Chelsea vs Newcastle head-to-head record

Chelsea have won our past seven matches at Stamford Bridge against Newcastle in all competitions, scoring 20 while conceding just three goals.Newcastle have won one of their last 25 away league games against Chelsea (seven draws, 17 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 (17 – as many as against Tottenham).

Chelsea have not kept a clean sheet in any of our past six Premier League meetings with Newcastle.

Biggest league win for each team

Chelsea 6-0 Newcastle 1980/81 Division TwoNewcastle 5-0 Chelsea 1974/75 Division OneNewcastle’s biggest win at Stamford Bridge is 3-0 in 1914/15

Last season's corresponding game

CHELSEA 2 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1Premier League, Stamford Bridge, 12.01.19, 5.30pm

Chelsea (4-3-3) Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta (c), Rüdiger, David Luiz, Alonso; Kanté, Jorginho, Kovacic (Barkley 62); Pedro (Hudson-Odoi 80), Hazard (Giroud 86), Willian.Unused subs Caballero, Ampadu, Christensen, Emerson. Injured Loftus-CheekHead coach Maurizio SarriBooked Jorginho 62Scorers Pedro 9, Willian 57.

Newcastle United (5-4-1) Dubravka; Yedlin (Manquillo 81), Lejeune, Lascelles (c), Clark, Ritchie; Perez (Murphy 81), Hayden, Longstaff, Atsu; Rondon.Unused subs Woodman, Schar, Fernandez, Sterry, Joselu.Manager Rafael BenitezBooked Ritchie 24Scorer Clark 40

Referee Chris KavanaghAttendance 40,491

Chelsea's recent record

Chelsea are hoping for a fifth successive win in all competitions for the first time since November 2018.Tammy Abraham is the first English player to score as many as eight goals in his side’s first eight Premier League games of a season since Wayne Rooney in 2011/12 (nine).The Blues have netted 18 goals so far in the Premier League this term. Only Liverpool (20) and Man City (27) have scored more.In his playing career for the Blues, Frank Lampard won 15, drew five and lost six of his games against the Magpies, scoring six goals. He scored seven goals against sides managed by Steve Bruce during his Premier League career.

Premier League scorers

Abraham 8, Mount 4, Kante 2, Batshuayi 1, Jorginho 1 (pen), Tomori 1, Willian 1

Milestones

Marcos Alonso made his 100th Premier League appearance for Chelsea at Southampton.

Newcastle statistics

Last seasonPremier League - 13thFA Cup - fourth roundCarabao Cup - second roundTop scorer all competitions: Ayoze Perez 13

Last season’s Premier League statsMost starts: Dubravka 38, Ritchie 34, Perez 33Most goals: Perez 12, Rondon 11, Schar 4Most assists: Ritchie 8, Rondon 7, Hayden 4Most clean sheets: Dubravka 11

Newcastle have been Premier League runners-up twice - in 1995/96 and 1996/97. Their last major piece of silverware was the Inter Cities Fairs Cup in 1969 when they beat Hungarian side Ujpest Dozsa 6-2 over two legs with Joe Harvey in charge.

Newcastle have lost three of their four away games in the Premier League this term - at Norwich, Liverpool and Leicester. The other was a 1-0 win at Tottenham in August.Newcastle have won their past two Premier League games in London (at Fulham and Tottenham), as many as they had in their previous 20.Newcastle are looking to secure back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since April.Steve Bruce’s side have already won more league matches against ‘big-six’ opponents this season (two) than they managed the whole of last season (one).

Only Watford with four have scored fewer Premier League goals this season than Newcastle (five).

Premier League scorers

Joelinton 1, M Longstaff 1, Schar 1, Shelvey 1, Willems 1.

Two weeks ago Steve Bruce registered his first managerial win over Man Utd in his 23rd game against them in all competitions.

That game marked Bruce’s 400th game as a Premier League manager, becoming just the seventh boss to reach that milestone.

Newcastle’s last Premier League game

Sunday 6 OctoberNewcastle United 1 Manchester United 0Team 5-4-1: Dubravka; Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles (c), Clark, Willems; Almiron (Krafth 90), M Longstaff, S Longstaff, Saint-Maximin (Atsu 83); Joelinton (Carroll 56)Scorer: M Longstaff 72Booked: Yedlin, Schar, AlmironAttendance: 51,198

Newcastle’s major summer moves

INSJoelinton - HoffenheimJetro Willems - Eintracht Frankfurt, loanAllan Saint-Maximin - NiceEmil Krafth - AmiensAndy Carroll - Unattached

OUTSMohamed Diame - Al AhliAyoze Perez - LeicesterJoselu - AlavesFreddie Woodman - Swansea, loan

Chelsea vs Newcastle referee and VAR

Referee: Andre MarrinerVAR: Mike Dean

Andre Marriner was the official for two of our Premier League games last season – home to Liverpool and Tottenham.

Discipline

Newcastle’s Isaac Hayden is suspended.

Jorginho is one booking away from a suspension. In the Premier League, five yellow cards received before 19 league fixtures have been played will result in a one=match suspension in the competition.

Premier League bookings list

Chelsea: Jorginho 4, Abraham 2, Alonso 2, Christensen 2, Kanté 1, Kovacic 1, Tomori 1, Zouma 1

Newcastle: Almiron 2, Dummett 2, Joelinton 2, Schar 2, Atsu 1, Hayden 1, S Longstaff 1, Manquillo 1, Ritchie 1, Yedlin 1