{"id":38386,"date":"2025-12-20T12:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T12:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=38386"},"modified":"2025-12-20T12:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T12:48:06","slug":"newcastle-v-chelsea-premier-league-live-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=38386","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle v Chelsea: Premier League \u2013 live | Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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15 mins: <\/strong>Sanchez claims the corner, but then chucks it to Lewis Hall, who lifts the ball into the empty net \u2013 thankfully for the keeper, the referee had blown up for a foul by Schar. The right call, but why on earth did Sanchez throw it?<\/p>\n

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14 mins: <\/strong>Lewis Hall, up against his formative club, gets forward but sees his cross cut out by Gusto. Another Newcastle corner \u2026<\/p>\n

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12 mins: <\/strong>Neto tries to find the right angle in the Newcastle box, but Fabian Schar \u2013 34 today! \u2013 blocks his effort, and Gordon then wins a foul from Gusto.<\/p>\n

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11 mins: <\/strong>Garnacho prods the ball beyond Lewis Miley but can\u2019t catch up to it before it trickles out for a goal kick.<\/p>\n

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10 mins: <\/strong>It felt like Newcastle would come flying out of the traps here; now it\u2019s up to Chelsea to get a foothold in the game. They\u2019ve just had to work the ball back to Sanchez, under constant pressure.<\/p>\n

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9 mins: <\/strong>Gusto went down hurt after failing to stop Gordon getting the shot away that led to Newcastle\u2019s goal; he seems OK to carry on for now, and I\u2019m not sure Chelsea can feel too aggrieved about anything.<\/p>\n

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8 mins: <\/strong>The first Newcastle corner is nodded away by Joao Pedro; the second, curled in by Tonali, almost sneaks into the top corner!<\/p>\n

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6 mins: <\/strong>Gordon has another shot on goal, close to the penalty spot \u2013 but Sanchez tips it over the bar! The keeper is incensed that play continued, with Gusto down holding his leg \u2013 and is booked for dissent.<\/p>\n

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4 mins: <\/strong>Chelsea look to rally quickly and Pedro Neto fires a shot high and wide from a dangerous cross. At the other end \u2026<\/p>\n

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Anthony Gordon is key here<\/strong>, winning possession from Fofana and passing to Tonali, who finds Bruno Guimaraes, who sweeps it out to the right, where Murphy whips in a terrific cross. Gordon gets a touch at the far post, Sanchez makes an instinctive save \u2013 but Woltemade is there to smash home the rebound!<\/p>\n

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GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Sunderland (Woltemade 3′)<\/h2>\n

But it\u2019s Newcastle who lead \u2013 and Nick Woltemade has his redemption story!<\/p>\n

<\/span>Nick Woltemade\u2019s in the right place! What a start!<\/span> Photograph: Owen Humphreys\/PA<\/span>St. James’ Park goes BONKERS!!<\/span> Photograph: Scott Heppell\/ReutersShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a007.41 EST<\/p>\n

2 mins: <\/strong>A first shot on goal for Chelsea, with Cole Palmer trying a cheeky lob from the corner of the penalty area. It lands on the roof of the net.<\/p>\n

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Here we go<\/h2>\n

Andy Madley gets us under way at a foggy, chilly St James\u2019 Park. Fun fact: 37 of the 60 Premier League games between these two teams have been won by the home team \u2013 a competition record.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019d like to nominate Michail Antonio<\/strong>, who played left and right wing as well as right back for the Hammers, before moving to centre forward and becoming our leading Premier League scorer to date,\u201d writes Dan Barnett. \u201cA true grafter who left it all on the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s all the live action you can enjoy with us this weekend \u2026<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Chris Greenhough and Nick Whitbread, who emailed me within seconds of each other to nominate Paul Warhurst <\/strong>\u2013 as both noted, a utility phenomenon in the Premier League and Championship Manager, where he could play pretty much anywhere.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Paul Warhurst doing his thing for Bolton against Manchester United in 2001.<\/span> Photograph: Phil Noble\/PAShare<\/p>\n

