Fixture: Chelsea vs Newcastle United
Competition: Premier League
Kick-off: 17:30 (UK time)

Guus Hiddink has named his playing eleven and substitutes that will take on Newcastle United in a Premier League fixture later this evening at Stamford Bridge.

After rescuing a point against Manchester United last Sunday, the Blues will be looking for a win against the Magpies and Hiddink has made a few changes to the starting eleven. Gary Cahill has replaced the injured Kurt Zouma in the team and Eden Hazard has also got back his starting berth.




Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic will form the midfield base and despite suffering a broken nose in training earlier this week, last weekend’s goalscorer Diego Costa will lead the line with Pedro Rodriguez, Willian and Hazard for support. Academy starlets Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Bertrand Traore have found a place on the bench, alongside summer signing Baba Rahman.

Chelsea are undefeated in the league under Hiddink, and will be hoping for three more points today as they look to get back into the top ten of the league table this season.

 


Chelsea Team vs Newcastle United

Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Matic; Pedro, Willian, Hazard; Diego Costa

Substitutes: Begovic, Baba, Mikel, Loftus-Cheek, Traore, Kenedy, Remy