Newcastle United vs Chelsea
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 18 January 2020
Kick-off at 17:30 UK/ 18:30 CET
Venue: St. James Park.
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 18 January 2020
Kick-off at 17:30 UK/ 18:30 CET
Venue: St. James Park.
Chelsea will be hoping to pick up their third win in a trot in all competitions when they travel to the St. James’ Park to face Newcastle United on Saturday in Matchday 23 of the 2019-20 Premier League.
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The Blues are secure inside the top four right now, and with Manchester United taking on Liverpool, that gap could widen with a win.
For the first time since 2013, the Blues didn't make a single substitution in their previous match, but Lampard could well give the same team another start.
Newcastle United are on a three-match unbeaten streak (W1 D2) in all competitions, with their most recent fixture ending in a resounding 4-1 win over Rochdale in the FA Cup. Steve Bruce has guided the Magpies to the 13th place in the Premier League table, five points above the drop zone. Newcastle have generally done well at home this term and will be hoping for an upset win against Chelsea.
Newcastle United vs Chelsea Prediction line-Ups
Newcastle United vs Chelsea Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Newcastle United Chelsea played so far 45 matches.
Newcastle United won 10 direct matches. Chelsea won 27 matches. 8 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.53 goals per Match.
Newcastle United vs Chelsea Prediction
Newcastle United in actual season average scored 1.13 goals per match. In 11 (68.75%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 8 (50.00%) matches in season 2020 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Chelsea average scored 2.08 goals per match in season 2020. In 20 (90.91%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 17 (77.27%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
Javier Manquillo, Dwight Gayle (both thigh), DeAndre Yedlin, Jack Colback (both knee), Ki Sung-Yueng (knock), Paul Dummett (hamstring) and Yoshinori Muto (hip) are sidelined for Newcastle.
Andy Carroll will be assessed, while JonJo Shelvey, Allan Saint-Maximin and Fabian Schar are all closing in on a return.
Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard confirms Christian Pulisic will be sidelined for two weeks. N'Golo Kante (hamstring) will be assessed while Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Achilles) continues to progress.
Match officials
Referee: Chris Kavanagh. Assistants: Daniel Cook, Constantine Hatzidakis. Fourth official: Anthony Taylor. VAR: Kevin Friend. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday.