Newcastle United 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 25 April 2004

Result

Newcastle United 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 25 April 2004, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Newcastle United 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Newcastle United beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 25 April 2004. The half-time score was 1-1.

Joe Cole opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Shola Ameobi (44') and Alan Shearer (48'). Chelsea scored through Joe Cole (5').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 6th on 50 points from 33 and Chelsea 2nd on 72 points from 34. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 2 draws and 4 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-D-W-L-W and Chelsea's D-L-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Alan ShearerNewcastle United · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Hugo VianaNewcastle United
  • 81'Yellow card · Robert HuthChelsea
  • 90'Yellow card · Jerrel HasselbainkChelsea

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Newcastle United 1, draws 2, Chelsea 4.