Gary Neville and Paul Scholes predict five-goal thriller for Chelsea vs Newcastle United

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Newcastle United will face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as they begin their double-header against the Blues.

Eddie Howe will be aiming to end a run of four Premier League games without a win when his side travels to London this weekend.

Newcastle’s last league win came over a month ago in the 2-1 away win to Wolves. Since then, defeats against Fulham and Brighton and draws with Manchester City and Everton have seen them drop down to ninth in the Premier League table.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
9	NewcastleNewcastle	8	3	3	2	8	8	0	12

Next up for Newcastle is back-to-back games against Chelsea – first in the Premier League and then in the Carabao Cup round of 16 at St James’ Park on Wednesday evening.

Howe’s record against Chelsea paints a picture of what to expect from the Magpies as they look to get back to winning ways.

Newcastle competing with Chelsea for European qualification

Newcastle will leapfrog Chelsea in the table if they win on Sunday and given that the Blues are a direct rival for a European qualification spot this season, there is a lot on the line.

Howe is expected to return to Europe this season and fresh reports suggest that Alexander Isak’s future depends on qualiyfing for Europe.

Both sides are entering Sunday’s clash on the back of a defeat with Newcastle losing to Brighton last time out and Chelsea suffering defeat to Liverpool.

Newcastle are still only two points adrift from the top six but a defeat this weekend would put a dent in the club’s European ambitions.

Gary Neville and Paul Scholes predict Chelsea vs Newcastle

Speaking on The Overlap, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes have made their prediction for Sunday’s clash and are anticipating a five-goal thriller.

Scholes said to Neville: “There’s a lot of goals in that game”, and the duo agreed on a 3-2 victory for Chelsea.

However, Neville added that “Newcastle have got something about them”.

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Across the table, Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Jill Scott also predicted a win for Chelsea but went with a 3-1 scoreline.

Newcastle will need to cause an upset if they are going to get anything out of Sunday’s visit to the Capital.