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December 2 - Newcastle United will face Chelsea at St James' Park on
Saturday, in what is expected to be a hotly contested match between these two
English Premier League titans.
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At the start of the season, few football fans could have foreseen that 12
games in, Newcastle would be lying fourth in the standings, but somehow the team
from the North East England has excelled. In fact, just last week they managed
to hold mighty Manchester United to a draw.
Manchester United played against Newcastle United after chalking up a 2-2 tie
against Benfica, a disappointing result as they are aiming to qualify for the
knockout stages of the Champions League, one of the most elite football
competitions in Europe.
And after they face the Blues on the weekend, Newcastle will take on Norwich
next weekend. It will be very interesting to see if Newcastle can maintain their
position in the standings.
Alan Pardew, the manager of Newcastle, will no doubt have learned a lot from
the team's previous mistakes and will be training his players to avoid mistakes
that led to Manchester City drawing with his team.
Meanwhile, match analysts are quite optimistic about Newcastle United's
chances against Chelsea simply based on their previous performance against Man
United. The Toons have lost all their previous six matches against Manchester
United and have scored only 3 goals, but drew their earlier match at 1-1.
Newcastle, however, are very optimistic about altering the records and
climbing to an even higher position on the Premier League table.
Chelsea Does Not Look Good
Chelsea is fifth the Premier League standings, one back from Newcastle, so
the teams are pretty evenly matched. That said, Chelsea has not had a good run
of it of late, having lost to Bayer and then Liverpool. The team has a
reasonably good offense in the form of Mata and Sturridge, but Torres is not
playing up to expectation.
However, if Drogba plays in the upcoming match and puts some of his efforts
into the back of the net, it could prove to be a turning point for the team.
Ladbrokes is offering odds on Chelsea at 10/11 and Newcastle at 3/1.
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