\u201cOne memorable utility shift was Ryan Bertrand, moved up to left wing in the 2012 Champions League final, sitting in front of Ashley Cole to track Arjen Robben. I believe he\u2019s still the only player to have made his Champions League debut in the final,\u201d says Rob Hobson.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLast weekend\u2019s shambolic and shameful defeat at the dark place won\u2019t be forgotten about any time soon, so there is added pressure to get a result here,\u201d writes Newcastle fan Chris Paraskevas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been waiting for a semblance of consistency from this team but too often it has been one step forward followed by two steps back. As much as there have been injuries, isn\u2019t that to be expected of \u2018big\u2019 clubs playing in all the \u2018big\u2019 competitions?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a noticeable leadership vacuum on the pitch right now and Bruno cannot be expected to constantly lift the team off the canvas and drive us on. Some of the big players ought to look at the example set by Lewis Miley: quietly consistent, adaptable and always calm under pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One interesting trend this season \u2013 partly caused by injuries \u2013 has been the revival of utility players. Like Dominik Szoboszlai, Lewis Miley is dropping in to right-back from midfield effectively, while Reece James has moved the other way for Chelsea. At Manchester City, Pep Guardiola \u2013 who was shifting players around before it was cool \u2013 has settled on Nico O\u2019Reilly and Matheus Nunes as his starting full-backs. Anyone I\u2019m missing? And who are your favourite everymen from down the years?<\/p>\n

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Those Newcastle injuries:<\/strong> today Howe is without Burn, Livramento, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Kieran Trippier, Emil Krafth, Jamaal Lascelles, William Osula and Nick Pope. No Premier League team has more players out at present, but there are more than 130 players nursing some kind of issue, according to Premier Injuries. It\u2019s almost like they play too many games, or something.<\/p>\n

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Eddie Howe <\/strong>talks to TNT Sports: \u201cWe want lots of goalmouth action, there\u2019s no better feeling than when you look like scoring goals. We want to pay the fans back for all their support, and the horrible feeling we gave them against Sunderland.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As for Chelsea<\/strong>, there\u2019s just one change from the team that beat Everton in the league last weekend \u2013 with Moises Caicedo replacing Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez in midfield. Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho, who came off the bench to earn Carabao Cup victory in Cardiff, both start today.<\/p>\n

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Newcastle make three changes <\/strong>from the defeat to Sunderland, with two Jacobs coming in \u2013 Ramsey in midfield and Murphy on the right wing. Anthony Elanga drops to the bench, while Lewis Miley slots in at right-back, as he did against Fulham in the League Cup, where he popped up with the winning goal. Tino Livramento and Dan Burn have both joined Eddie Howe\u2019s long injury list, but Lewis Hall is fit to start today.<\/p>\n

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Team news<\/h2>\n

Newcastle United (4-3-3):<\/strong> Ramsdale; Miley, Thiaw, Schar, Hall; Guimar\u00e3es, Tonali, Ramsey; Jacob Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon.
Subs: Ruddy, Joelinton, Wissa, Barnes, Elanga, Willock, Alex Murphy, Shahar, Neave.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chelsea (4-2-3-1):<\/strong> S\u00e1nchez; Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; James, Caicedo; Pedro Neto, Palmer, Garnacho; Jo\u00e3o Pedro.
Subs: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Fernandez, Santos, Hato, Acheampong, Guiu, Buonanotte.<\/em><\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Andrew Madley. VAR<\/strong>: Peter Bankes.
Assistants<\/strong>: Adrian Holmes, Craig Taylor.<\/p>\n

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Preamble<\/h2>\n

Two teams, and two head coaches, on similar paths converge at St James\u2019 Park this afternoon. Newcastle and Chelsea both earned Carabao Cup wins in midweek that partially papered over their recent troubles \u2013 but Eddie Howe and Enzo Maresca have both struggled to build any real momentum so far this season.<\/p>\n

Newcastle are 12th in the league, but only six points behind today\u2019s opponents, who sit fourth. In the last month, they have beaten Manchester City at home, run riot at Everton, slipped up twice in the Champions League (where they also sit 12th) and served up a miserably meek performance in the derby defeat to Sunderland.<\/p>\n

Chelsea\u2019s form has been slightly better \u2013 save for a defeat to Atalanta that leaves them just behind Newcastle in the European standings. Just like their hosts, though, they are prone to tepid displays whenever a hot streak is threatened. Maresca\u2019s recent comments have only served to turn up the heat, making him more vulnerable on those bad days.<\/p>\n

A little pressure, then, on both dugouts as we head into the fabled busy festive period. It could make for a very watchable game. Kick-off is at 12.30pm (GMT).<\/p>\n

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 15 mins: Sanchez claims the corner, but then chucks it to Lewis Hall, who lifts the ball into the empty net \u2013 thankfully for the keeper, the referee had blown up for a foul by Schar. The right call, but why<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2860,3504,132,7895,1706],"class_list":{"0":"post-38386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-chelsea","9":"tag-league","10":"tag-live","11":"tag-newcastle","12":"tag-premier"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}