Chelsea can be trying to preserve strain on the Premier League prime 4 once they welcome Newcastle to Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
The Blues are three factors behind each Aston Villa in fourth and Manchester United in third and have a superior objective distinction to each.
The hosts haven’t been overwhelmed by Newcastle on their very own turf in practically 15 years – the final time coming after a shocking Papiss Cisse double gave a workforce then managed by Alan Pardew a 2-0 win in Could 2012.
The Magpies, in the meantime, are twelfth, 9 factors behind Chelsea. Their most reasonable hope of European qualification – until they win the Champions League, that’s – can be ending within the prime eight to safe a spot within the Europa League or the Convention League.
Nonetheless, these locations are contingent on who wins the FA Cup and the potential award of that fifth Champions League spot.
The 2 sides skilled contrasting fortunes in midweek because the Magpies had been denied a well-known Champions League win over Barcelona by a 96th-minute Lamine Yamal penalty – a 1-1 end result leaving all to play for within the second leg of their last-16 tie.
The next day, Chelsea endured a tricky night on the Parc des Princes as Liam Rosenior’s males fell to a 5-2 defeat to holders Paris Saint-Germain, leaving them with a mountain to climb in subsequent week’s return leg.
Chelsea workforce information
Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, James, Caicedo, Palmer, Enzo, Garnacho, Pedro
Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Badiashile, Sarr, Tosin, Hato, Lavia, Andrey Santos, Delap, Guiu
Newcastle workforce information
Newcastle XI: Ramsdale, Corridor, Botman, Gordon, Barnes, Thiaw, Livramento, Murphy, Woltemade, Willock, Ramsey
Subs: Pope, Ruddy, Trippier, Joelinton, Wissa, Osula, Elanga, Burn, Murphy
The place to observe Chelsea v Newcastle: TV and on-line streams
Chelsea v Newcastle kicks off at 5:30pm UK time. It is going to be broadcast on Sky Sports activities Premier League and also will be out there to stream by way of Sky Go.
Stats for Chelsea v Newcastle
- Chelsea have received 11 of their final 12 Premier League dwelling video games towards Newcastle (D1) since a 2-0 loss in Could 2012 beneath Roberto Di Matteo.
- Newcastle have prevented defeat in 5 of their final seven Premier League video games towards Chelsea (W3 D2 L2), extra occasions than that they had of their earlier 15 (W3 D1 L11).
- Newcastle have received 49 Premier League away video games towards London sides, and will develop into the fourth non-London workforce to win 50 within the capital after Manchester United (81), Liverpool (79) and Manchester Metropolis (64). Nonetheless, the Magpies have misplaced extra Premier League away video games in London than another facet (94).
- No workforce has scored in additional completely different Premier League video games than Chelsea this season (27), with their solely two blanks coming in 0-0 attracts with Crystal Palace in August and Bournemouth in December.
- Chelsea have scored extra penalty objectives than another facet within the Premier League this season (7), with Newcastle joint-second on this regard (6). Within the Magpies’ case, it’s their highest proportion of penalty objectives in a single Premier League marketing campaign (14.3% – 6/42).
- Solely Erling Haaland (19) has scored extra non-penalty objectives within the Premier League this season than João Pedro (14), with solely Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (19 in 2000-01) and Diego Costa (19 in 2014-15) ever netting extra non-penalty objectives of their debut Premier League season with Chelsea. In 2026, the Brazilian leads all gamers within the competitors for whole objectives (8) and objective involvements (10 – 8 objectives, 2 assists).
