Chelsea v Newcastle betting really needs to produce a result for the home side. The two are fighting it out, along with Spurs, for a fourth place finish in the table, and Chelsea are one point adrift of the Magpies and Tottenham. So this is going to be a crucial game for Di Matteo’s men, if they are going to confirm a Champions League place for next season. Online bookmaker Bet365 will be covering the game with their fantastic 0-0 Bore Draw Money Back Special. The highly rated bookie offers lost stake refunds on losing pre-match Correct Score, Half Time/Full Time or Score-cast bets, if they end up losing because the game ends in a 0-0 draw. That result would probably just about suit Newcastle, although both sides need to take a win to realistically keep chances alive of a top four finish until the final day of the season.
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Chelsea v Newcastle Betting Odds at Bet365
Chelsea ½, Draw 10/3, Newcastle 11/2
Chelsea have home advantage for this crucial fourth place showdown, and they are also looking to do the double over the Magpies for the season. Chelsea ran out comfortable 3-0 winners in the reverse fixture earlier in the season, and heading into this one with just one defeat in their last eleven home matches, the Blues look in good shape. They have still only lost one game under Roberto Di Matteo, and the boss was surprised by the energy which Chelsea showed on the weekend against QPR. The Blues, fired along by a Fernando Torres hat-trick, ran riot over the R’s with a 6-1 victory. Chelsea came storming out of the gates and because they had a patched up back line, the best form of defence, clearly was attack. Again, it was necessary for Di Matteo to shuffle his cards, with Jose Bosingwa stepping in as emergency cover at centre half.
The Champions League finalists will again have to muster their energy up for another massive game, and they just keep on coming for Chelsea It has been a crazy fixture list for Di Matteo to handle, with the FA Cup, Champions League and Premier League all throwing tough challenges his way. But they have come through everything, just about. They have rode their luck. They have battled hard. They haven’t played well at times, but they have been getting the jobs done. Is the big game mentality mode they are in going to be enough in Chelsea v Newcastle betting? The Blues are undefeated in the last five against Newcastle and they will be confident of leapfrogging the Magpies. Chelsea still have an away trip to Anfield to face Liverpool in the league, just a few days after next weekend’s FA Cup final against the Reds. So how will the Chelsea players cope? Will their stamina last the course? Chelsea are averaging over two goals per game at home this season, and are undefeated in seven at Stamford Bridge. But Newcastle bring a big threat with them.
Although Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba couldn’t find the back of the net for the Magpies last weekend, as they crashed to a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Wigan, Newcastle still carry a huge offensive threat. Chelsea’s back line is struggling for fitness, and so the pace of the Newcastle forwards, backed up by the creativity of Cabaye and Ben Arfa, could cause the home side some problems. Newcastle had a six match winning streak snapped by that heavy defeat against Wigan, so they head into Chelsea v Newcastle betting, in need of a pick me up from boss Alan Pardew. Newcastle have been playing so exciting, powerful football of late, but how much will that Wigan defeat have dented their confidence? Their defence had looked pretty watertight up until the weekend, when they were terrorised by Victor Moses. So can Didier Drogba, or the in-form Fernando Torres (whoever gets the nod) be able to expose the same kind of weaknesses? Or will the pace of Pappis and Ba undo the tiring Chelsea back line? Alan Pardew immediately called for a response from his troops, but this is a tough fixture. The Magpies go as underdogs, having lost three and won two of their last five away matches.
