NEWCASTLE (3-4-2-1): Martin Dubravka; Fabian Schar, Federico Fernandez, Ciaran Clark; DeAndre Yedlin, Ki Sung-Yeung, Mohamed Diame, Paul Dummett; Matt Ritchie, Jacob Murphy; Salomon Rondon.
Chelsea have not travelled well to St James' Park in the past. They lost their last visit 3-0 as a strike from Dwight Gayle and a brace from Ayoze Perez handed the Magpies the victory in their clash in May. The Blues have failed to win in their last five visits to Tyneside, with their last win coming in December 2011 when Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and Daniel Sturridge were on the scoresheet.