Newcastle United 3-0 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2018
Result
Newcastle United 3-0 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newcastle United 3-0 Chelsea: match report
Newcastle United won against Chelsea 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 May 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dwight Gayle opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Dwight Gayle (23'), Ayoze Pérez (59') and Ayoze Pérez (63'). Chelsea did not score.
Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 10th on 41 points from 37 and Chelsea 5th on 70 points from 37. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 10th with 44 points, and Chelsea 5th with 70.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Lejeune of Newcastle United (8.2), ahead of César Azpilicueta (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 6 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 59'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
- 62'Yellow card · Tiemoué Bakayoko
- 63'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Florian Lejeune, Paul Dummett, Jonjo Shelvey, Mohamed Diamé, Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Pérez, Jacob Murphy, Dwight Gayle
Chelsea line-up (3-5-1-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, Ross Barkley, N'Golo Kanté, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Emerson, Eden Hazard, Olivier Giroud