that when we're coming home from Bournemouth, and all of our fans are making that nice, short trip back up north, they've all got something to smile about."
Steve McClaren has his fair share of injury worries, with Tim Krul (knee), Jack Colback (knee), Steven Taylor (hamstring) and Emmanuel Riviere (knee) all unavailable.