Chelsea 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2017
Result
Chelsea 3-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2017, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Chelsea 3-1 Newcastle United: match report
Chelsea won against Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 December 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Dwight Gayle opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Eden Hazard (21'), Álvaro Morata (33') and Eden Hazard (74', penalty). Newcastle United scored through Dwight Gayle (12').
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 29 points from 14 and Newcastle United 12th on 15 points from 14. Chelsea went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Newcastle United 10th with 44.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Newcastle United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eden Hazard of Chelsea (9.4), ahead of Cesc Fàbregas (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 3 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 21'Goal · Eden Hazard
- 33'Goal · Álvaro Morata
- 45+1'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 74'Penalty goal · Eden Hazard
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (3-5-1-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rüdiger, Victor Moses, Cesc Fàbregas, N'Golo Kanté, Danny Drinkwater, Marcos Alonso, Eden Hazard, Álvaro Morata
Newcastle United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Karl Darlow, Chancel Mbemba, Florian Lejeune, Ciaran Clark, Javier Manquillo, Mohamed Diamé, Mikel Merino, Matt Ritchie, Jacob Murphy, Ayoze Pérez, Dwight Gayle