Chelsea and Newcastle United will face on Sunday the 13th of March at 2:00 pm in the 29th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in London at the Stamford Bridge. The encounter will be officiated by David Coote.
Chelsea occupies the 3rd position in the table with 56 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against Norwich City in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 16 times, draw 8 times, and lost 3 times.
Chelsea won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 15th of January against Manchester City and the score was 1-0.
Newcastle United sits in the 14th place in the table with 31 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Southampton in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 7 times, draw 10 times, and lost 10 times.
Newcastle United won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 19th of December against Manchester City and the score was 0-4.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 74.07%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (20 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-2-2-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: E. Mendy, T. Chalobah, A. Rüdiger, T. da Silva, N. Kanté, J. Frello Filho, M. Mount and K. Havertz.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Chelsea would be 28.50.
There are doubts about the presence of M. Alonso Mendoza, C. Azpilicueta Tanco and C. Pulisic.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ R. James because of injury.
B. Chilwell and C. Hudson-Odoi will definitely miss the match.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 29.63%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (8 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 5-4-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: M. Dúbravka, F. Woodman, F. Schär, E. Krafth, M. Ritchie, J. Shelvey, J. Willock, B. Guimarães Rodriguez Moura, R. Fraser and J. Murphy.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Newcastle United would be 28.30.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ J. Apolinário de Lira and A. Saint-Maximin because of injury.
C. Clark, J. Lewis, K. Trippier, I. Hayden and C. Wilson will definitely miss the match.
