Team Line-Ups: Newcastle Utd v Chelsea FC

Alan Pardew has named an unchanged side to that which beat Aston Villa in midweek but Sylvain Marveaux returns to the bench. Moussa Sissoko and Yoan Gouffran both make their home debuts, whilst Yanga-Mbiwa may also make his later on in the game. For Chelsea Fernando Torres starts on the bench, meaning Demba Ba leads the way as expetced. Petr Cech and John Terry also return to the starting eleven having recovered from injury. 

Chelsea FC

Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Ramires,  Juan Mata, Oscar, Ryan Bertrand, Demba Ba.

Substitutes

Fernando Torres, Paulo Ferreira, Marko Marin, Ross Turnbull, Cesar Azpilicueta, Yossi Benayoun, Nathan Ake.

Newcastle Utd 

Tim Krul, Mathieu Debuchy, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Davide Santon, Jonas Gutierrez, James Perch, Moussa Sissoko, Yohan Cabaye, Yoan Gouffran, Papiss Cisse.

Substitutes

Rob Elliot, Vurnon Anita, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Gael Bigirimana,  Sylvain Marveaux, Shola Ameobi, Gabriel Obertan.

MATCH PREVIEW/STATS/THREAD: NEWCASTLE V CHELSEA