Match Report
Newcastle United (12th, 49 pts) visited Chelsea (10th, 52 pts) with 3 points between them. On recent form Chelsea sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 10th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Chelsea 1.53 scored and 1.37 conceded per game, Newcastle United 1.39 and 1.45, with the league averaging 1.38.
The head-to-head ledger counts 40 games: 20 Chelsea wins, 13 for Newcastle United, 7 draws, at 3.03 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 65% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stamford Bridge (capacity 41,841). Newcastle United led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Newcastle United: Anthony Gordon (18')
Key stats
Possession: Chelsea 67% · Newcastle United 33% · Total shots: 22-7 · On target: 3-5 · Corners: 8-1