Chelsea host Newcastle on Saturday with the aim of consolidating their position in the top four of the Premier League standings.
Maurizio Sarri’s men are coming off the back of a difficult festive period in which they won two, drew one and lost one of four league outings, and though they beat Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup last weekend, they subsequently went down 1-0 to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.
They face a Newcastle side struggling at the wrong end of the table and who were held 1-1 by Championship side Blackburn in the FA Cup last weekend.