Premier League: Top level against subpar, at least based on the points won so far. Chelsea - Newcastle United. Home victory or a surprise result?
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Newcastle United have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Chelsea nor Newcastle United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Chelsea form and stats
6-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Chelsea so far this season. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Chelsea are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Happy days for Chelsea in their previous game, a fixture away at Norwich City (placed 20th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. The attacking player Mount won the honour of being "man of the match" for Chelsea with a rating of 8.84/10. Mount scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 57 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Burnley with a 4-0 scoreline.Chelsea are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew four and lost zero.
The manager Tuchel will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lille in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Chelsea are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Chelsea have conceded only 10 goals.
Newcastle United form and stats
There's been little loot from Newcastle United's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Premier League. Newcastle United only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. Newcastle has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Two trips in a row for Newcastle United, whose manager Howe could celebrate last time after the win against Southampton. Defender Targett was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Targett hit two key passes and won 9 of 10 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Brighton & Hove Albion.You'll want to know how Newcastle United managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found seven similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and five home wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Newcastle United manager Howe as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Everton.
The attacking power of Newcastle when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Newcastle United's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have fought before this season: Newcastle United - Chelsea 0-3. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Chelsea won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Newcastle United have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
![]() M. Mount 8 goals | ![]() J. Frello Filho 6 goals | ![]() C. Wilson 6 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Newcastle United missing players
| Chelsea | Newcastle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 56 | 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 47 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 89% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 48% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 23% | 33% |
| 11% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 15% |
| 48% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 67% |
| 44% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| 6.3 | 7.7 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.6 | 16.9 | 21.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.6 | 12.2 |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 26% | 31% |
| 9.1 | 8.3 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.2 | 14 | 14.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Newcastle United have scored away.
- Chelsea have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 50 | 69 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 71 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 51 | 63 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 48 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 47 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 45 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 10 | Southampton | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 31 | -8 | 35 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -3 | 33 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 31 |
| 15 | Brentford | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -15 | 27 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 36 | -35 | 23 |
| 17 | Everton | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -18 | 22 |
| 18 | Burnley | 26 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 21 |
| 19 | Watford | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -27 | 19 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -44 | 17 |
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