Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Coyster]

De Bruyne has a big chance of being played by Pep Guardiola in this match and if he is currently in a fit position it will provide a big advantage for Manchester City.

There is no chance in hell that De Bruyne is available for this game, he hasn't even started training yet, nor running, KDB is still some weeks away from returning to training, and when he does return to training, City will have to be careful with him, he isn't just going to be thrown right back into the action, he would be slowly integrated back into the team to avoid a recurrence of the serious injury he sustained on the first day of the EPL season.

That being said, City have coped very well without KDB, Julian Alvarez has replaced him in that role, and he has done it so well. This is a big game against Liverpool, but City are at home and they are so hard to beat at the Etihad. The first game after an international break can be somewhat tricky, the players need time to find their rhythm again, some might return injured or tired; thus i hope we can still get a cracking game.

[makishart]

Eight Premier League clubs voted against a rule change that would have blocked Newcastle signing players on loan from the Saudi Pro League.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/revealed-eight-premier-league-clubs-blocked-newcastle-signing-saudi-pro-league-players-loan/

Do you guys have comments regarding it? I meant newcastle is starting to take loan from saudi pro league club which has been owned by the same owner. That means if newcastle had many players in the club. That being said if newcastle can even take milankovic savic or even mitrovic from al hilal to join in newcastle. That means newcastle has a few clubs that have its players ready to be loaned to the newcastle. I would personally say yay to voted against ban from EPL to block the laon from saudi club to the newcastle.

I would like to see ronaldo to join in the newcastle and this is possible through taking him as a loan from al nassr since nassr has also owned by PIF as the owner of some top clubs in the saudi pro league.
That's unfair. I wanna see ronaldo plays for newcastle. Please, newcastle bring GOAT to the EPL again.

[Hirose UK]

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De Bruyne has a big chance of being played by Pep Guardiola in this match and if he is currently in a fit position it will provide a big advantage for Manchester City. Facing Liverpool definitely requires a complete squad because Jurgen Klopp knows enough how to apply strategy when facing a top team that is much more balanced. De Bruyne's presence is still a good option in midfield because this player can always control the flow of the match and can also provide good ball flow for attacks.

If De Bruyne's condition has not fully recovered then I am sure Pep Guardiola will not play him as a starter and he will try to place another player. For me, De Bruyne's presence is quite important because it will give his team more control over the midfield so that they can provide many opportunities as an option to get three points at home and to maintain a positive trend as top of the standings.

Yes, Liverpool is not an easy team to beat and Liverpool cannot be taken lightly even though Manchester City have perfect squad and could play De Bruyne as midfielder who helps the attacking line in creating goals.
Pep must be able to use strategy and also place players that are really difficult for Liverpool to break down because they have quite sharp attackers such as Mohamed Salah, Nunes and Diogo Jota.
Liverpool three front players are quite dangerous if Pep is not alert and really strengthens the back line.

In the previous match, De Bruyne performed very well against Liverpool, but in the next match we don't know whether Pep can actually use it or not.
But we hope that De Bruyne can play even if only for half the game because his presence is very helpful and very important for Manchester City.

If De Bruyne cannot appear then Liverpool and Klopp will be very happy because De Bruyne himself is player who can bring victory to Manchester City from the assists and goals he can provide.

[Mr.right85]

De Bruyne has a big chance of being played by Pep Guardiola in this match and if he is currently in a fit position it will provide a big advantage for Manchester City.

There is no chance in hell that De Bruyne is available for this game, he hasn't even started training yet, nor running, KDB is still some weeks away from returning to training, and when he does return to training, City will have to be careful with him, he isn't just going to be thrown right back into the action, he would be slowly integrated back into the team to avoid a recurrence of the serious injury he sustained on the first day of the EPL season.

