Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 August 2018
Result
Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 26 August 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 August 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Eden Hazard opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Joselu (83'). Chelsea scored through Eden Hazard (76', penalty) and an own goal by DeAndre Yedlin (87').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 1 point from 2 and Chelsea 5th on 6 points from 2. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 72.
Newcastle United lined up in a 5-4-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Eden Hazard of Chelsea (8.0), ahead of Jorginho (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 6 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · Mateo Kovacic
- 65'Yellow card · F. Schär
- 68'Yellow card · Federico Fernández
- 70'Yellow card · Matt Ritchie
- 76'Penalty goal · Eden Hazard
- 83'Goal · Joselu
- 87'Own goal · DeAndre Yedlin
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)
Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Fabian Schär, Federico Fernández, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Mohamed Diamé, Sung-yueng Ki, Jacob Murphy, Salomón Rondón
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Pedro, Álvaro Morata, Eden Hazard