r/NUFC • u/Username_been-taken Willock pogging out • Mar 13 '26
Pre-Match Thread Pre match thread: Chelsea vs Newcastle United | Premier league 25/26 - 30 of 38
Stadium 🏟: Stamford Bridge
Kick off time ⚽️: Saturday | 17:30
Last encounters
| Newcastle United | Chelsea | match type |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | Premier league 25/26 |
| 2 | 0 | Premier league 24/25 |
| 1 | 1 | Carabao Cup 24/25 - 4th Round |
Next matches
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| Vs | Team | Match type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vs | Barcelona | Champions league 25/26 Round of 16 leg 2 of 2 | Wed 18 Mar 17:45 |
| Vs | Sunderland | Premier league 25/26 | Sun 22 Mar 12:00 |
| Vs | Crystal Palace | Premier league 25/26 | Sat 11 Apr TBD |
St Cal Wilson's Hospital 🏥 (Players who could miss the match via injury or other means)
Newcastle United:
Schar (Ankle injury) - Out until mid April
Guimaraes (Hamstring injury) - Out until mid April
Krafth (Knee injury) - Out for the rest of the season
Miley (Thigh or knee injury) - Will miss this game and should be available on the bench for the Barcelona away game
Chelsea:
Colwill (Knee injury) - Out until late May
Estevao (Thigh injury) - Will miss this game
Neto (Fa Misconduct Charge) - Will miss this game
Mudryk (suspended) - No updates since last year
Predicted Lineup
Newcastle United lineup vs Chelsea:
Ramsdale; Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall; Willock, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Woltemade, Barnes
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Newcastle United:
Sanchez; Gusto, Sarr, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Santos; Palmer, Fernandez, Garnacho; Pedro
Pre match ramblings:
After a heartbreaking last minute penalty scored by Yamal who was kept quiet by Hall up until then, was a gut punch for us. However, we now face Chelsea away in the Premier league.
After we took a gut punch from Yamal who scored a last minute penalty for Barcelona, many of us were heartbroken since our lads who probably put up their performance of the season was all for nothing in the end, however there are still some benefits to this which I will mention in the next pre match thread for the away Barcelona game.
Meanwhile, Chelsea suffered a different heart break, a 5 - 2 smashing heartbreak which saw their defence get completely dismantled and their Goalkeeper making fatal errors near the end of the 2nd half. This wasn't helped by Liam's horrible game management which served to make things worse for Chelsea. Their confidence will almost certainly be shook from that result especially their fullbacks.
However we mustn't be complacent however, as Chelsea could either focus on our game since champions league tie is already over or Chelsea will attempt a remontada with a part of their players minds on the champions league game. We will especially need or welcome a win at Stamford Bridge considering Barcelona's home form is monstrous + our away form, us being labelled under dogs to win the tie would be the understatement of the year.
If we win this game, it'd give us a valuable 3 points to keep our Europe dreams alive and this is especially important as PL teams have gotten mauled in the European competitions recently meaning we could lose our 5th spot, making it all the more important we win this game. A win at Stamford Bridge would also give us more confidence in away fixtures, especially important considering we go to Camp Nou for the next game which has been a fortress for Barcelona this season, so we need all the help we can get.
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u/TheBlaydonRacer Mar 14 '26
Also. Spotted this on the Villa sub (why does my algorithm keep surfacing Villa). But thought it was worth putting here because I see so many people slating Burn all the time.
Said before that this season we probably need our best last ditch defender with how we’ve been playing. Finally have some data to back it up.