{"id":359562,"date":"2025-12-20T07:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359562\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T07:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:29:18","slug":"newcastle-vs-chelsea-preview-predictions-and-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359562\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle vs. Chelsea: Preview, Predictions and Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Premier League weekend kicks off in style as Newcastle United welcome Chelsea to St James\u2019 Park on Saturday lunchtime. <\/p>\n

Both sides booked their place in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup<\/a> midweek, with the clubs on course to meet in the showpiece event at Wembley, but they must refocus their attention to Premier League<\/a> duties in their final outing before Christmas. <\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> have enjoyed this fixture on their own patch in recent seasons having won their last four battles with the Blues on Tyneside, but Eddie Howe\u2019s side aren\u2019t brimming with confidence following their disappointing defeat in the Tyne-Wear derby last weekend. An underwhelming 1\u20130 loss means they start the weekend in 12th. <\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> are currently clinging on to the final spot in the top four after their return to winning ways last weekend, Enzo Maresca\u2019s men triumphing over Everton on home soil. That was their first win in four Premier League matches as early season talk of a title challenge dissipates and they will be handed a sizeable test by the Magpies in front of a vociferous St James\u2019 Park crowd. <\/p>\n

Here is Sports Illustrated\u2019s guide to a blockbuster match.<\/p>\n

Newcastle vs. Chelsea Head-to-Head Record (Last Five Games)Current Form (All Competitions)<\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/p>\n

Newcastle 2\u20131 Fulham – 17\/12\/25 <\/p>\n

Cardiff 1\u20133 Chelsea – 16\/12\/25<\/p>\n

Sunderland 1\u20130 Newcastle – 14\/12\/25<\/p>\n

Chelsea 2\u20130 Everton – 13\/12\/25<\/p>\n

Bayer Leverkusen 2\u20132 Newcastle – 10\/12\/25<\/p>\n

Atalanta 2\u20131 Chelsea – 09\/12\/25<\/p>\n

Newcastle 2\u20131 Burnley – 06\/12\/25<\/p>\n

Bournemouth 0\u20130 Chelsea – 06\/12\/25<\/p>\n

Newcastle 2\u20132 Tottenham – 02\/12\/25<\/p>\n

Leeds 3\u20131 Chelsea – 03\/12\/25<\/p>\n

Country<\/p>\n

TV Channel\/Live Stream<\/p>\n

United Kingdom<\/p>\n

TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, discovery+, discovery+ App<\/p>\n

United States<\/p>\n

USA Network, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, NBC Sports App, nbcsports.com, UNIVERSO, UNIVERSO NOW<\/p>\n

Canada<\/p>\n

DAZN Canada, fuboTV Canada<\/p>\n

Mexico<\/p>\n

Max Mexico, TNT Sports, TNT Go<\/p>\n

\"Lewis<\/p>\n

Lewis Hall could be absent. \/ Ulrik Pedersen\/NurPhoto\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Newcastle are battling a number of injury issues ahead of Chelsea\u2019s visit, with the majority of their issues coming in defence. <\/p>\n

Ex-Chelsea right back Tino Livramento suffered a fresh injury setback midweek and won\u2019t be available until 2026, while Lewis Hall is a doubt against his old side with a hamstring complaint. Kieran Trippier, Dan Burn, Emil Krafth and Sven Botman are guaranteed to be absent in the backline, while Nick Pope is touch-and-go to return in between the sticks.<\/p>\n

William Osula is also missing at the other end of the pitch, but Yoane Wissa\u2019s recent return and absence from the DR Congo squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is positive news for Howe. The summer signing scored his first goal for the club on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\"Newcastle<\/p>\n

Newcastle have major defensive injury issues. \/ FotMob<\/p>\n

Newcastle predicted lineup vs. Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Ramsdale; Miley, Thiaw, Sch\u00e4r, Hall; Guimar\u00e3es, Tonali, Ramsey; Elanga, Woltemade, Gordon. <\/p>\n

\"Est\u00eav\u00e3o\"<\/p>\n

Est\u00eav\u00e3o is absent through injury. \/ Catherine Ivill\/AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Chelsea will be without Est\u00eav\u00e3o for the clash at Newcastle as he battles a muscle injury which ruled him out of the Cardiff City cup tie on Tuesday night. He joins Levi Colwill and Rom\u00e9o Lavia on the sidelines, as well as the suspended Mykhailo Mudryk. <\/p>\n

Liam Delap and D\u00e1rio Essugo are also in the treatment room. Maresca has confirmed the former should be available for the clash against Aston Villa two days after Christmas. The Blues boss did actually name Essugo in his update but this has seen been confirmed to have been a mistake\u2014Maresca meant to say Est\u00eav\u00e3o instead.<\/p>\n

Maresca changed his entire XI for the clash with Cardiff and will revert to his usual lineup against Newcastle. Mois\u00e9s Caicedo, whose three-game ban has now been served, appears likely to be the only survivor from Tuesday. <\/p>\n

\"Chelsea<\/p>\n

Chelsea\u2019s injury issues are clearing up. \/ FotMob<\/p>\n

Chelsea predicted lineup vs. Newcastle (4-2-3-1): S\u00e1nchez; James, Chalobah, Fofana, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fern\u00e1ndez; Neto, Palmer, Garnacho; Pedro. <\/p>\n

Newcastle\u2019s stream of defensive injuries will certainly undermine them on Saturday and a clean sheet appears nigh on impossible to achieve. Luckily, the Magpies have the attacking threats capable of hurting Chelsea and an impressive home record in this fixture. <\/p>\n

The Blues are well-rested after making wholesale alterations in the Carabao Cup and that extra energy should help them unlock an injury-hit rearguard. But Chelsea remain an inconsistent force and could struggle to see out victory in a difficult environment. <\/p>\n

Prediction: Newcastle 2\u20132 ChelseaREAD THE LATEST PREMIER LEAGUE NEWS, TRANSFER RUMORS AND GOSSIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Premier League weekend kicks off in style as Newcastle United welcome Chelsea to St James\u2019 Park on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-359562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}