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Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea - August 26, 2018 / Premier League 2018/2019

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Premier League 2018/2019 - Round 3

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

August 26, 2018 - 16:00

Newcastle United

1 - 2

Chelsea

Assist by DeAndre Yedlin (header) Joselu

82'

76'

Eden Hazard (penalty)

87'

DeAndre Yedlin (o.g)

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40' - Yellow card Mateo Kovacic

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62' - Substitution Salomón Rondónis substituted by Joselu62

65' - Yellow card Fabian Schär65

65' - Substitution Álvaro Moratais substituted by Olivier Giroud

68' - Yellow card Federico Fernández68

69' - Substitution Pedrois substituted by Willian

70' - Yellow card Matt Ritchie70

73' - Substitution Jacob Murphyis substituted by Ayoze Pérez73

76' - Goal Eden Hazard

79' - Substitution Fabian Schäris substituted by Yoshinori Muto79

79' - Substitution Mateo Kovacicis substituted by Ross Barkley

82' - Goal Joselu82

87' - Own goal DeAndre Yedlin

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

1 - 2

Chelsea

Newcastle United Chelsea

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Rondón62

Salomón Rondón

Venezuela

B.date16/09/1989

Age28 years

H1m86

positionStriker

11Ritchie70

Matt Ritchie

Scotland

B.date10/09/1989

Age28 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7Murphy73

Jacob Murphy

England

B.date24/02/1995

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Diamé

Mohamed Diamé

Senegal

B.date14/06/1987

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

4Ki

Sung-yueng Ki

South Korea

B.date24/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m89

positionBox-to-box midfielder

3Dummett

Paul Dummett

Wales

B.date26/09/1991

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

22Yedlin87

DeAndre Yedlin

United States

B.date09/07/1993

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

2Clark

Ciaran Clark

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/09/1989

Age28 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

5Schär7965

Fabian Schär

Switzerland

B.date20/12/1991

Age26 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

18Fernández68

Federico Fernández

Argentina

B.date21/02/1989

Age29 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

12Dubravka

Martin Dubravka

Slovakia

B.date15/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Martin Dubravka		29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Fabian Schär	7965	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Ciaran Clark		28	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Federico Fernández	68	29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Paul Dummett		26	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	DeAndre Yedlin	87	25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mohamed Diamé		31	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Sung-yueng Ki		29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jacob Murphy	73	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Matt Ritchie	70	28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Salomón Rondón	62	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

29Morata65

Álvaro Morata

Spain

B.date23/10/1992

Age25 years

H1m87

positionStriker

10Hazard76

Eden Hazard

Belgium

B.date07/01/1991

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Pedro69

Pedro

Spain

B.date28/07/1987

Age31 years

H1m69

positionLeft Winger

17Kovacic7940

Mateo Kovacic

Croatia

B.date06/05/1994

Age24 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

7Kanté

N'Golo Kanté

France

B.date29/03/1991

Age27 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

5Jorginho

Jorginho

Italy

B.date20/12/1991

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Marcos Alonso

Marcos Alonso

Spain

B.date28/12/1990

Age27 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

30David Luiz

David Luiz

Brazil

B.date22/04/1987

Age31 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

2Rüdiger

Antonio Rüdiger

Germany

B.date03/03/1993

Age25 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

28Azpilicueta

César Azpilicueta

Spain

B.date28/08/1989

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Arrizabalaga

Kepa Arrizabalaga

Spain

B.date03/10/1994

Age23 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Kepa Arrizabalaga		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Antonio Rüdiger		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	David Luiz		31	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Marcos Alonso		27	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	César Azpilicueta		28	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Jorginho		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	N'Golo Kanté		27	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Mateo Kovacic	7940	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Eden Hazard	76	27	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Pedro	69	31	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Álvaro Morata	65	25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Karl Darlow		27
25	D	Jamie Sterry		22
36	M	Sean Longstaff		20
30	M	Christian Atsu		26
13	F	Yoshinori Muto	79	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Ayoze Pérez	73	25	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Joselu	8262	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Willy Caballero		36
27	D	Andreas Christensen		22
21	D	Davide Zappacosta		26
12	M	Ruben Loftus-Cheek		22
8	M	Ross Barkley	79	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Willian	69	30	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Olivier Giroud	65	31	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sung-yueng Ki

