Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2019
Result
Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle United: match report
Chelsea beat Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 January 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.
Pedro opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Pedro (9') and Willian (57'). Newcastle United scored through Ciaran Clark (40').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 44 points from 21 and Newcastle United 18th on 18 points from 21. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 45.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Luiz of Chelsea (8.9), ahead of Pedro (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Newcastle United's L-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Pedro
- 24'Yellow card · Matt Ritchie
- 40'Goal · Ciaran Clark
- 57'Goal · Willian
- 63'Yellow card · Jorginho
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Pedro, Eden Hazard, Willian
Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)
Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Florian Lejeune, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Pérez, Sean Longstaff, Isaac Hayden, Christian Atsu, Salomón Rondón