So nice they’ll do it twice! Chelsea FC and Newcastle United, fresh off a meeting in the Premier League, will now do a reverse fixture (or the second part of the home and home), in a different competition.
Let’s run through all the preview FYIs, and then do the starting lineup predictions.
Chelsea FC at Newcastle United FYIs
Competition: EFL Cup Round of 16
Kick: Wed. Oct 30, 7:45pm, St. James Park, Newcastle, UK
Starting XI Predictions: Newcastle United Chelsea
Team News: Newcastle United Chelsea
How They Got Here: Newcastle United- Beat AFC Wimbledon 1-0 (third round)
beat Nottingham Forest 4-3 on penalties, 1-1 (second round)
Chelsea- beat Barrow 5-0 (third round)
Starting XI Predictions (EFL Cup Round of 16)
Chelsea FC
Filip Jorgensen; Axel Disasi, Benoit Badiashile, Tosin Adarabioyo, Renato Veiga; Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Enzo Fernandez; Jadon Sancho, Joao Felix, Mykhailo Mudryk; Christopher Nkunku
Newcastle United
Odisseas Vlachodimos; Tino Livramento, Emil Krafth, Fabian Schar, Lloyd Kelly; Lewis Miley, Sandro Tonali; Joe Willock, Jacob Murphy, Miguel Almiron
Prediction: Newcastle 1, Chelsea FC 0
The Blues took their first meeting 2-1, earlier today, but we think the result will be the opposite here.
Paul M. Banks is the Founding Editor of The Sports Bank. He’s also the author of “Transatlantic Passage: How the English Premier League Redefined Soccer in America,” and “No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry.”
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