Chelsea and Newcastle United are going to face off on Sunday the 28th of May at 4:30 pm in the 38th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in London at the Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea occupies the 12th position in the standings with 43 points. It comes from a 4-1 loss against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 11 times, draw 10 times, and lost 16 times.
Newcastle United sits in the 4th place in the standings with 70 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 19 times, draw 13 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 (8 times or 21.62% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (8 times), 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 3-4-2-1 (7 times), 3-5-2 (4 times), 3-4-3 (4 times), 4-2-2-2 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once), 3-5-1-1 (once), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
Frank Lampard is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Kepa Arrizabalaga, L. Hall, Thiago Silva, Trevoh Chalobah, César Azpilicueta, Conor Gallagher, Enzo Fernández, Carney Chukwuemeka, Mykhailo Mudryk, Noni Madueke and Kai Havertz.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Chelsea would be 25.18.
Benoît Badiashile, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Kalidou Koulibaly, Cucurella, N’Golo Kanté, Mateo Kovačić, Mason Mount, Armando Broja and Raheem Sterling will definitely miss the match.
Newcastle United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (37 times).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: Martin Dúbravka, Dan Burn, Fabian Schär, Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier, Elliott Anderson, Bruno Guimarães, Sean Longstaff, Alexander Isak, Miguel Almirón and Callum Wilson.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Newcastle United would be 28.18.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ Joelinton because of injury.
Nick Pope, Emil Krafth, Matthew Longstaff, Matt Ritchie and Joseph Willock will definitely miss the match.