Chelsea don’t have any recreation this weekend, permitting followers to take a quick break from the ache and tune in to some superior motion elsewhere – from England -Eire within the rugby to Liverpool – Man Metropolis within the Premier League.
The break from Blues agony doesn’t final lengthy although. They’re again in motion on Monday evening in a fairly fascinating encounter towards Newcastle.
Each side have been very up and down this season, though the Magpies have gained some stability not too long ago, simply as we’ve had a wobble.
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Newcastle are eighth and seem like their Champions League collapse actually broken their morale. Chelsea are even additional again.
The Magpies have received two, misplaced two and drawn certainly one of their final 4, however worryingly for us their final recreation was fairly a powerful win over a tricky Wolves workforce. A 3-0 victory is actually higher than our 4-2 defeat to Gary O’Neill’s aspect at the beginning of final month – or the truth is our 2-1 defeat to them on Christmas Eve.
Our first recreation towards Newcastle this season was again in November, the place we have been trounced 4-1 at St James’ Park. We count on to compete higher at Stamford Bridge, the place we’ve misplaced simply as soon as in regular time in our final 13 video games in all competitions – that defeat to Wolves.
The total week of relaxation ought to imply we see a brisker workforce than the one which collapsed like a souffle within the second half towards Brentford final weekend. However Eddie Howe is a wily coach and he may have his workforce tremendous properly ready to take us on.
The house benefit can be turned towards us – there are chants towards the possession and Mauricio Pochettino virtually each week now, and Howe will know that if he can simply preserve issues tight and frustrate us at house, the followers received’t have a lot endurance.
Anticipate Newcastle to maintain issues compact and tight within the first half, letting the strain construct. Then they’ll look to strike within the second interval, profiting from our worryingly common drop-off after half occasions. At that time the group might be urging us ahead if we haven’t but scored, making the tempo of Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon on the break an enormous danger for us.
This could possibly be a captivating recreation – there’s little doubt it’s an enormous one.
