Chelsea vs Newcastle

Premier League · Round 15 · Sat 2 Dec 2017, 12:30

31 Full time

Newcastle

Chelsea
Eden Hazard 21', 74' (pen)
Alvaro Morata 33'

Newcastle
Dwight Gayle 12'

Chelsea beat Newcastle 3–1 on 2 December 2017 (Premier League 2017-2018, Round 15). Goals – Chelsea: Eden Hazard 21', 74' (pen), Alvaro Morata 33'; Newcastle: Dwight Gayle 12'. In 48 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Chelsea have won 25, Newcastle 13 and 10 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

12' Dwight Gayle Newcastle 0–1
21' Eden Hazard Chelsea 1–1
33' Alvaro Morata Chelsea · assist Victor Moses 2–1
Half time · 2–1
74' Eden Hazard Chelsea · Penalty 3–1
Full time · 3–1

Lineups

Chelsea

Substitutes used

Willian for Eden Hazard 78'
Tiemoue Bakayoko for Cesc Fabregas 78'
Gary Cahill for Andreas Christensen 80'

Unused

Michy Batshuayi, Wilfredo Caballero, Pedro, Davide Zappacosta

Newcastle

Substitutes used

Isaac Hayden for Ayoze Perez 62'
Jonjo Shelvey for Mohamed Diame 75'
DeAndre Yedlin for Mikel Merino 85'

Unused

Rolando Aarons, Rob Elliot, Joselu, Aleksandar Mitrovic

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

Full head-to-head

25Chelsea wins10Draws13Newcastle wins

48 meetings · goals Chelsea 79–46 Newcastle

Previous meetings

13 Feb 2016 Chelsea

5–1FT · 17:30

Newcastle

26 Sep 2015 Newcastle

2–2FT · 17:30

Chelsea

10 Jan 2015 Chelsea

2–0FT · 15:00

Newcastle

6 Dec 2014 Newcastle

2–1FT · 12:45

Chelsea

8 Feb 2014 Chelsea

3–0FT · 15:00

Newcastle

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2017-2018

Full table

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
5	Chelsea	38	21	7	10	+24	70
10	Newcastle	38	12	8	18	−8	44

Top scorers 2017-2018

All scorers

Chelsea

Newcastle