That being said, City have coped very well without KDB, Julian Alvarez has replaced him in that role, and he has done it so well. This is a big game against Liverpool, but City are at home and they are so hard to beat at the Etihad. The first game after an international break can be somewhat tricky, the players need time to find their rhythm again, some might return injured or tired; thus i hope we can still get a cracking game.

After the international break, Manchester City may have to prepare to face Liverpool without some players like Stones and Ederson. I know there are some conversations forming around De Bruyne's return with Guardiola hinting that that might be soon. There are other players who can still perform better in Debruyne's absence, so I don’t see any reason for Guardiola to want to rush him. I think he underwent surgery on a recurring hamstring injury, and Pep has said there are no plans to rush de Bruyne back into his side. De Bruyne had been managing the long standing hamstring complaint during Manchester City’s run to the Treble last season and didn’t have a proper pre-season.
They have a big squad that can handle any kind of injuries. If he continues to nurse his injury till mid December, then I expect De Bruyne to return to the Manchester City fold in the New Year, so there are still a few months to figure out Guardiola's next steps.

[naira]

I read last November 10 that he was doing well. But De Bruyne has yet to join training with Man City. Until now there is no certainty when he will return to play. There are rumors that De Bruyne was involved in writing Drake's song "Wick Man".
If he comes back then this is very good, maybe Man City have a lot of strategy options with De Bruyne. Of course Man City must make sure that he is healed and ready to play.

De Bruyne has a big chance of being played by Pep Guardiola in this match and if he is currently in a fit position it will provide a big advantage for Manchester City. Facing Liverpool definitely requires a complete squad because Jurgen Klopp knows enough how to apply strategy when facing a top team that is much more balanced. De Bruyne's presence is still a good option in midfield because this player can always control the flow of the match and can also provide good ball flow for attacks.

If De Bruyne's condition has not fully recovered then I am sure Pep Guardiola will not play him as a starter and he will try to place another player. For me, De Bruyne's presence is quite important because it will give his team more control over the midfield so that they can provide many opportunities as an option to get three points at home and to maintain a positive trend as top of the standings.

Kevin De Bruyne is really needed to face Liverpool regardless of his current condition. I don't think there's anything wrong with Pep Guardiola including De Bruyne in the second half to maintain his health. Pep can still use other players for the starting eleven, because Liverpool wins in several matches came during the second round of comebacks. Therefore, to balance Liverpool attack in the second half Pep needed someone who could solve Klopp tactics. Liverpool this season is really very aggressive and the front line continues to be solid with each other especially Nunez at international level. Even during the World Cup qualifiers Nunez continued to perform optimally and contributed 2 goals against Bolivia.

[topbitcoin]

This is a form of instability from Chelsea where when they find opponents who are actually below them, sometimes they will become troubled because the defensive scheme carried out is different from clubs that can be said to be one level or big match where Chelsea will try to maximize defense and attack in order to be balanced but when playing against weaker clubs they only focus on attacking which results in them always losing focus and backfiring because their defense is not well guarded.

Now actually I still feel in the next 2 matches for the Big Match Chelsea can still get points even though it is only 1 point in 1 match but the problem is after finishing the big match against big clubs whether they can improve their performance or not. This is a problem that Poche must solve to improve Cheslea's performance.

Chelsea have had two big matches previously and they performed quite well when they silenced Tottenham and drew with Manchester City. In the next match, Chelsea will travel to the St James Park stadium to face Newcastle United. I think it was a relatively easy match for Chelsea when compared to the matches against Tottenham and Manchester City. But the situation could change for the results of next week's match because Newcastle United will definitely try hard to win the match and they will try to stop Chelsea good performance in next week match.

However, I see that Chelsea seems to have found the best form of their game so far where the players seem to be playing without pressure and that will make them confident in every match they play. Newcastle united, which is known as a team that is building the foundation of their strength, will be quite an interesting spectacle when this match starts. I think maybe a draw will be one of the biggest opportunities that will occur in this match.

IMO there are no easy words now even though Chelsea are in relatively good condition but facing Newcastle will certainly not be easy because it is precisely that kind of assumption that makes them able to lose.
Moreover, Newcastle have now been transformed into a very troublesome club after their financial resources changed which of course this will be more complicated for Chelsea.

Indeed, at this time some players especially for the Newcastle attack line, are a lot of gaps because some players have to be in the treatment room but playing home with the support of their own fans at St. James Park this will be a loss if Newcastle will give up just like that. 

[Republikcoin.com]

IMO there are no easy words now even though Chelsea are in relatively good condition but facing Newcastle will certainly not be easy because it is precisely that kind of assumption that makes them able to lose.
Moreover, Newcastle have now been transformed into a very troublesome club after their financial resources changed which of course this will be more complicated for Chelsea.

Indeed, at this time some players especially for the Newcastle attack line, are a lot of gaps because some players have to be in the treatment room but playing home with the support of their own fans at St. James Park this will be a loss if Newcastle will give up just like that. 

This will still be a fierce match, Chelsea's revival in the last few matches should be watched out for by the Newcastle team, even though if we look at the quality Newcastle is much better, what Chelsea has done in the last few matches is a serious threat to Newcastle.
It has been two consecutive matches that the Chelsea team has faced strong Premier League teams and they managed to go through it without losing and now Newcastle is also one of the top Premier League teams and Chelsea is likely to be able to do the same thing too.

The large number of Newcastle players who are injured is indeed detrimental for this team and is likely to affect the team's performance, but I don't think it will be significant because a team as big as Newcastle has enough players to maintain the team's performance.

[Ahli38]

Eight Premier League clubs voted against a rule change that would have blocked Newcastle signing players on loan from the Saudi Pro League.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/revealed-eight-premier-league-clubs-blocked-newcastle-signing-saudi-pro-league-players-loan/

Do you guys have comments regarding it? I meant newcastle is starting to take loan from saudi pro league club which has been owned by the same owner. That means if newcastle had many players in the club. That being said if newcastle can even take milankovic savic or even mitrovic from al hilal to join in newcastle. That means newcastle has a few clubs that have its players ready to be loaned to the newcastle. I would personally say yay to voted against ban from EPL to block the laon from saudi club to the newcastle.

I would like to see ronaldo to join in the newcastle and this is possible through taking him as a loan from al nassr since nassr has also owned by PIF as the owner of some top clubs in the saudi pro league.
That's unfair. I wanna see ronaldo plays for newcastle. Please, newcastle bring GOAT to the EPL again.

It seems that based on the voting results, Newcastle will be allowed to borrow players from one of the clubs in the SPL, namely from Al-hilal, Al-nassr, Al-Ahli or Al-ittihad. But it looks like Newcastle will not bring in Al-Nassr's current star player, Cristiano Ronaldo, but reportedly Newcastle plans to borrow Ruben Neves from Al-Hilal to fill the place usually occupied by Sandro Tonali. Because Tonali seems certain to be absent for 10 months due to the sanctions he received from the case that recently involved him in gambling. But it doesn't rule out the possibility that Newcastle will bring in others. But it would be very interesting if Newcastle brought in Cristiano Ronaldo from Al-Nassr and Benzema from Al-ittihad. I think it will be a sensation in various football news media. In fact, it will be news material on the cover of every sports magazine.

[Salahmu]

De Bruyne has a big chance of being played by Pep Guardiola in this match and if he is currently in a fit position it will provide a big advantage for Manchester City. Facing Liverpool definitely requires a complete squad because Jurgen Klopp knows enough how to apply strategy when facing a top team that is much more balanced. De Bruyne's presence is still a good option in midfield because this player can always control the flow of the match and can also provide good ball flow for attacks.

If De Bruyne's condition has not fully recovered then I am sure Pep Guardiola will not play him as a starter and he will try to place another player. For me, De Bruyne's presence is quite important because it will give his team more control over the midfield so that they can provide many opportunities as an option to get three points at home and to maintain a positive trend as top of the standings.

In as much as Kevin de Bruyne is one of the best player on Manchester City but I don't think he will play this match even if he is free from the injury this week, because whenever a player has that kind of injury and stay that long without training he would find it difficult to perform if being put in the field so Kelvin de Bruyne will not start immediately after recovery because he will need to undergo a series of fitness test and training to actually know if he can perform when he resumes training.

So perhaps even if Kelvin de Bruyne were to play there upcoming match I don't think he will be a much threat to other team because he will not be able to play the way he normally do.

[klidex]

IMO there are no easy words now even though Chelsea are in relatively good condition but facing Newcastle will certainly not be easy because it is precisely that kind of assumption that makes them able to lose.
Moreover, Newcastle have now been transformed into a very troublesome club after their financial resources changed which of course this will be more complicated for Chelsea.

Indeed, at this time some players especially for the Newcastle attack line, are a lot of gaps because some players have to be in the treatment room but playing home with the support of their own fans at St. James Park this will be a loss if Newcastle will give up just like that. 

This will still be a fierce match, Chelsea's revival in the last few matches should be watched out for by the Newcastle team, even though if we look at the quality Newcastle is much better, what Chelsea has done in the last few matches is a serious threat to Newcastle.
It has been two consecutive matches that the Chelsea team has faced strong Premier League teams and they managed to go through it without losing and now Newcastle is also one of the top Premier League teams and Chelsea is likely to be able to do the same thing too.

The large number of Newcastle players who are injured is indeed detrimental for this team and is likely to affect the team's performance, but I don't think it will be significant because a team as big as Newcastle has enough players to maintain the team's performance.

After the international break, I'm sure Newcastle and Chelsea have prepared carefully for the match. Chelsea is indeed looking impressive after getting good results against the last two big clubs, while Newcastle just suffered a defeat against Bournemouth, which is a bad result for Newcastle because they didn't manage to get any points full when facing a weaker club, but at least with this defeat Newcastle can learn and will improve the team's performance to achieve good results when facing Chelsea, especially since they will be playing at home, of course this is a big advantage for Newcastle to try to look good in front of their supporters. or maybe Chelsea will give their best performance like before to improve their current position.

[Strongkored]

Saturday, Newcastle will play against Chelsea at St James' Park, Newcastle's home ground, even though Newcastle just lost surprisingly to Bournemouth, in this match they will still be favorites and the home factor will give Newcastle a slight advantage.
It's interesting that Chelsea gets odds that are not much different from the home team and seeing how Chelsea often appears more impressive when facing a team that is considered stronger than them, it could be that this match will be a momentum for Chelsea to be able to improve their ranking because they managed to get three points, but Newcastle is not a team that they will easily overcome because even though Newcastle often appear inconsistent, they can also sometimes perform well and are surprising so this will be a match that is quite difficult to predict and should be very balanced.

[twiki]

Saturday, Newcastle will play against Chelsea at St James' Park, Newcastle's home ground, even though Newcastle just lost surprisingly to Bournemouth, in this match they will still be favorites and the home factor will give Newcastle a slight advantage.
It's interesting that Chelsea gets odds that are not much different from the home team and seeing how Chelsea often appears more impressive when facing a team that is considered stronger than them, it could be that this match will be a momentum for Chelsea to be able to improve their ranking because they managed to get three points, but Newcastle is not a team that they will easily overcome because even though Newcastle often appear inconsistent, they can also sometimes perform well and are surprising so this will be a match that is quite difficult to predict and should be very balanced.

Considering the past games between Chelsea and Newcastle, we can conclude that it will either be a draw or Chelsea will press on and finally earn their cherished points, which will not be unnecessary for them. It is a pity that transfers are far away then there would be a great chance for the Blues to win.

[Hvdv]

IMO there are no easy words now even though Chelsea are in relatively good condition but facing Newcastle will certainly not be easy because it is precisely that kind of assumption that makes them able to lose.
Moreover, Newcastle have now been transformed into a very troublesome club after their financial resources changed which of course this will be more complicated for Chelsea.

Indeed, at this time some players especially for the Newcastle attack line, are a lot of gaps because some players have to be in the treatment room but playing home with the support of their own fans at St. James Park this will be a loss if Newcastle will give up just like that. 

This will still be a fierce match, Chelsea's revival in the last few matches should be watched out for by the Newcastle team, even though if we look at the quality Newcastle is much better, what Chelsea has done in the last few matches is a serious threat to Newcastle.
It has been two consecutive matches that the Chelsea team has faced strong Premier League teams and they managed to go through it without losing and now Newcastle is also one of the top Premier League teams and Chelsea is likely to be able to do the same thing too.

The large number of Newcastle players who are injured is indeed detrimental for this team and is likely to affect the team's performance, but I don't think it will be significant because a team as big as Newcastle has enough players to maintain the team's performance.

After the international break, I'm sure Newcastle and Chelsea have prepared carefully for the match. Chelsea is indeed looking impressive after getting good results against the last two big clubs, while Newcastle just suffered a defeat against Bournemouth, which is a bad result for Newcastle because they didn't manage to get any points full when facing a weaker club, but at least with this defeat Newcastle can learn and will improve the team's performance to achieve good results when facing Chelsea, especially since they will be playing at home, of course this is a big advantage for Newcastle to try to look good in front of their supporters. or maybe Chelsea will give their best performance like before to improve their current position.

Even though Newcastle have not been in form for a few matches, I think they can have a good match against Chelsea. They started the season well, but I see them as more stagnant than last season. They started to decline after 2 Dortmund defeats in the UCL. This match is considered an opportunity for them to come back to their senses. I think Newcastle is the favorite against Chelsea because they will be playing at home.

[QueenVera]

Yes, Liverpool is not an easy team to beat and Liverpool cannot be taken lightly even though Manchester City have perfect squad and could play De Bruyne as midfielder who helps the attacking line in creating goals.
Pep must be able to use strategy and also place players that are really difficult for Liverpool to break down because they have quite sharp attackers such as Mohamed Salah, Nunes and Diogo Jota.
Liverpool three front players are quite dangerous if Pep is not alert and really strengthens the back line.

In the previous match, De Bruyne performed very well against Liverpool, but in the next match we don't know whether Pep can actually use it or not.
But we hope that De Bruyne can play even if only for half the game because his presence is very helpful and very important for Manchester City.

If De Bruyne cannot appear then Liverpool and Klopp will be very happy because De Bruyne himself is player who can bring victory to Manchester City from the assists and goals he can provide.

Over recent time, the match between Manchester City and Liverpool have proven to strong fixtures as they’re always title challenge fixtures as this weekend’s own now is a fixture to decide who sits top of the EPL Table, credits can’t be taken away from both teams especially after the 1st 13 Gameweeks in the EPL and they both have just a point separating them.

 Liverpool are a pretty good side who have a very fast and clinical attack that can break down any defense line with it’s pace and creativity but we can’t say less of Manchester City’s defense; i mean the defense of Europe’s defending champions, I think for this match, it’ll be a tough encounter but Manchester City porves to be the better side as Liverpool defense could fall easily to cheap mistakes which could prove costly for them in this fixture.

 KDB will be one to watch in this fixture as he’s just returning from injury but I think Pep wouldn’t want to rush him quick into the game and will probably keep him for the last minutes to seal his win, though the absence of KDB might not really have much  effect because City have still been on top without him and will still prove it once more at the Etihad over the weekend.

