Chelsea might be coming off a slim 0-1 win at home against Swansea, but it came much easier than the final score suggests. The Blues will now look to extend their undefeated streak to six matches when they will play host to Newcastle on Saturday, December 2nd. Newcastle fought really hard against West Brom mid-week, where they came back from two goals behind to eventually grab a point on the road.
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Chelsea (9-3-2) were dominant in their mid-week match against Swansea at home, but they met quite the resistance. They actually recorded 12 scoring chances with 6 shots on target in the first half, while allowing none to their opponents. However, all 6 shots were blocked by the opposing goalkeeper. The second half was pretty much the same, with Chelsea always on the attack and Swansea defending, but the Blues eventually broke the Swans’ defenses at the 55th minute, when Rudiger scored the only goal of the match. That win means that Chelsea are now undefeated in their last 5 matches in all competitions (4-0-1), having also kept clean sheets in all 4 wins in that span. Chelsea are still sitting at the 3rd spot of the Premier League with 29 points, three points behind Manchester United and already 11 points behind league leaders Manchester City. They have not been as strong as usual at home (4-2-1), where they have already recorded losses against Burnley and Manchester City.
On the other hand, Newcastle (4-7-3) are coming into this match after securing a hard-fought point from a 2-2 draw on the road against West Brom. Their opponents were lucky enough to take the lead at the stoppage time of the first half, and doubled that at the start of the second. However, Newcastle didn’t back down and kept fighting for their lives. They cut their opponents’ lead down to one goal at the 59th minute, and eventually pulled even at the 83rd minute, when Evans scored an own goal for West Brom. That draw put an end to Newcastle’s 4-match losing streak, but they remained without a win in their last 5 matches. They are now sitting at the 12th spot of the Premier League with 15 points, just 5 points ahead of the relegation zone. They have scored 13 goals so far, and have conceded 19. Newcastle have been quite mediocre on the road so far (1-4-2), where they have scored 6 goals against 11 conceded. They have only defeated Swansea on the road, with a cean sheet, but that was their only one in their seven matches so far.