Chelsea vs Newcastle United head to head

Newcastle have won one of their last 27 away league games against Chelsea (seven draws, 19 defeats), winning 2-0 under Alan Pardew in May 2012.

Against no other side have Chelsea won more Premier League matches at home than we have against Newcastle (19 – as many as against Tottenham).

Chelsea stats

The Blues will be lining up for our 17th game in 2022. Newcastle are playing their 10th.

Chelsea are unbeaten in our last 34 Premier League home games played in March (29 wins, five draws), since a 4-2 defeat against Sunderland in 2001.

We are unbeaten in our last 16 games at Stamford Bridge in all competitions. The last time we achieved a longer sequence was in 2018 (a run of 17).

Chelsea are looking to win five successive Premier League games for the first time since 2019. That was a run of six that included a 1-0 home win against Newcastle.

Excluding penalty shoot-outs, Thomas Tuchel’s side have only been defeated twice in 36 games in all competitions, winning 24 of them.

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Newcastle stats

This season’s Premier League (27 games)Most starts: Saint-Maximin 22, Joelinton 20, Willock 20, Lascelles 18Most assists: Fraser 3, Saint-Maximin 3, Manquillo 2, Ritchie 2, Schar 2Most clean sheets: Dubravka 4Red cards: Clark 1, Shelvey 1

Newcastle are undefeated in the Premier League since before Christmas. They last lost in the competition 10 games ago on 19 December against Man City at James’ Park (0-4).

With 11 games to go, Newcastle are currently 14th, 10 points above the relegation zone.

They are one of just two sides (with Liverpool) without a Premier League defeat so far in 2022 (six wins, two draws), while only Liverpool (22) have earned more points this year than the Magpies (20).

The Magpies have won 13 points from a possible 39 on the road this season. Their three wins against Leeds, Brentford and Southampton have come in their past four away matches.

The Magpies are looking to win consecutive Premier League away games in London within the same season for the first time since January 2014.

Newcastle have dropped 21 points this season after taking the lead.

Ryan Fraser has been involved in four goals in his last six games in the Premier League (two goals, two assists), as many as he had in his previous 50 appearances in the competition (five assists).

Only Leeds (82) have received more yellow cards in the Premier League this season than Newcastle (62).

Last week against Brighton, Eddie Howe’s side scored two goals in the first 14 minutes, the first time they have achieved that in a home Premier League match for 15 years.

Newcastle have lost 23 of their last 24 Premier League away games against sides starting the day in the top three.

Having been unchanged for three successive games, Eddie Howe made one change against Southampton on Thursday, bringing in Bruno Guimaraes for his full debut, replacing the injured Joelinton in midfield.

Eddie Howe has won three of his five Premier League away games against Chelsea, losing the other two. Of all visiting managers to have taken charge of at least three Premier League games at Stamford Bridge, Howe has the best win rate (60 per cent).

Eddie Howe’s managerial record against ChelseaWon: 4Drawn: 1Lost: 7

Discipline

There are no suspensions.

Players who accumulate 10 yellow cards in Premier League matches up to and including our 32nd fixture will serve a two-match suspension in the competition.

Premier League bookings list

Chelsea: Alonso 6, Rudiger 5, James 4, Jorginho 4, Kovacic 3, Mendy 3, Chalobah 2, Christensen 2, Mount 2, Pulisic 2, Thiago Silva 2, Ziyech 2, Havertz 1, Hudson-Odoi 1, Kante 1, Loftus-Cheek 1, Sarr 1, Saul 1, Werner 1

Newcastle: Joelinton 6, Hayden 5, Lascelles 5, Manquillo 5, Ritchie 5, Shelvey 5, Saint-Maximin 4, Wilson 4, Fraser 3, Krafth 3, Schar 3, Burn 2, Clark 2, Dummett 2, Murphy 2, Almiron 1, Darlow 1, Dubravka 1, Lewis 1, S Longstaff 1, Murphy 1

Referee and VAR

Referee: David CooteVAR: John BrooksDavid Coote is the official for the second time in under a month. He was the referee for our 1-0 win at Crystal Palace as well as our away games at Wolves and Watford in December.