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.
NEWCASTLE VS CHELSEA (ST JAMES' PARK)
Newcastle team news
Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez will be without loan signings Kenedy and Islam Slimani for the final game of the Premier League season against Chelsea.
Winger Kenedy is ineligible to face his parent club and striker Slimani has returned to Leicester after being suspended for the final three games of the campaign.
Defender Ciaran Clark and midfielder Christian Atsu are both still out with knee injuries.
Provisional squad: Dubravka, Darlow, Yedlin, Manquillo, Dummett, Haidara, Gamez, Lascelles, Mbemba, Shelvey, Merino, Hayden, Ritchie, Murphy, Diame, Perez, Gayle, Joselu.
Chelsea team news
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Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
Newcastle are unbeaten in their last four home Premier League games against Chelsea, scoring at least twice in each match (W3 D1).
However, Chelsea are unbeaten in their last four Premier League meetings with Newcastle (W3 D1), netting 12 goals in the process.
Only two teams have scored at least twice in five successive Premier League home games against Chelsea – Liverpool (6 between 1992 and 1997) and Leicester (5 between 1998 and 2002).
This will be the third time these sides have met on the final day of a Premier League campaign – only Chelsea vs Everton has been played more often as a final fixture in the competition (4).
Newcastle have been shown more red cards on the final day of a Premier League campaign than any other side (7), including Aleksandar Mitrovic being sent off in their most recent such match (vs Spurs in 2015-16).
Chelsea are responsible for the biggest closing day victory in Premier League history, beating Wigan 8-0 to secure the title in 2009-10.
The Magpies have conceded just six goals in their last 10 Premier League home games, and never more than once in a match in that time.
After a run of three successive away defeats, Chelsea have won their last three Premier League games on the road, each by a one-goal margin.
Rafa Benitez has yet to win a Premier League game against a club he used to manage, drawing three and losing one against Liverpool, and losing against Chelsea in the reverse fixture (1-3).
Olivier Giroud has scored eight goals in nine Premier League appearances against Newcastle, more than he has vs any other opponent.