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Chelsea will be looking to continue with their recent winning run in the Premier League when they face Newcastle on Saturday evening.
Thomas Tuchel’s team are atop the league on 22 points and will take on the winless Magpies in a top vs bottom battle.
Ahead of the clash, here are some facts and figures.
Head to head
- Chelsea have won two of our last three Premier League away games against Newcastle, losing the other in January 2020
- The Blues are looking to win back-to-back league games at Newcastle for the first time since April 2009
- Chelsea have only won more Premier League games against Tottenham (32) than they have against Newcastle (27)
Chelsea in numbers
- Chelsea have won the last two away league games without conceding
- Thomas Tuchel’s side have conceded just three (Including two penalties) in their last nine matches
- Only twice have the Blues conceded fewer goals at this stage 2004/05 and 2010/11 both two goals
- Chelsea’s 18.3 percent goals-to-shots ratio is the best by some distance in the Premier League this season.
- Leicester are second (13.5 percent) and Liverpool third (13.3 percent)
- Chelsea last won three in a row on the road while keeping a clean sheet in November 2016
- Chelsea’s reverse at Aston Villa on the final day of last season is their only defeat on the road in 13 away outings in the Premier League since Tuchel took over (nine wins, three draws)
- The last player to score in five successive league matches is Frank Lampard in 2010
- The Blues have kept more clean sheets (17) than conceded goals (16) in the Premier League since Tuchel took over as head coach (28 games)
Newcastle stats
- Only Norwich (23) have conceded more Premier League goals this season than Newcastle (20)
- Newcastle are looking for their first win of the season in all competitions
- Their last victory was on the final day of last season when they won 2-0 at already-relegated Fulham
- The Magpies have won three Premier League games out of 15 at St James’ Park in 2021
- The Magpies have dropped eight points after taking the lead at St James’ Park this term
- Callum Wilson has scored six goals in his last six Premier League games, as many as he had in his previous 21 in the competition
- Steve Bruce’s departure was the 13th time that a Newcastle manager has departed the club during a Premier League campaign
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