[X-ray]

De Bruyne has a big chance of being played by Pep Guardiola in this match and if he is currently in a fit position it will provide a big advantage for Manchester City. Facing Liverpool definitely requires a complete squad because Jurgen Klopp knows enough how to apply strategy when facing a top team that is much more balanced. De Bruyne's presence is still a good option in midfield because this player can always control the flow of the match and can also provide good ball flow for attacks.

If De Bruyne's condition has not fully recovered then I am sure Pep Guardiola will not play him as a starter and he will try to place another player. For me, De Bruyne's presence is quite important because it will give his team more control over the midfield so that they can provide many opportunities as an option to get three points at home and to maintain a positive trend as top of the standings.

In as much as Kevin de Bruyne is one of the best player on Manchester City but I don't think he will play this match even if he is free from the injury this week, because whenever a player has that kind of injury and stay that long without training he would find it difficult to perform if being put in the field so Kelvin de Bruyne will not start immediately after recovery because he will need to undergo a series of fitness test and training to actually know if he can perform when he resumes training.

Other clubs shall be scared when he will able to play again but no ETA when he will able to play. De bruyne was getting serious injury and it needs to be tested a lot of times to make sure he has been fully recovered from his injury. I didn't even like how he was getting serious injury which was only ruining his performance this season. I hope he will come back as soon as possible to help city to defend UCL and EPL at this season. It's always disappointed to see manchester city played without him as attacking midfielders that can always give so many amazing assists.

So perhaps even if Kelvin de Bruyne were to play there upcoming match I don't think he will be a much threat to other team because he will not be able to play the way he normally do.

Im not sure. The main role of him to be king of assists that will be helping haaland in scoring as many goals as possible. The doctor will not let him to play without doing more examination for the result of his recovery.
I really miss the king of assist to play again. He has been linked to the saudi pro league club as well which makes me feel a bit worry.

[twiki]

The FA intends to deprive Tottenham of 10 points from the league table due to a transfer 15 years ago... All because of the transfer in 2008 when Tottenham sold Defoe to Portsmouth when one of the club's agents did not have a license and the second's contract did not meet FA requirements.
this threatens to fall to the very bottom of the standings.

[Raflesia]

I read last November 10 that he was doing well. But De Bruyne has yet to join training with Man City. Until now there is no certainty when he will return to play. There are rumors that De Bruyne was involved in writing Drake's song "Wick Man".
If he comes back then this is very good, maybe Man City have a lot of strategy options with De Bruyne. Of course Man City must make sure that he is healed and ready to play.

De Bruyne has a big chance of being played by Pep Guardiola in this match and if he is currently in a fit position it will provide a big advantage for Manchester City. Facing Liverpool definitely requires a complete squad because Jurgen Klopp knows enough how to apply strategy when facing a top team that is much more balanced. De Bruyne's presence is still a good option in midfield because this player can always control the flow of the match and can also provide good ball flow for attacks.

If De Bruyne's condition has not fully recovered then I am sure Pep Guardiola will not play him as a starter and he will try to place another player. For me, De Bruyne's presence is quite important because it will give his team more control over the midfield so that they can provide many opportunities as an option to get three points at home and to maintain a positive trend as top of the standings.

It would be great if he has recovered and can play with Manchester City who do lose a bit of attacking power when KDB is not in the squad considering he is a good attacking organizer which makes it a bit complicated if KDB is missing and it happened in the first few weeks after KDB was absent which made Manchester City lose a bit of momentum even though it was fixed by Pep.

Now that she has recovered and is ready to play, this is indirectly a sign for clubs in the EPL that Manchester City will be even better because KDB is the heart and motor of a good attack in terms of ball flow from the middle of the field. This will also improve the attacking quality of Haaland as we know he is always spoiled when KDB is on the pitch and EPL clubs should be prepared for that.

[Cryptmuster]

In as much as Kevin de Bruyne is one of the best player on Manchester City but I don't think he will play this match even if he is free from the injury this week, because whenever a player has that kind of injury and stay that long without training he would find it difficult to perform if being put in the field so Kelvin de Bruyne will not start immediately after recovery because he will need to undergo a series of fitness test and training to actually know if he can perform when he resumes training.

