Newcastle United welcome Chelsea to St James’ Park this afternoon in a huge battle for Champions League. Newcastle remain without Lewis Hall, Matt Targett and captain Jamaal Lascelles with the only notable return today that of assistant manager Jason Tindall,

Brighton predicted lineup vs. Newcastle (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Veltman, Dunk, Van Hecke, Estupinan; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, O'Riley, Mitoma; Welbeck. Joe Willock, who made his first Premier League start since February against Ipswich, is set to retain his place in Newcastle 's midfield due to Joelinton's absence.

It's great to see two teams going head-to-head in this race for the top five and Chelsea probably come into it in better form after getting a great result against Liverpool on Sunday. Yes, they were playing straight after Liverpool had won the title and the Reds had probably been celebrating all week,