Chelsea V Newcastle
A big showdown this weekend as the two unbeaten sides go head to head. Chelsea have already gotten two matches under their belt, having had to squeeze and extra match in during midweek. But the two clubs’ 100% records are on the line at Stamford Bridge. This should be an entertaining match to come giving the line ups of the two sides Newcastle took a two nil win here last season and Chelsea’s defence has not looked rock solid.
Chelsea v Newcastle Betting Odds at online bookmaker Bet365:
Chelsea 1/2, Draw 10/3, Newcastle 11/2
Verdict:
Straight to the point, there could be an upset on the cards again here with the dangerous Newcastle attack turning up. A price of 7/2 for a Newcastle Draw No Bet at online bookmaker Bet365 on this one looks tremendous value. They are good enough for a draw. This is going on the basis that Chelsea haven’t kept a clean sheet in their last five Premier League home matches, and both Man City and Reading have shown up their defensive frailties already this season. Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba terrorised the Blues defence last season and look sharp enough to do it again.
Stat Attack:
- Chelsea are without a clean sheet in their last five league matches at home
- Chelsea have only won one of the last five meetings against Newcastle at Stamford Bridge
- Newcastle won last season’s corresponding fixture 2-0
- Newcastle have lost two of their last three away matches in the Premier League
Head to Head:
Chelsea have a good home record against Newcastle. Out of seventy five meetings between them at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have won 42 and lost just 12. However, we should turn to recent times here and see that Chelsea have won just one of the last five home matches against the Magpies in all competitions. So not great form and another reason to suggest that a draw may on the cards for Saturday.
Online bookmaker promotion:
Online bookmaker Blue Square have a great online betting promotion running for Chelsea v Newcastle betting. If the visiting Magpies win the game, then popular bookie Blue Square will refund losing First Goalscorer, Correct Score and Player Special bets. This is a great bit of coverage from the bookie, and in the First Goalscorer market you can look at options like Fernando Torres at 4/1 and Papiss Cisse out at 8/1. So great value around and in the Correct Score market for example, a 1-0 Chelsea win will fetch a nice price of 6/1.
Chelsea v Newcastle Betting Preview:
Chelsea have started the new season with back to back wins, taking out Wigan away from home in their opening fixture and then staging a comeback against Reading in midweek. The biggest impact on the new Chelsea season has been Eden Hazard who has already four assists (including two penalties) in his first two matches of the season. That provides a tremendous amount of hope for Chelsea as they try and build a new identity of attacking football. Not all the pieces are quite there yet and they continue to be linked with right back Azpilicueta as well as Edinson Cavani. The Blues have finally had a bid for Wigan’s Victor Moses accepted, and the forward will add great pace and creativity into the side. So the future does look quite bright for Chelsea, but there are still issues at the back. The Blues can be defeated by pace and players running directly at them, that is just what Newcastle will bring to the table. So it is that unpredictability at the back which raises question marks over Chelsea and this is the best attack in the league season that they have come up against so far.
Newcastle opened their season with a win against Spurs on home soil. They were second best to Spurs in the first half, but the Londoners were wasteful. After striking first though after half time, Spurs equalised by then a Ben Arfa penalty settled the three points for the Magpies. So a good start in a tough couple of first fixtures for them. This is a good test of their early mettle and they have the pace to cause Chelsea problems. The Magpies sent out an understrength side to face Atromitos in the Europa League play off on Thursday night, as obviously there are bigger fish to fry here. Chelsea’s first teamers though have played two games in the past week, and will that tell? Newcastle of course finished above Chelsea in the league standings last year, and manager Alan Pardew will be hoping for a win which would at least pull them level on points with the Blues, with a game in hand this early into the season. They may need to start quicker than they did against Spurs though, because Tottenham could have gotten themselves into a comfortable lead if they had not been so wasteful.
