Chelsea v Newcastle United: Premier League – BBC Sport

Chelsea have lost just one of their 29 Premier League home games against Newcastle (W21 D7), 2-0 in May 2012.

Newcastle have won two of their last four Premier League games against Chelsea (D1 L1), as many as in their last 13 (D1 L10).

Chelsea's last three Premier League defeats have come against the top three teams from last season (0-5 against Arsenal in April, 0-2 against Man City in August, 1-2 against Liverpool last weekend). The Blues are unbeaten in 19 games against all other teams (W13 D6) and have scored 54 goals in those games.

Having won three of their first four Premier League games this season (D1), Newcastle have failed to win their last four since then (D2 L2). The Magpies last went five games without a win in the league in March 2023.

Chelsea have named the youngest average starting XI in the Premier League this season (23 years, 220 days), with Tosin Adarabioyo being the oldest player to appear for Chelsea this season at just 27 years old. They are the only team in Premier League history to have eight games in a season without using anyone over the age of 27.

Since going eight Premier League games unbeaten in London between October 2022 and October 2023, Newcastle United have lost five of their last seven games in the capital (W2).

Eddie Howe has won two of his Premier League games against Chelsea as Newcastle manager – only Alan Pardew (4) has beaten the Blues more in the Magpies' competition. Howe also beat the Blues four times as Bournemouth manager and could become the third manager after Kenny Dalglish (Blackburn/Liverpool) and David Moyes (Everton/West Ham) to play more than three Premier League games against them with two different clubs wins.

Cole Palmer has 18 goals and five assists in his last 14 Premier League games at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea. Among players who play more than 1,000 minutes in a stadium, only Erling Haaland at the Etihad (goal or assist every 57 minutes) has a better rate than Palmer at Stamford Bridge, who averages a goal or assist every 63 minutes .

Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson has been involved in 13 goals in his last 13 Premier League games (9 goals, 4 assists). He also scored the opening goal in a 3-2 win against Newcastle in March.

Newcastle's Harvey Barnes has been involved in four goals in his last five away Premier League games (3 goals, 1 assist) and scored in his last two games in London against Brentford and Fulham. The only two Magpies players to score three times in a row in the capital are Peter Beardsley in 1994 and Callum Wilson in 2020.