First starts of the season for Chelsea players Mateo Kovacic and Eden Hazard.
Chelsea winger Eden Hazard (Photo: AFP)
Newcastle United vs Chelsea is the key Premier League clash on Sunday and the lineups for the tie at St. James’s Park have been announced.
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Here’s how Newcastle United will line up for this afternoon’s @premierleague game against @ChelseaFC. #NUFC pic.twitter.com/3TWG9yTQwu
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— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) August 26, 2018
The hosts seem to be trotting out in a 5-4-1 formation, with Martin Dubravka starting between the sticks.
DeAndre Yedlin, Fabian Schar, Federico Fernandez, Ciaran Clark and Paul Dummett line up in defence while Jacob Murphy, Sung-yueng Ki, Mohamed Diame and Matt Richie complete the midfield.
Salomon Rondon is the man tasked with leading the line for the Magpies.
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Here’s how Newcastle United will line up for this afternoon’s @premierleague game against @ChelseaFC. #NUFC pic.twitter.com/3TWG9yTQwu
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) August 26, 2018
Kepa Arrizabalaga starts between the sticks, with Marcos Alonso, David Luiz, Antonio Rudiger and Cezar Azpilicueta lining up in defence.
It’s a first start of the season for Mateo Kovacic as the Croatian is partnered by Jorginho and N’Golo Kante in midfield while the 4-3-3 is complete with the presence of Pedro, Alvaro Morata and the second Chelsea player to make his first start, Eden Hazard.
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The Maurizio Sarri era at Chelsea has gotten off to a brilliant start, with two wins from two and against former Blues manager Rafael Benitez, the West Londoners will look to make it three out of three.
Benitez has done a remarkable job with the Magpies considering the circumstances and his well-drilled side will look to stymie their fancied opponents as long as they can before nicking something on a counter or a free-kick.
Newcastle United: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Schar, Clark, Dummen, Murphy, Ki, Diane, Richie and Rondon.
Chelsea: Kepa, Alonso, Luiz, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Kovacic, Jorginho, Kante, Hazard, Morata and Pedro.
Match kicks off at 2030 IST.
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