Chelsea vs Newcastle
Premier League 2018-19
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Kick-off: 5:30pm GMT
Maurizio Sarri needs a win as Chelsea look to kickstart their season against Newcastle United.
The Blues currently sit fourth in the Premier League table, but are struggling for goals with Arsenal and a resurgent Manchester United breathing down their necks as the race for Champions League qualification begins to heat up.
Sarri's side lost the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final 1-0 at Tottenham in midweek, while a goalless League home draw against Southampton earlier this month may give Rafa Benitez hope that Newcastle can frustrate his former club at the Bridge.
Chelsea vs Newcastle team news and line-ups
Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pedro, Hazard, Willian
Subs: Barkley, Caballero, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Christensen, Emerson Palmieri, Ampadu
Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Lejeune, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie, Perez, Longstaff, Hayden, Atsu, Rondon
Subs: Schar, Murphy, Fernandez, Manquillo, Joselu, Sterry, Woodman
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire)
Score prediction: Chelsea 2-0 Newcastle
The Blues have struggled in front of goal this season with fewer goals than any of the other 'Big Six' sides, but should have enough firepower to see off a struggling Newcastle side.
Eden Hazard has scored six goals and set up another in his five Premier League games against the Magpies at the Bridge, so back the Belgian to be a key one once again.
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Match odds
- Chelsea to win: 1/4
- Draw: 11/2
- Newcastle: 15/1
First goalscorer odds
- Eden Hazard: 16/5
- Salomon Rondon: 11/1
- Pedro: 9/2
- Olivier Giroud: 7/2
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What TV channel, live stream and online coverage
The match will be televised live on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport 4K UHD. BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
You can follow all the action and analysis with Standard Sport's Vaishali Bhardwaj on our LIVE blog from the Bridge.
Head to Head history (h2h)
The sides have met 47 times in the Premier League: Chelsea have won 23 of those encounters, Newcastle 12, and the teams have shared 12 draws.
Chelsea have lost just one of their 23 home Premier League games against the Magpies, and have won the last six at the Bridge in all competitions.
