Chelsea prepare to entertain Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Blues are clearly on top, having won 40 and lost only 10 of the 69 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Stamford Bridge was just last season, in December 2006, the Blues carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2006/2007 | Sun 22 Apr | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
2006/2007 | Wed 20 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | LGEC |
2006/2007 | Wed 13 Dec | Chelsea | 1-0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
2005/2006 | Sun 07 May | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
2005/2006 | Wed 22 Mar | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | FAC |
2005/2006 | Sat 19 Nov | Chelsea | 3 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
2004/2005 | Sun 15 May | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 5 conceded.
The away form of Newcastle Utd. is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Magpies have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Chelsea sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 38 points from their 19 games. Newcastle Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 26 points from their 19 games played so far,
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Newcastle Utd. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Blues in a close run game. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Chelsea | Unbeaten in the last 48 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
Newcastle Utd. | 4 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |