Newcastle United 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2014
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2014, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Newcastle United beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 December 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.
Papiss Cissé opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Papiss Cissé (57') and Papiss Cissé (78'). Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (83').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 8th on 20 points from 14 and Chelsea 1st on 32 points from 14. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Chelsea 1st with 83.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Colback of Newcastle United (8.3), level with Papiss Demba Cissé (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 48'Yellow card · Moussa Sissoko
- 56'Yellow card · Steven Taylor
- 57'Goal · Papiss Cissé
- 64'Yellow card · Andre Schürrle
- 64'Yellow card · Andre Schürrle
- 74'Yellow card · Cheik Tiote
- 78'Goal · Papiss Cissé
- 79'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 80'Yellow card · Diego Costa
- 81'Second yellow · Steven Taylor
- 83'Goal · Didier Drogba
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Elliot, Daryl Janmaat, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Paul Dummett, Cheik Tiote, Jack Colback, Rémy Cabella, Moussa Sissoko, Sammy Ameobi, Ayoze Pérez
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, John Terry, César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fàbregas, John Mikel Obi, Willian, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa