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| Event | Premier League 2024-25 | ||||||
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| Date | Sunday 11 May 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | St. James' Park, Newcastle | ||||||
| Player of the Match |  Sandro Tonali | ||||||
| Referee |  John Brooks | ||||||
| Attendance | 52,231 | ||||||
| Weather | 18 °C (64 °F) | ||||||
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Newcastle United v Chelsea was a match which took place at St. James' Park on Sunday 11 May 2025. The match was shown live on 
at 12:00pm BST.
Team News[]
Newcastle United[]
Newcastle pair Fabian Schar and Kieran Trippier suffered cramp late on against Brighton but are fit to face top-five rivals Chelsea.
Head coach Eddie Howe says Joelinton is recovering well from the knee injury that was originally expected to rule him out for the rest of the season.
Chelsea[]
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca will restore his first-choice XI after making 10 changes for their Europa Conference League semi-final second leg against Djurgarden.
Marc Guiu is nearing a return after three months out with a hamstring problem.
Match facts[]
Head-to-head[]
- Newcastle have won seven of their past 11 league games against Chelsea at St James' Park (D1, L3).
- However, the Blues have beaten Newcastle 31 times in the Premier League, only boasting a better record against West Ham (32) and Tottenham (37).
- The two sides are level on points and goal difference with three games to play.
Newcastle United[]
- Newcastle have lost only one of their past nine matches in all competitions.
- They have earned 43 points from their last 20 fixtures, a tally surpassed only by Liverpool's 46.
- It is the most points they have collected over a 20-game run in the top flight since accruing 44 between September 2002 and January 2003.
- The Geordies have won eight of their 15 matches in all competitions this season against other sides in the current top seven.
- Eddie Howe has won seven of his 20 meetings with Chelsea in all competitions, with each victory coming against a different manager.
- Alexander Isak has scored an unrivalled 19 goals among Premier League players since the start of December, while his 23 goal involvements in that period is second only to Mohamed Salah's 30.
- In all competitions this season, Isak has scored 10 goals and assisted two against other teams in the current top seven.
- Bruno Guimaraes has become the first top-flight player this season to win 100 fouls, and he is the first player to do in consecutive seasons since Jack Grealish in 2019-20 and 2020-21.
Chelsea[]
- Chelsea are through to their eighth European final and a first since beating Manchester City to win the Champions League in 2021.
- After a run of just four wins in 13 top-flight matches, they are unbeaten in six league games and have won three in a row for only the third time all season.
- They conceded 36 goals in their first 26 league matches this season at a rate of 1.4 goals per game, but have only let in five in their last nine at 0.6 goals per match.
- Against Liverpool, Chelsea scored more than two goals in a league game against anyone other than Southampton for the first time since 20 January.
- No Blues player has been directly involved in more top-flight goals in 2025 than Enzo Fernandez's six (three goals and three assists).
- Cole Palmer last week ended a run of 1,162 minutes without a league goal dating back to January.
Match Report[]
Newcastle United moved within touching distance of Champions League football next season with a crucial victory against 10-man Chelsea at St James' Park.
The Magpies and Chelsea started the day locked on the same 63-point tally before Newcastle got the perfect start when Sandro Tonali's close-range finish gave them the lead after just 112 seconds.
The visitors' task was made even harder when striker Nicolas Jackson was rightly sent off for a needless forearm smash on Newcastle defender Sven Botman 10 minutes before the break.
Manager Enzo Maresca adjusted by using Cole Palmer as a false nine, inspiring a Chelsea revival after the break, with keeper Nick Pope twice saving well from Marc Cucurella and Enzo Fernandez.
Reece James missed another big opportunity for Chelsea, but Newcastle survived to wrap up a priceless three points in stoppage time when Bruno Guimaraes' strike took a deflection off Malo Gusto and looped over keeper Robert Sanchez.
While it was delight for Newcastle, it was despair for Chelsea after an expensive loss as they now face Manchester United at home before a potentially decisive visit to Nottingham Forest, also chasing a Champions League place, on the final day of the season.
