Bet on Chelsea vs Newcastle Weekend Match

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.

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.

Tell A Friend