Jonjo Shelvey

OUT

Salomón Rondón

Joselu

OUT

Federico Fernández

Jamaal Lascelles

OUT

DeAndre Yedlin

Javier Manquillo

OUT

Fabian Schär

Ayoze Pérez

OUT

Jacob Murphy

Kenedy

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mateo Kovacic

Ross Barkley

OUT

Eden Hazard

Willian

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

107

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Benítez vs Chelsea

8 victories

7 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 2018

Benítez vs Sarri

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Maurizio Sarri

Success rate in this team:

75 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Sarri vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 2018

Sarri vs Benítez

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 2018

Referee

Paul Tierney

6 victories	4 draws	9 losses	Newcastle United19 matches	General total	Chelsea20 matches	14 victories	2 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Newcastle United3 matches	Season total	Chelsea3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 24, 2024					Latest figure on April 15, 2024

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Key figures

Eden Hazard scored 7 goals vs Newcastle United in Premier League with Chelsea

It's the first time Joselu scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in his professional career

Chelsea keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 11/08/2018).

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

-1	14	Wolverhampton	2 pts	3 rd
-1	15	Cardiff City	2 pts	3 rd
-1	16	Newcastle United	1 pt	3 rd
-1	17	Southampton	1 pt	3 rd
-1	18	Burnley	1 pt	3 rd

General ranking

	1	Liverpool	9 pts	3 rd
+2	2	Chelsea	9 pts	3 rd
+2	3	Watford	9 pts	3 rd
-2	4	Manchester City	7 pts	3 rd
-2	5	Bournemouth	7 pts	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 3-0 Southampton10/03/2018

VNewcastle United 1-0 Huddersfield Town31/03/2018

VNewcastle United 2-1 Arsenal15/04/2018

LNewcastle United 0-1 West Bromwich Albion28/04/2018

VNewcastle United 3-0 Chelsea13/05/2018

LNewcastle United 1-2 Tottenham11/08/2018

Overall

LNewcastle United 0-1 West Bromwich Albion28/04/2018

LWatford 2-1 Newcastle United05/05/2018

LTottenham 1-0 Newcastle United09/05/2018

VNewcastle United 3-0 Chelsea13/05/2018

LNewcastle United 1-2 Tottenham11/08/2018

DCardiff City 0-0 Newcastle United18/08/2018

Current form

Away

VLeicester 1-2 Chelsea18/03/2018

VSouthampton 2-3 Chelsea14/04/2018

VBurnley 1-2 Chelsea19/04/2018

VSwansea 0-1 Chelsea28/04/2018

LNewcastle United 3-0 Chelsea13/05/2018

VHuddersfield Town 0-3 Chelsea11/08/2018

Overall

DChelsea 1-1 Huddersfield Town09/05/2018

LNewcastle United 3-0 Chelsea13/05/2018

VChelsea 1-0 Manchester United19/05/2018

LChelsea 0-2 Manchester City05/08/2018

VHuddersfield Town 0-3 Chelsea11/08/2018

VChelsea 3-2 Arsenal18/08/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	12	5
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

15	General ranking (Competition total)	4
16	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
116	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	14
11	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (1 times)

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Joselu	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Pedro
Joselu	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Pedro
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jorginho
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jorginho
Matt Ritchie	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Eden Hazard
Matt Ritchie	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Eden Hazard
Joselu	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	Marcos Alonso

