Newcastle United vs Chelsea Tickets

Newcastle United vs Chelsea is a match that brings plenty of excitement to supporters when they see it on the Premier League fixture list each season.

The Blues represent one of the biggest sides in English football and have a number of superstars that they can call upon to help make this fixture all the more entertaining and the prospect of providing fans with some mouth-watering action on the St. James’ Park turf.

Newcastle United, known as the Magpies or the Toon Army, are not a club enriched with silverware, however they are one of the most recognised sides to be involved in English football. Recently, however, since being taken over by Saudi Arabia, they are once again a force to be reckoned with.

The Blues have become one of the most decorated clubs in English football in recent decades, having raised no fewer than five Premier League titles (six first division titles in total), as well as having great success in European football and domestic cup competition.

This success has helped provide them with a huge reputation around the footballing world, which helps to attract more eyes to the fixture with Newcastle.

With meetings being held at the iconic St. James’ Park stadium between the two sides, the venue becomes one of the places that needs to be experienced in person. With both sets of fans extremely passionate about their side, the 52,388-seater stadium - the eighth-largest in the country - becomes a truly remarkable place with an atmosphere like no other in the Premier League and one that has high expectations as to what they will see on the pitch.

Newcastle United vs Chelsea head-to-head

Previous Newcastle United versus Chelsea meetings at St. James’ Park have produced an abundance of goals.

Even during their lean years under the ownership of Mike Ashley, Chelsea had a poor record away at Newcastle United.

In the season when they returned to the Champions League, 2022/2023, Chelsea lost 1-0 at St James' Park thanks to a solitary Joe Willock goal.

In May 2018, Chelsea were also soundly beaten by Newcastle, despite fieling a strong side on what was the last day of the Premier League season. Goals from Dwight Gayle and Ayoze Perez (2) did the damage in a 3-0 win.

A rare Chelsea win at Newcastle came in October 2021, with Reece James bagging a brace and Jorginho also scoring, in a 3-0 victory for the Blues.

Newcastle United vs Chelsea connections

There are no shortage of players to have appeared for both Newcastle and Chelsea.

Demba Ba, Loic Remy, Damien Duff, Scott Parker and Geremi played for both the Blues and the Toon Army.

Newcastle United versus Chelsea certainly provides fans with a match that can whet the appetite when played at the St. James’ Park Stadium, as the action on the pitch is always intense and fierce, with both sides looking to get all three points in the pursuit of their wider aims.