Chelsea don’t have any sport this weekend, permitting followers to take a short 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 reasonably fascinating encounter in opposition to Newcastle.
Each side have been very up and down this season, though the Magpies have gained some stability just lately, simply as we’ve had a wobble.
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Newcastle are eighth and appear like their Champions League collapse actually broken their morale. Chelsea are even additional again.
The Magpies have gained two, misplaced two and drawn one in all their final 4, however worryingly for us their final sport was fairly a formidable win over a tricky Wolves staff. A 3-0 victory is actually higher than our 4-2 defeat to Gary O’Neill’s facet at first of final month – or the truth is our 2-1 defeat to them on Christmas Eve.
Our first sport in opposition to Newcastle this season was again in November, the place we have been trounced 4-1 at St James’ Park. We anticipate 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 more energizing staff than the one which collapsed like a souffle within the second half in opposition to Brentford final weekend. However Eddie Howe is a wily coach and he can have his staff tremendous properly ready to take us on.
The house benefit will also be turned in opposition to us – there are chants in opposition to 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 gained’t have a lot persistence.
Anticipate Newcastle to maintain issues compact and tight within the first half, letting the stress construct. Then they may look to strike within the second interval, profiting from our worryingly common drop-off after half instances. At that time the gang 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 may very well be an interesting sport – there’s little doubt it’s an enormous one.
