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Preview
- Home side Newcastle United meet Chelsea at St. James' Park on 2025-12-20 (kick-off 12:30 GMT), contesting week 17 of the 2025-2026 Premier League.
- During the previous 3 encounters, E. Howe scored 2 victories, E. Maresca scored 1 victory, and there were 0 ties.
- After 16 matchdays, Newcastle United sit 12th with 22 points and Chelsea are 4th having collected 28 points.
- Newcastle United are missing 7 players: S. Botman (Lower Back Injury), D. Burn (Chest Injury), E. Krafth (Knee Injury), W. Osula (Ankle Injury), K. Trippier (Hamstring Injury), V. Livramento (Injury), N. Pope (Muscle Injury) but Chelsea are missing 5 players: L. Colwill (Knee Injury), L. Delap (Shoulder Injury), D. Essugo (Thigh Injury), R. Lavia (Thigh Injury), M. Mudryk (Suspended).
- We're predicting Newcastle United to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-3-3, and Chelsea are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, L. Miley registered the best mark for Newcastle United - 8.5 - and A. Garnacho did likewise for Chelsea with an 9.2 score.
- Both sides left it all on the pitch: Newcastle United won 2-1 against Fulham, and Chelsea secured a victory 3-1 over Cardiff City.
- Newcastle United look strong (2-2-1) over the last 5 matches, whereas Chelsea have 2-1-2 in the same span.
- Chelsea hold the upper hand H2H: of 44 meetings, they've triumphed 22 times, conceded 12 times and shared 10 draws.
- 1-2 leads the pack at 16.1% of all our users' guesses, with 2-1 next on 11.8%.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Chelsea to win 2-1, despite Newcastle United's 5-1-2 home form - Chelsea's strong 4-2-2 record away with 1.50 goals/game does the trick.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Most Guessed Score
2
2
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Team Kits
Newcastle
Chelsea
Events
| 4' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 7' | R. Sanchez | ||
| 20' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 27' | A. Garnacho | ||
| 45' | M. Gusto | ||
HT 2 - 0 | |||
| 49' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 54' | |||
| 58' | E. Maresca | ||
| 61' | F. Schar | ||
| 66' | 2 - 2 | ||
| 70' | M. Caicedo | ||
| 72' | |||
| 73' | |||
| 73' | |||
| 77' | Y. Wissa | ||
| 79' | |||
| 82' | Andrey Santos | ||
| 83' | Joao Pedro | ||
| 86' | L. Hall | ||
| 89' | |||
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Newcastle is going head to head with Chelsea on 20/12/2025 12:30 GMT at St. James' Park for the England Premier League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 2. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Newcastle v Chelsea H2H statistics!