Chelsea will host against Newcastle United in the Week 22 Premier League match, determined to extend their unbeaten record in the League to four matches.
- Maurizio Sarri's side failed to score at Wembley in a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup match, but more worryingly, Chelsea were without a goal in two home matches following a defeat to Leicester and a goalless draw with Southampton.
- Failure to score against the Magpies will be the first since 1993 when the Blues drew in three consecutive home matches.
- Chelsea have a three-point lead over Arsenal who are fifth in the standings but with a meeting later at Emirates Stadium next weekend, only increasing pressure on Chelsea to rediscover their clinical touch at Stamford Bridge.
- Newcastle United travel to Stamford Bridge by just two points above the drop zone by only winning one of their last eight league matches and having serious problems against top-flight teams.
- Newcastle failed to win two matches from their last four matches against United and Liverpool. and they have a difficult match schedule for the next three weeks with Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur after next weekend's match with Cardiff City.
Chelsea Team News
Callum Hudson-Odoi's future dominates the headlines, and there may be as many as four incomings or even more when the Blues try to improve their squad
Kepa Arrizabalaga and David Luiz returned to the team after missing out on the EFL Cup match with Spurs.
EXPECTED XI: Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso; Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic; Willian, Hazard, Pedro
Newcastle Team News
Benitez is keen to add new faces to the squad of his first team, and he will no doubt target new players for the final third with Newcastle only scored four goals in the league since December 1.
Benitez has a number of injuries to key players, such as Federico Fernandez, Mohamed Diame and Jonjo Shelvey all doubting for trips to the British capital.
EXPECTED XI: Dubravka; Lascelles, Schar, Lejeune, Yedlin, Diame, Hayden, Dummett; Ritchie, Rondon, Kenedy
Head to Head
The meeting will represent the 165th competitive meeting between the two clubs, with Chelsea registering 72 wins compared to 53 wins for Newcastle.
Chelsea have won their last six matches against Newcastle at Stamford Bridge, which has been going on since 2012.
Newcastle 1-2 Chelsea
Newcastle 3-0 Chelsea
Chelsea 3-0 Newcastle
Chelsea 3-1 Newcastle
Chelsea 5-1 Newcastle
Five Last Matches Chelsea
Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea
Chelsea 2-0 Nottingham
Chelsea 0-0 Southampton
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea
Watford 1-2 Chelsea
Newcastle last five matches
Newcastle 1-1 Blackburn
Newcastle 0-2 Man United
Watford 1-1 Newcastle
Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
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