{"id":359722,"date":"2025-12-20T09:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T09:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359722\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T09:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T09:50:11","slug":"newcastle-united-vs-chelsea-premier-league-preview-team-news-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359722\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle United vs. Chelsea, Premier League: Preview, team news, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s an early kickoff on Tyneside today, which means that this game is going to start in just a few short hours! So let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fourth against twelfth, but Newcastle away is never not a daunting proposition. And it\u2019s just the first of many daunting propositions awaiting us this holiday season, with games against two of the top-three (Aston Villa and Manchester City) on tap. We\u2019re gonna need all the festive spirit, and then some!<\/p>\n

Date \/ Time: Saturday, December 20, 2025, 12.30 GMT; 7:30am EST; 6pm IST
Venue: St James\u2019 Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Referee: Andy Madley (on pitch); Peter Bankes (VAR)
Forecast: Cloudy and cold<\/p>\n

On TV: TNT Sports 1 (UK); USA, Universo (USA); Star Sports Select HD1 (India); SuperSport Premier League (NGA); elsewhere<\/a>
Streaming: discovery+ (UK); NBC Sports Live, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo (USA); JioHotstar (India); DStv Now (NGA)<\/p>\n

\"NEWCASTLE<\/a><\/p>\n

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 17: Anthony Gordon of Newcastle United arrives at the stadium prior to the Carabao Cup Quarter Final match between Newcastle United and Fulham at St James\u2019 Park on December 17, 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by George Wood\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n

Newcastle United team news: After an historic season last year \u2014 a fifth place finish (thus Champions League qualification) and their first major trophy in 56 years \u2014 this season has been a bit of a letdown so far, with the Magpies struggling to put consistent results together: six wins, six defeats, 21 scored, 20 conceded. Almost perfectly in balance, right in the middle of midtable.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the departure of striker Alexander Isak was always going to have a major effect, though his replacements, Nick Woltemade and Yoanne Wissa (now fully fit after several months out with a knee injury) are certainly dangerous in their own right as well.<\/p>\n

Manager Eddie Howe will certainly hope that his team can deliver in attack, with his defensive options reduced thanks to injuries. Dan Burn, Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier, Ex-Chelsea prospect Tino Livramento, Emil Krafth, and Jamaal Lascelles are all out, while goalkeeper Nick Pope is doubtful. Another ex-Chelsea kid, Lewis Hall is facing a late fitness test.<\/p>\n

The Magpies have only lost three games at home this season \u2014 to Arsenal, Liverpool, and Barcelona.<\/p>\n

View from the enemy: Coming Home Newcastle<\/a><\/p>\n

\"COBHAM,<\/a><\/p>\n

COBHAM, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 19: Marc Cucurella, Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto and Marc Guiu of Chelsea during a training session at Chelsea Training Ground on December 19, 2025 in Cobham, England. (Photo by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images) Chelsea FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Chelsea team news: It\u2019s not often that we play a team with a worse injury situation than ours, but recently, we\u2019ve actually been doing quite okay in that department. That said, Est\u00eav\u00e3o misses out with some sort of minor muscular injury while Levi Colwill, Liam Delap, D\u00e1rio Essugo, and Rom\u00e9o Lavia remain out as usual. Both Delap and Est\u00eav\u00e3o are expected to be back next weekend.<\/p>\n

Enzo Maresca rotated heavily for the League Cup quarterfinal midweek, which should hopefully reinvigorate some of the tired legs in the squad (especially Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez).<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a lot of noise around the team and especially Maresca himself \u2014 recent speculation about his future, both in terms of his relationship with the board and then with regards to a potential Pep Guardiola exit at Manchester City \u2014 but the manager has assured us that he\u2019s happy as can be and everyone\u2019s fully focused on the football.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s get to the football!<\/p>\n

Previously: We\u2019ve not won at St James\u2019 Park since 2021 and our last two visits have both ended in 2-0 defeats. Bah, humbug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s an early kickoff on Tyneside today, which means that this game is going to start in just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[60667,403,99],"class_list":["post-359722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-chelsea-fc-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359722","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=359722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}