Newcastle 2-2 Chelsea: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Newcastle

N. Woltemade 4'

N. Woltemade 20'

Chelsea

R. James 49'

João Pedro 66'

Premier League 2025/2026

Regular Season - 17

December 20, 2025 12:30pm

St. James' Park, Newcastle

Key stats

Ball Possession

47%

53%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Newcastle 4-3-3

Chelsea 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

A. Ramsdale

6.9

Robert Sánchez

7.5

Defenders

L. Hall

6.7

Marc Cucurella

6.5

F. Schär

6.3

T. Chalobah

6.5

M. Thiaw

6.5

W. Fofana

6.2

L. Miley

6.3

M. Gusto

5.9

Midfielders

J. Ramsey

6.3

M. Caicedo

7.3

S. Tonali

6.9

R. James

8.2

Bruno Guimarães

7.2

A. Garnacho

6.2

C. Palmer

6.5

Pedro Neto

6.6

Forwards

A. Gordon

8.0

João Pedro

8.2

N. Woltemade

7.9

J. Murphy

7.2

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8.0

A. Gordon

8.2

João Pedro

Match Summary

On December 20, 2025 during the 2025/2026 Premier League match, Newcastle faced off against Chelsea at St. James' Park, Newcastle. The game ended in a draw. With Newcastle possessing 47% of the ball compared to Chelsea's 53%, and shots on goal at 5 to 4. Chelsea had 81% successful passes (of 424 passes) over Newcastle which had 77% successful passes (of 355 passes). The outstanding efforts by A. Gordon and João Pedro played a key role

Lineup

4-3-3

4-2-3-1

Ramsdale

6.9

Played:
95Min

Saves:
2 of 4

Accurate passes:
21/37

Key passes:
1

Miley

6.3

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
30/38

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Thiaw

6.5

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
32/40

Won duels:
2/2

Schär

6.3

Played:
95Min

Blocked:
3

Accurate passes:
27/31

Won duels:
6/14

Hall

6.7

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
21/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
8/9

Guimarães

7.2

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
40/45

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/12

Tonali

6.9

Played:
95Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
30/42

Won duels:
4/7

Ramsey

6.3

Played:
89Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
30/34

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
1/2

Murphy

7.2

Played:
73Min

Accurate passes:
13/22

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Woltemade

7.9

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/14

Won duels:
3/5

Gordon

8.0

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
12/15

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/6

Pedro

8.2

Played:
95Min

Accurate passes:
14/21

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
6/8

Garnacho

6.2

Played:
95Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
25/26

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/9

Dribbles:
1/2

Palmer

6.5

Played:
79Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
24/31

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
0/4

Neto

6.6

Played:
95Min

Accurate passes:
26/31

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/9

Dribbles:
1/2

Caicedo

7.3

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
46/53

Won duels:
9/14

Dribbles:
2/2

James

8.2

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
41/49

Won duels:
3/8

Cucurella

6.5

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
33/37

Won duels:
4/5

Chalobah

6.5

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
40/47

Won duels:
3/3

Fofana

6.2

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
45/47

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Gusto

5.9

Played:
54Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
14/16

Won duels:
0/2

Sánchez

7.5

Played:
95Min

Saves:
3 of 5

Accurate passes:
16/42

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

Eddie Howe

Ruddy

Murphy

Shahar

Joelinton

Elanga

6.7

Played:
22Min

Accurate passes:
3/5

Won duels:
0/1

Willock

Played:
6Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
1/1

Wissa

6.3

Played:
22Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
0/4

Neave

Barnes

6.3

Played:
23Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
1/2

Coach

Enzo Maresca

Fernández

6.5

Played:
41Min

Accurate passes:
16/19

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
0/5

Jörgensen

Acheampong

Badiashile

Adarabioyo

Hato

Santos

6.7

Played:
16Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
5/5

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/2

Buonanotte

Guiu

Key stats

Lineup

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Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Newcastle vs Chelsea

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline