Chelsea 5-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 13 February 2016
Result
Chelsea 5-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 13 February 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 3-0
Chelsea 5-1 Newcastle United: match report
Chelsea defeated Newcastle United 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 February 2016. The half-time score was 3-0.
Diego Costa opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Diego Costa (5'), Pedro (9'), Willian (17'), Pedro (59') and Bertrand Traoré (83'). Newcastle United scored through Andros Townsend (90').
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 10th on 34 points from 25 and Newcastle United 17th on 23 points from 25. Chelsea went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 37.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-D-W-D-D and Newcastle United's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Diego Costa
- 9'Goal · Pedro
- 17'Goal · Willian
- 19'Yellow card · Steven Taylor
- 59'Goal · Pedro
- 61'Yellow card · J. Shelvey
- 83'Goal · Bertrand Traoré
- 90'Goal · Andros Townsend
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Kurt Zouma, Willian, John Mikel Obi, Cesc Fàbregas, Oscar, Nemanja Matić, Diego Costa
Newcastle United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Elliot, Daryl Janmaat, Fabricio Coloccini, Chancel Mbemba, Paul Dummett, Georginio Wijnaldum, Moussa Sissoko, Jack Colback, Jonjo Shelvey, Ayoze Pérez