So perhaps even if Kelvin de Bruyne were to play there upcoming match I don't think he will be a much threat to other team because he will not be able to play the way he normally do.

De Bruyne will not return to the game until January - February, so it is pointless to discuss his possible appearance in the match with Liverpool. City are playing well without De Bruyne, Guardiola never built the team’s game on one player and although Kevin has become a very important player in Guardiola’s scheme, now City are coping quite well without him.

Liverpool are not playing their best away, they have won only one of their last five games against Bournemouth, they have drawn two and lost two, while City look great at home and rarely drop points.

[asriloni]

IMO there are no easy words now even though Chelsea are in relatively good condition but facing Newcastle will certainly not be easy because it is precisely that kind of assumption that makes them able to lose.
Moreover, Newcastle have now been transformed into a very troublesome club after their financial resources changed which of course this will be more complicated for Chelsea.

Indeed, at this time some players especially for the Newcastle attack line, are a lot of gaps because some players have to be in the treatment room but playing home with the support of their own fans at St. James Park this will be a loss if Newcastle will give up just like that. 

This will still be a fierce match, Chelsea's revival in the last few matches should be watched out for by the Newcastle team, even though if we look at the quality Newcastle is much better, what Chelsea has done in the last few matches is a serious threat to Newcastle.
It has been two consecutive matches that the Chelsea team has faced strong Premier League teams and they managed to go through it without losing and now Newcastle is also one of the top Premier League teams and Chelsea is likely to be able to do the same thing too.

The large number of Newcastle players who are injured is indeed detrimental for this team and is likely to affect the team's performance, but I don't think it will be significant because a team as big as Newcastle has enough players to maintain the team's performance.

After the international break, I'm sure Newcastle and Chelsea have prepared carefully for the match. Chelsea is indeed looking impressive after getting good results against the last two big clubs, while Newcastle just suffered a defeat against Bournemouth, which is a bad result for Newcastle because they didn't manage to get any points full when facing a weaker club, but at least with this defeat Newcastle can learn and will improve the team's performance to achieve good results when facing Chelsea, especially since they will be playing at home, of course this is a big advantage for Newcastle to try to look good in front of their supporters. or maybe Chelsea will give their best performance like before to improve their current position.

Even though Newcastle have not been in form for a few matches, I think they can have a good match against Chelsea. They started the season well, but I see them as more stagnant than last season. They started to decline after 2 Dortmund defeats in the UCL. This match is considered an opportunity for them to come back to their senses. I think Newcastle is the favorite against Chelsea because they will be playing at home.

I don't think it is going to happen. You shall also go to take a look how many newcastle players were injured. There are around 10 players who are injured at this moment. I can't even expect newcastle to play better. Look at the midfield of newcastle when it was facing dortmund.
Newcastle has been missing many of its key players. No tonalli, no almiron and many more. Im not even expect newcastle to get draw against chelsea as long as newcastle will be playing openly against chels.

The thing may be different if newcastle will be using defensive strategy. It will be a disaster for chelsea once newcastle will be choosing to use low block strategy. I wonder what strategy is going to be used by eddie howe since newcastle didn't have good midfielder at this moment.

There may be some rotates to happen between any players. Newcastle will be playing without its best squad.

[Velvet78]

Newcastle are really inconsistent these days. It started to reflect on their Champions League games as well recently. Because they lost to Dortmund two times in a row which pushed them down to the fourth position. But I still want to believe that they will recover from this situation as well. Newcastle were pretty impressive last season you know.

This carried them even to the Champions League despite challenging hard against the other top teams in the Premier League. Actually they weren't doing bad until a point this season too. But hopefully they will get better. They have got some bad news additionally like Tonali's suspension but I will expect them to get better in time.