I agree with you. At the moment I don't see any chance of Chelsea winning this game. Although the bookies predict this will be an even match but one important note here is that Chelsea are very inconsistent and they often lose against average teams. Newcastle are in their best form and of course they have good statistics in the league this season.
Chelsea is yet to lose to an elite team this season, and we should remind you that Newcastle has demonstrated to be in the category of elite teams because they won a berth in the UEFA Champions category this season, which is certainly a substantial boost for the club. Eddie Howe will have to contend against Chelsea; it will not be a straight-forward encounter for Newcastle United. They will just try, Newcastle are not in the best possible state this season, especially after suffering serious injuries that have hampered the team's performance in games but we just look on the brighter side.
When you watch the previous game, you'll notice that Chelsea has their strongest squad on the field, whereas Newcastle is at a disadvantage due to the absence of several talented players in their club. While we are aware that the level of play may have been different when these clubs had their best players, unfortunately, we will not be able to witness such a spectacle in Newcastle.
The situation was so dire for Newcastle that they were willing to recruit a midfielder from their sister club, Al Hilal, but unfortunately, this option was blocked. The good thing if chelsea can use this momentum to get three points from newcastle.
Newcastle will be playing fully defensive against chelsea. We will see another attractive game to be showed by both of clubs. I predict that chelsea can win with small score against newcastle. The key is how consistent the chelsea player is.
As long as chelsea players can consistently played like previous season and it will meat a lot for the club. Newcastle will also use counter attack against chelsea.