Newcastle this season does not please fans. The team flew out in the first stage of the League Cup, after which they repeated it in the FA Cup, where last week they lost in the 1/32 finals to the representative of the First League, Cambridge United (0:1). The situation is no better for the team in the Premier League, where in 19 rounds the team has only one victory and eight draws, which brought 11 points and only the penultimate place. After the only success with Burnley (1:0), the Magpies lost three times and drew with Manchester United (1:1). Lewis, Wilson, Fernandez and Hayden, who has a knee injury, will not be able to play today. In isolation for now are Darlow and Clarke.
This week Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur (1:0) for the second time and confidently advanced to the final of the English League Cup, where they will meet the winner of the Arsenal-Liverpool pair. In addition, one cannot fail to note the successful start of the team in the FA Cup, where the Blues easily dealt with Chesterfield (5:1) at the first stage. In the tournament of the top division of England, the “pensioners” have 12 wins and seven peaceful outcomes, which corresponds to 43 points and second place in the standings. In the last five rounds Thomas Tuchel’s wards beat Aston Villa (3:1) and drew in four matches. In the previous two rounds the guests shared the tournament points with Brighton (1:1) and on January 2nd they tied with Liverpool (2:2). Also worth noting is the team’s second-best defense record in the league, which conceded fewer goals per game. Today James, Mendy, Chalobah and Chillwell, who has a knee injury, will not be able to enter the field. More today match prediction can be obtained from the link provided.
