Newcastle United and Chelsea are going to face off on Saturday in the 10th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE at the St. James’ Park. The encounter will be officiated by Paul Tierney.
Newcastle United is 19th in the league with 4 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has draw 4 times and lost 5 times.
Chelsea is 1st in the league with 22 points. It comes from a 7-0 win against Norwich City in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 7 times, drawn once, and lost once.
Chelsea won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 25th of September against Manchester City and the score was 0-1.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 33.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 3 times, 5-3-2 2 times, 4-2-3-1 2 times, 5-4-1 once and 4-4-2 once.
Graeme Jones is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: K. Darlow, M. Ritchie, E. Krafth, C. Clark, J. Lascelles, J. Manquillo Gaitán, J. Shelvey, M. Almirón Rejala, I. Hayden, A. Saint-Maximin and C. Wilson.
The average age of Newcastle United would be 28.36.
Graeme Joneswill probably not be able to employ M. Dúbravka because of injury.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 33.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 3 times, 3-5-2 2 times, 4-4-2 2 times, 4-3-3 once and 5-3-2 once.
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: E. Mendy, A. Christensen, T. da Silva, A. Rüdiger, C. Azpilicueta Tanco, B. Chilwell, R. Loftus-Cheek, J. Frello Filho, M. Mount, C. Hudson-Odoi and K. Havertz.
The average age of Chelsea would be 26.91.
Thomas Tuchelwill probably not be able to employ N. Kanté because of injury.
R. Lukaku Menama, C. Pulisic and T. Werner will definitely miss the match.