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Match centre

Premier League Matchweek 17
Full timeFinished

Score

22Premier League Matchweek 17

Away

Chelsea

Official XI

0 outs • 0 returns

Kick-off

20 Dec 2025, 12:30 UTC

Venue

St. James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance

52,226 official

Referee

Andy Madley

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:33 UTC

Lineups

Confirmed lineups

Finished

Performance is a derived form score built from official current-season totals, recent starts and recent match events.

Home • Official lineup

Newcastle United

4-3-3
7.325 nations25.4 y185 cm24.2 apps

Official lineup released in 4-3-3.

Away • Official lineup

Chelsea

4-2-3-1
7.277 nations24.6 y183 cm28.3 apps

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

  1. Pedro
    • 66'João Pedro scored 66'
    • 83'João Pedro booked 83'
  1. James
    • 49'Reece James scored 49'
  2. Caicedo
    • 70'Moisés Caicedo booked 70'
  3. Garnacho
    • 27'Alejandro Garnacho booked 27'
  1. Neto
  2. Palmer
    • 79'Cole Palmer off 79'
  1. Cucurella
  2. Chalobah
  3. Gusto
    • 45'Malo Gusto booked 45'
    • 54'Malo Gusto off 54'
  4. Fofana
  1. Sánchez
    • 7'Robert Sánchez booked 7'

Newcastle United

Bench

9
  1. 26J. Ruddy
    6.2039192 cm0 apps
  2. 7Joelinton
    7.1029186 cm25 apps
  3. 9Y. Wissa
    6.59🇨🇩29176 cm14 apps
    • 73'Yoane Wissa on 73'
    • 77'Yoane Wissa booked 77'
  4. 11H. Barnes
    7.1928174 cm32 apps
    • 72'Harvey Barnes on 72'
  5. 20A. Elanga
    6.9723178 cm29 apps
    • 73'Anthony Elanga on 73'
  6. 28J. Willock
    6.7626179 cm20 apps
    • 89'Joe Willock on 89'
  7. 37A. Murphy
    6.2521188 cm1 app
  8. 61L. Shahar
    6.20180 apps
  9. 62S. Neave
    6.2018184 cm0 apps

Chelsea

Bench

9
  1. 12F. Jörgensen
    7.0023192 cm3 apps
  2. 4T. Adarabioyo
    6.6528196 cm15 apps
  3. 5B. Badiashile
    6.7424194 cm8 apps
  4. 8E. Fernández
    7.5124178 cm32 apps
    • 54'Enzo Fernández on 54'
  5. 17A. Santos
    6.6821180 cm24 apps
    • 79'Andrey Santos on 79'
    • 82'Andrey Santos booked 82'
  6. 21J. Hato
    6.9419182 cm19 apps
  7. 34J. Acheampong
    6.6819184 cm15 apps
  8. 38M. Guiu
    6.5319187 cm8 apps
  9. P. 583
    6.3720174 cm2 apps

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 4'
    Home1-0
    Nick Woltemade scored

    Newcastle United.

  2. 7'
    Away
    Robert Sánchez booked

    Chelsea.

  3. 20'
    Home2-0
    Nick Woltemade scored

    Newcastle United. Assist Anthony Gordon.

  4. 27'
    Away
    Alejandro Garnacho booked

    Chelsea.

  5. 45'
    Away
    Malo Gusto booked

    Chelsea.

  6. 49'
    Away2-1
    Reece James scored

    Chelsea.

  7. 54'
    Away
    Enzo Fernández on

    Chelsea. Malo Gusto off.

  8. 61'
    Home
    Fabian Schär booked

    Newcastle United.

  9. 66'
    Away2-2
    João Pedro scored

    Chelsea. Assist Robert Sánchez.

  10. 70'
    Away
    Moisés Caicedo booked

    Chelsea.

  11. 72'
    Home
    Harvey Barnes on

    Newcastle United. Anthony Gordon off.

  12. 73'
    Home
    Yoane Wissa on

    Newcastle United. Nick Woltemade off.

  13. 73'
    Home
    Anthony Elanga on

    Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy off.

  14. 77'
    Home
    Yoane Wissa booked

    Newcastle United.

  15. 79'
    Away
    Andrey Santos on

    Chelsea. Cole Palmer off.

  16. 82'
    Away
    Andrey Santos booked

    Chelsea.

  17. 83'
    Away
    João Pedro booked

    Chelsea.

  18. 86'
    Home
    Lewis Hall booked

    Newcastle United.

  19. 89'
    Home
    Joe Willock on

    Newcastle United. Jacob Ramsey off.

  20. FT
    Final 2-2

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 2.31
    AttackxG
    1.22
  2. 11
    AttackTotal Shots
    13
  3. 361
    PassingTotal Passes
    433
  4. 8
    DefendingTackles Won
    9
  5. 6
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    15

Official team stats now keep xG, Total Shots, Total Passes, Tackles Won and Total Dribbles in one compact stored match-stats read.

Showing 5 of 202 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 14:58 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:33 UTC