Newcastle United will be looking to cause an upset and claim their first win of the season as they get ready to host European champions Chelsea at St James’ Park on Saturday. The game, that kicks-off at 3pm, marks the second home fixture since the £305m Saudi-led takeover was completed earlier this month following the 3-2 defeat against Tottenham Hotspur.
Graeme Jones is set to take charge once again after he was appointed on an interim basis following Steve Bruce’s departure.
Although the Magpies remain 19th in the Premier League, they did pick up a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace t Selhurst Park last time out to put them on four points from nine matches.
Ahead of this afternoon’s encounter, the Magpies have been presented a major boost after Mateo Kovacic, Christian Pulisic, Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku were all ruled out of for Thomas Tuchel’s side against Newcastle at St.James Park this afternoon through injury.
Will Newcastle win against Chelsea?
Yes
No
And, after hearing about that, some Chelsea fans took to Twitter to voice their thoughts.
What did Newcastle fans have to say about it?
“Tasty”
“Great news, wouldn’t like to imagine what Kovacic would have done to us”
“Doesn’t really matter does it, they’re still gonna hammer us”
“3 points for us tomorrow, 15/2 great bet”
“Least we will only get beat 4-0 instead of 6-0 then, then again if Lascelles and Clark are in defence it could be a 8-0 scoreline”
“So instead of 7 nil…it’ll be 4-nil”
“Best tweet today…”
After the draw at Palace, Jones also revealed that Joe Willock had been playing through the pain barrier since picking up a toe injury in September and will desperately hoping that the former Arsenal midfielder is able to play against Tuchel’s side.
Additionally, Jonjo Shelvey is back available for selection after serving his one-game ban for the red card he was given in the defeat against Tottenham. Chelsea, however, have a number of concerns, with Cesar Azpilicueta and Andreas Christiansen facing late fitness tests alongisde the absentees of Kovacic, Pulisic, Werner and Lukaku.
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