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Woltemade joined from Stuttgart in a €90 million ($160.3 million) deal in August, with Newcastle also signing Yoane Wissa from Brentford as Alexander Isak was sold to Liverpool.

Woltemade marked his debut with the winning goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers last week as Newcastle earned its first victory of the Premier League season, before being limited to the role of substitute for a 2-1 UEFA Champions League defeat to Barcelona.

Woltemade scored 17 goals for Stuttgart last season, but that was the first campaign in which he played more than 1,200 minutes in Europe's top five leagues.

"We're going to have to look after Nick, and it's hard enough for him to come into a new league," Howe said.

"You can see the physical effects he felt against Wolves, then there's the quick turnaround in games here.

"There's no guarantee, even by managing him, that he's going to stay fit and play all the games, but we're going to try and give him the best chance to stay fit, and also acclimatise to the league he's in.

"But he's made a very good start – I thought he did well when he came on [against Barcelona], and he was involved in the goal. Hopefully he'll be in a good place."

While Newcastle is 10th on the table with five points from four matches, Bournemouth is flying high in fourth, winning three straight games after losing 4-2 to Liverpool on the opening matchday.

The Cherries have won four successive games in the competition twice before, in December 2023 and August 2018, with the latter run coming under current Newcastle boss Howe.

Current boss Andoni Iraola is expecting an entertaining contest at Vitality Stadium, saying: "The games we have played against them have been quite open.

"We have our chances, and they also have their chances, so you never know what's going to happen. We enjoy those games, even if the opposition is very good. We have to be ready."