Newcastle, up to third in the table, travel to second-placed Arsenal before closing out their campaign at home to Everton.
The celebrations when the final whistle sounded illustrated the importance of this win as Newcastle and manager Eddie Howe stand on the brink of closing out a magnificent campaign.
They secured their first major domestic trophy since 1955 - their first success of any kind since the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup - when they beat Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley in March.
And now, after a hard-fought win against a Chelsea side rivalling them for a place in the Champions League, Newcastle are in prime position to return to Europe's elite competition next season.
They travel to Arsenal before hosting Everton in their final game of the season, with crucial momentum gathered after surviving a nervous second half to overcome Chelsea.
Tonali helped his side make their usual whirlwind start on Tyneside, but the emphasis of the game shifted following Jackson's red card and those tactical adjustments from Maresca.
The anxiety among the Toon Army could be heard and felt as Chelsea established control, but Newcastle found heroes in keeper Pope, who came to the rescue when required, and giant hometown hero Dan Burn, who gave a towering defensive display.
There was huge relief when the win was finally secured after Guimaraes scored the clinching second goal.
Newcastle now just need to finish the job off – and they will feel they are now in the ideal position to do so.
Chelsea were already facing a daunting task in the Tyneside hothouse before Jackson's wild act of indiscipline when they were 1-0 down made their job even harder.
Only Jackson can explain what he was thinking when he launched himself forearm first at Botman, with referee John Brooks delivering the inevitable outcome once he was sent to the screen by the video assistant referee.
Ironically, the Blues improved after the break once Palmer was moved into a false nine position, but Maresca was still dealing with a numerical disadvantage that limited his options.
Chelsea could easily have earned a point. Instead they are now three points behind Newcastle with only two games left, with work still to do to seal a Champions League place that could shape so many futures at Stamford Bridge.
James' late header over the bar from close range will be another source of regret, especially as Newcastle's second goal came moments later.
Chelsea and Maresca now face an anxious conclusion to the season as they try to get back to Europe's top table.
Match[]
Details[]
| 11 May 2025 12:00 BST 18 °C (64 °F) live on |
Newcastle United 
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2–0 |  Chelsea
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St. James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 52,231 Referee: John Brooks |
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Tonali  2'Guimarães 90'
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Jackson  35'
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Match Stats[]
| Newcastle Utd | Chelsea |
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| Possession ball | |
| 44% | 56% |
| Shots | |
| 15 | 10 |
| Shots on target | |
| 6 | 3 |
| Corners | |
| 2 | 8 |
| Fouls | |
| 9 | 13 |
See also[]
External links[]
 Premier League 2024–25
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| Newcastle United F.C. matches - 2024–25 |
| 2024–25 Premier League |
| Arsenal (h) · West Ham United (h) · Manchester United (a) · Liverpool (a) · West Ham United (a) · Crystal Palace (h) · Aston Villa (a) · Chelsea (h) · Arsenal (a) · Everton (h) |
| 2024–25 FA Cup |
| Bromley (h) |
| 2024–25 EFL Cup |
| Nottingham Forest (a) · AFC Wimbledon (h) · Chelsea (h) · Brentford (h) · Arsenal (a) · Arsenal (h) · Liverpool (n) |
| Chelsea F.C. matches - 2024–25 |
| 2024–25 Premier League |
| Manchester City (h) · Manchester United (a) · Arsenal (h) · Tottenham Hotspur (a) · Manchester City (a) · Arsenal (a) · Tottenham Hotspur (h) · Everton (h) · Newcastle United (a) · Manchester United (h) · Nottingham Forest (a) |
| 2024–25 FA Cup |
| 2024–25 EFL Cup |
| 2024–25 Conference League |
| 2025 FIFA Club World Cup |
| Los Angeles FC (n) · Flamengo (n) · Espérance de Tunis (n) · Benfica (n) · [[Palmeiras v Chelsea (2025 FIFA Club World Cup)|Palmeiras (n) · |
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