Newcastle United 2-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2025
Result
Newcastle United 2-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2025, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Newcastle United 2-2 Chelsea: match report
Newcastle United drew with Chelsea 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 December 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Nick Woltemade opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Nick Woltemade (4') and Nick Woltemade (20'). Chelsea scored through Reece James (49') and João Pedro (66').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 22 points from 16 and Chelsea 4th on 28 points from 16. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Chelsea 10th with 52.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Woltemade of Newcastle United (7.9), ahead of João Pedro (7.5).
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
- 4'Goal · Nick Woltemade
- 7'Yellow card · Robert Sánchez
- 20'Goal · Nick Woltemade
- 27'Yellow card · Alejandro Garnacho
- 45'Yellow card · Malo Gusto
- 49'Goal · Reece James
- 59'Yellow card · Enzo Maresca
- 61'Yellow card · Fabian Schär
- 66'Goal · João Pedro
- 70'Yellow card · Moisés Caicedo
- 77'Yellow card · Yoane Wissa
- 82'Yellow card · Andrey Santos
- 83'Yellow card · João Pedro
- 86'Yellow card · Lewis Hall
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Aaron Ramsdale, Lewis Miley, Malick Thiaw, Fabian Schär, Lewis Hall, Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali, Jacob Ramsey, Jacob Murphy, Nick Woltemade, Anthony Gordon
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, M. Caicedo, Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, Alejandro Garnacho, João Pedro