Isaac Hayden's injury-time header handed Newcastle a priceless victory over Chelsea as Steve Bruce's men eased themselves seven points clear of the Premier League drop zone.
Hayden headed the returning Allan Saint-Maximin's cross past Kepa Arrizabalaga four minutes into stoppage time to send the home fans among a crowd of 52,217 at St James' Park into raptures.
His first goal since February last year clinched a 1-0 win on a day when Joelinton had hit the crossbar with a first-half header, but Martin Dubravka had to make a vital one-on-one save from N'Golo Kante as Chelsea dominated without ever being able to find the killer touch.
1837: Second half
...is back underway. Bring on the goals!
1825: Sky Bet Price Boosts
- Correct Score - Chelsea 2-0 - at 5/1
- Joelinton to score the first goal - is 14/1
- Callum Hudson-Odoi to score in 90 mins - now 11/2
1821: HT Newcastle 0-0 Chelsea
It's goalless at the break. Joelinton rattling the bar was the best chance but Chelsea, barring a dip at the midpoint, look more likely to score here.
1812: Chelsea free-kick
The visitors have a free-kick in a promising position, right of centre and around 22 yards from goal. A few players look keen and step over it but Mount is the taker, going to whip the ball around the wall and in at the near post but the wall does its job and the ball goes out for a corner, which comes to nothing.
1809: Goalless at the break?
Around five minutes plus stoppage time, which should be a few minutes with injuries to Willems and Hayden. Hudson-Odoi crosses for Mount who heads over from about eight yards, he just could not get over the top of it.
Can either side grab a goal before the break?
1803: Kante shoots
Better from Chelsea as Kante, back in the side today after Barkley's injury, escapes the Newcastle defence with a trademark late, sly run into the box. He shoots from an acute angle and Dubravka saves.
1800: REPLAY - JOELINTON CHANCE
Another delay as Hayden now goes down with injury but it looks like he will carry on. Phew!
1740: Stoppage - another injury!
Steve Bruce will not believe his luck. Another Newcastle injury as Willems goes down. It looks like he will be replaced by Ritchie. The full-back looks in discomfort. It looks like an impact injury after tackling Hudson-Odoi. Not good.
1739: Cook to the rescue - ICYMI
Steve Cook's save for Bournemouth in their defeat at Norwich. He is a defender, so in the process he gave away a penalty which Teemu Pukki scored from, as well as getting sent off. Great fingertip save though.
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Key stats
- Newcastle have taken just four points from their last eight Premier League games against Chelsea (W1 D1 L6), losing each of their last three meetings in a row.
- Chelsea are looking to record consecutive away Premier League wins against Newcastle United for the first time since winning 2-0 in both 2007-08 and 2008-09.
- Chelsea have only beaten Tottenham Hotspur (29 wins) more often in the Premier League than they have Newcastle United (25 wins).
- As a player, Chelsea’s Frank Lampard faced teams managed by Steve Bruce on 17 occasions in the Premier League and lost none of those games (W13 D4); the only player to face a manager’s teams more often and not lose is John Terry, also against Bruce (18 – W14 D4).
- Newcastle’s Miguel Almirón has scored with each of his last two shots on target in the Premier League, having failed to find the net with any of his first 15 such efforts in the competition.
- Chelsea’s Willian has initiated four sequences leading to goals in the Premier League this season after winning possession back from the opposition, more than any other player in the competition.
1710: TEAM NEWS
Six changes from Newcastle's FA Cup win over Rochdale on Tuesday. Andy Carroll is not in the squad due to injury - the Magpies are currently missing a number of players - but the big boost is the return of tricky winger Allan Saint-Maximin. Saint-Maximin, Shelvey, Clark, Fernandez, Willems, Dubravka all return.
Chelsea, meanwhile, make just one change. Ross Barkley drops out due to injury and he is replaced by N'Golo Kante.
1705: Newcastle v Chelsea
After those results, a big chance for Chelsea.
Looking forward to this game at St James' Park, which gets underway at 1730.
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Our tips will follow shortly, but without further ado we will get on with the team news...
1700: Welcome
Good evening, what an afternoon!
Premier League results
- Watford 0-0 Tottenham
- Arsenal 1-1 Sheff United (Martinelli; Fleck)
- Brighton 1-1 Aston Villa (Trossard; Grealish)
- Man City 2-2 Crystal Palace (Aguero x2; Tosun, Fernandinho OG)
- Norwich 1-0 Bournemouth (Pukki)
- Southampton 2-3 Wolves (Bednarek, Long; Neto, Jimenez x 2)
- West Ham 1-1 Everton (Diop; Calvert-Lewin)
Hard-earned points for Sheff United and Crystal Palace at Arsenal and Man City respectively, giving Chelsea a great chance at Newcastle this evening.
Wolves stunned Southampton to come from two down to win 3-2 while Norwich returned to winning ways against relegation rivals Bournemouth.
Another game between sides in the bottom half saw Brighton beat Aston Villa, who are in the bottom three, but there was an aggressive ending with players clashing on the field. Neal Maupay in the thick of it.
And finally, the David Moyes derby saw the points shared.
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