Historical head to head

Home

78 matches

39 v

19 d

20 l

115 gf

86 ga

Away

82 matches

13 v

21 d

48 l

83 gf

161 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

161 matches

52 v

40 d

69 l

199 gf

249 ga

Historical head to head

Home

82 matches

48 v

21 d

13 l

161 gf

83 ga

Away

78 matches

20 v

19 d

39 l

86 gf

115 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

161 matches

69 v

40 d

52 l

249 gf

199 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 16, 1974
Home	5 - 0	November 16, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 25, 1980
Away	6 - 1	March 25, 1961

Latest head to head

May 13, 2018 - Premier League 2017/2018

Newcastle United

3 - 0

Chelsea

January 28, 2018 - FA Cup 2017/2018

Chelsea

3 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

December 02, 2017 - Premier League 2017/2018

Chelsea

3 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

February 13, 2016 - Premier League 2015/2016

Chelsea

5 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

September 26, 2015 - Premier League 2015/2016

Newcastle United

2 - 2

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1972 - 1975
Alan Shearer	5 goals	1996 - 2004
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Papiss Cissé	4 goals	2012 - 2014
Les Ferdinand	3 goals	1995 - 1996
Rob Lee	3 goals	1994 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Jimmy Greaves	10 goals	1958 - 1961
Ron Tindall	9 goals	1957 - 1961
Eidur Gudjohnsen	6 goals	2001 - 2004
Eden Hazard	6 goals	2012 - 2017
Frank Lampard	6 goals	2003 - 2013
Gustavo Poyet	5 goals	1997 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Shay Given	26 matches	1997 - 2008
Shola Ameobi	21 matches	2000 - 2013
Alan Shearer	18 matches	1996 - 2006
Rob Lee	17 matches	1993 - 2001
Frank Clark	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Nolberto Solano	16 matches	1998 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Frank Lampard	26 matches	2001 - 2014
John Terry	24 matches	2001 - 2016
Ron Harris	22 matches	1965 - 1978
John Hollins	19 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1960 - 1978
Petr Cech	15 matches	2004 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Damien Duff

86 matches

125 matches

2003 - 2009

Scott Parker

73 matches

28 matches

2004 - 2007

Celestine Babayaro

68 matches

197 matches

1997 - 2007

Demba Ba

58 matches

51 matches

2011 - 2014

Geremi

54 matches

107 matches

2003 - 2009

Laurent Charvet

53 matches

13 matches

1998 - 2000

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Celestine Babayaro

68 matches

197 matches

1997 - 2007

Gavin Peacock

1 match

133 matches

1993 - 1996

Damien Duff

86 matches

125 matches

2003 - 2009

Dave Beasant

22 matches

111 matches

1988 - 1993

Geremi

54 matches

107 matches

2003 - 2009

Demba Ba

58 matches

51 matches

2011 - 2014

Total : 14 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

August 25, 2018

Wolverhampton

1 1

Manchester City

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August 26, 2018

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August 27, 2018

Man United

0 3

Tottenham

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Liverpool	9	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7
+22	Chelsea	9	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5
+23	Watford	9	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
-24	Manchester City	7	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7
-25	Bournemouth	7	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
6	Tottenham	6	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
7	Leicester	6	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
8	Everton	5	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1
9	Manchester United	3	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
+110	Arsenal	3	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1
-111	Crystal Palace	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1
+712	Fulham	3	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2
-113	Brighton & Hove	3	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2
-114	Wolverhampton	2	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2
-115	Cardiff City	2	3	0	2	1	0	2	-2
-116	Newcastle United	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2
-117	Southampton	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2
-118	Burnley	1	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4
-119	Huddersfield Town	1	3	0	1	2	1	9	-8
20	West Ham	0	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7

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Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea - August 26, 2018 / Premier League 2018/2019

Newcastle United

1 - 2

Chelsea

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Benítez vs Chelsea

Benítez vs Sarri

Manager

Sarri vs Newcastle United

Sarri vs Benítez

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking