Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015
Result
Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 September 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ayoze Pérez opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Ayoze Pérez (42') and Georginio Wijnaldum (60'). Chelsea scored through Ramires (79') and Willian (86').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 19th on 2 points from 6 and Chelsea 15th on 7 points from 6. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Chelsea 9th with 54.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daryl Janmaat of Newcastle United (8.1), level with Ayoze Pérez (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 4 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Jack Colback
- 42'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
- 60'Goal · Georginio Wijnaldum
- 68'Yellow card · Branislav Ivanović
- 79'Goal · Ramires
- 86'Goal · Willian
- 90+7'Yellow card · Pedro
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, Daryl Janmaat, Chancel Mbemba, Fabricio Coloccini, Kevin Mbabu, Moussa Sissoko, Jack Colback, Vurnon Anita, Georginio Wijnaldum, Ayoze Pérez, Aleksandar Mitrović
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Asmir Begović, Branislav Ivanović, Kurt Zouma, Gary Cahill, César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fàbregas, Nemanja Matić, Pedro, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Loïc Rémy