Betting preview: Chelsea vs Newcastle United should be interesting

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

It's been three sleeps since Chelsea played against Manchester United and the result was 1-4. What will happen against Newcastle United?

Insights:
  • Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier League

Chelsea are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Newcastle United most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

These are active days for the home side, as they had a match only three days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Manchester United.

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea have played 18 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-6-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Chelsea faced defeat in their previous match, away at Manchester United (1-4). Hall was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Hall hit three key passes and won 7 of 7 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Manchester City (0-1).

Chelsea are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 18 games.

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Newcastle United form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Newcastle United have produced an overall stat of 8-7-3 so far.

Newcastle delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Leicester City (placed 18th) in their previous fixture. Newcastle United were so close to winning the game against Leicester City, hitting the post three times. Trippier, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.34. Trippier hit three key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Brighton & Hove Albion.

Observe that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Newcastle United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 18 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other before this season: Newcastle United - Chelsea 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chelsea seven wins, zero draws and Newcastle United three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newcastle UnitedC. Wilson
C. Wilson
18 goals
Newcastle UnitedM. Almirón Rejala
M. Almirón Rejala
11 goals
Newcastle UnitedA. Isak
A. Isak
10 goals

Chelsea missing players

Newcastle United missing players

Chelsea Newcastle United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
11 6 0 Won W 3 8 19
10 6 2 Drew D 2 7 13
16 6 3 Lost L 1 3 5
37 19 2 Scored S 9 31 67
46 18 5 Conceded C 7 18 32
89% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 78% 81%
65% 61% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 78% 73%
43% 39% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 61% 49%
22% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 28% 30%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 22% 22%
46% 39% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 61% 51%
27% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 28% 38%
38% 39% 60% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 30%
 
5.4 5.9 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 8.3 6.2 7.2
4.8 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.3 4.1
2.2 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.6 13.4 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 11.8 14.9
4.2 4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.6 5.2
24% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 37% 35%
 
11.8 11.2 14.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.9 10.1
4.3 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4 3.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Newcastle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newcastle United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier League

  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 37 28 5 4 94 32 19 17 1 1 60 17 18 11 4 3 34 15 62 89
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Manchester United 37 22 6 9 56 42 18 14 3 1 34 9 19 8 3 8 22 33 14 72
4 Newcastle United 37 19 13 5 67 32 19 11 6 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 70
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 18 8 11 71 51 19 10 4 5 37 21 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 62
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 37 11 10 16 37 46 18 6 6 6 19 18 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leicester City 37 8 7 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 19 4 3 12 28 41 -18 31
19 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.