Newcastle vs Chelsea

26 August 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Joselu 83’
  • Eden Hazard 76’ (pen)
  • DeAndre Yedlin 87’ (og)

Match summary

Chelsea beat Newcastle 2-1 on the road, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Eden Hazard put Chelsea ahead from the penalty spot in the 76th minute, Joselu equalised with a header in the 83rd minute, set up by DeAndre Yedlin, and Yedlin's own goal won it in the 87th minute.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 1.50 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Newcastle's 0.21 from 6.

Match stats

Newcastle Chelsea
6 Shots 15
2 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.21 xG 1.50
0.21 Non-penalty xG 0.74
3 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Newcastle Chelsea
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
76’
Eden Hazard
Penalty0-1 (Chelsea)
Joselu
Assist: DeAndre Yedlin1-1 (Newcastle)
83’
87’
DeAndre Yedlin
Own goal1-2 (Chelsea)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Newcastle
  • Federico Fernández
  • Fabian Schär
  • Matt Ritchie
Chelsea
  • Mateo Kovacic

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.21 1.50 76’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), 0-1 76’ 83’ Joselu (Newcastle), 1-1 83’ 87’ DeAndre Yedlin (Chelsea) own goal, 1-2 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.21 1.50 76’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), 0-1 Hazard 76’ 83’ Joselu (Newcastle), 1-1 Joselu 83’ 87’ DeAndre Yedlin (Chelsea) own goal, 1-2 Yedlin 87’
Newcastle 0.21 xGChelsea 1.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Newcastle attacking 
76’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 75’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 36’ Pedro (Chelsea), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 83’ Joselu (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 35’ Pedro (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 17’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 34’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Álvaro Morata (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 50’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 45’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 35’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 30’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 28’ Álvaro Morata (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Ki Sung-yueng (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 32’ Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle), own goal 76’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 75’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 36’ Pedro (Chelsea), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 83’ Joselu (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 35’ Pedro (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Álvaro Morata (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 35’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 45’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 30’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 28’ Álvaro Morata (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 67’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Ki Sung-yueng (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 32’ Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Martin Dubravka GK900 0.000.000
DeAndre Yedlin DEF9010 0.000.081
Federico Fernández DEF900 0.000.061
Ciaran Clark DEF900 0.000.000
Fabian Schär DEF800 0.000.000
Paul Dummett DEF900 0.000.000
Matt Ritchie MID900 0.000.021
Mohamed Diamé MID901 0.010.000
Ki Sung-yueng MID901 0.020.000
Jacob Murphy MID741 0.020.000
Salomón Rondón FWD631 0.060.000
Joselu Sub2711 0.080.000
Ayoze Pérez Sub161 0.020.000
Yoshinori Muto Sub100 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 17% Bet365 odds 5.75
Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00
Chelsea win 59% Bet365 odds 1.66

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Newcastle LD
Chelsea WW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle, 12 Jan 19  All Newcastle vs Chelsea meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.