Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Newcastle's home clash with Chelsea at St James' Park.
Newcastle team news
Newcastle midfielder Isaac Hayden is out of Sunday's Premier League clash with Chelsea as he begins a three-match ban.
Hayden was sent off for a challenge on Josh Murphy after being introduced as a substitute in last Saturday's 0-0 draw at Cardiff and will miss out, as will loan signing Kenedy, who is ineligible to play against his parent club.
Full-back DeAndre Yedlin is fit after missing the trip to Wales with a knee injury, but Javier Manquillo (calf) continues to be assessed and Florian Lejeune (knee) is a long-term absentee.
Provisional squad: Dubravka, Darlow, Yedlin, Dummett, Manquillo, Lascelles, Clark, Fernandez, Schar, Shelvey, Diame, Ki, Ritchie, Murphy, Atsu, Perez, Rondon, Muto, Joselu.
Chelsea team news
Eden Hazard is in line for his first start of the season when Chelsea head to Newcastle on Sunday.
The Belgium World Cup star has come on as a second-half substitute in both matches so far, but boss Maurizio Sarri says he is now ready to play around 60 minutes.
Midfielder Cesc Fabregas looks set to miss out again with a knee problem.
Provisional squad: Kepa, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Jorginho, Drinkwater, Kante, Barkley, Hazard, Pedro, Moses, Kovacic, Giroud, Zappacosta, Willian, Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Morata, Luiz, Emerson Palmieri, Ampadu, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi.
Newcastle and Chelsea - Key match stats
*Stats supplied by Opta
Newcastle United have won four of their last five home Premier League matches against Chelsea (D1), winning 3-0 on the final day of the 2017-18 campaign.
Chelsea have lost 11 away Premier League games against Newcastle United, only losing more against Arsenal (12) and Liverpool (13).
This will be 11th time a Newcastle vs Chelsea fixture has been played on a Sunday in the Premier League – Newcastle have only lost once (W4 D5) previously, a 5-0 drubbing in November 2003 at Stamford Bridge.
Newcastle United have won their three home Premier League games on Sunday in 2018 (against Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea) while Chelsea have lost all three of theirs away from home (against Man Utd, Man City and Newcastle).
After losing five successive home Premier League games between November and December 2017, Newcastle United have lost just two of their last 10 at St. James’ Park in the competition (W5 D3 L2), though both defeats have arrived in the last three fixtures there.
Chelsea have won four of their last five away Premier League contests, losing the other versus Newcastle in this exact fixture in May.
Maurizio Sarri could become the fifth Chelsea manager to win his opening three Premier League games in charge of the club after Antonio Conte, Carlo Ancelotti, Guus Hiddink and Jose Mourinho.
Rafa Benitez has currently won 49 of his 106 matches as manager of Newcastle United in all competitions (excl. shootouts).
Eden Hazard has been directly involved in 110 Premier League goals (69 goals, 41 assists) – only Frank Lampard (237) and Didier Drogba (159) have had a hand in more goals for Chelsea in the competition
Seven of Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata’s 12 Premier League goals have been assisted by Spanish compratiot Cesar Azpilicueta (58.3%). The only player to have a higher share of his Premier League goals assisted by a single player is Ken Monkou (min. 10 goals), with 60% of his 10 Premier League goals assisted by Matt Le Tissier.
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