Newcastle United have an opportunity to pile the misery onto Chelsea in a week where the London club found themselves collateral damage in the sanctioning of their owner Roman Abramovich by the UK government on Thursday.
The Magpies face the Blues at Stamford Bridge on Sunday on the back of two away wins at Brentford and Southampton and they are full of confidence thanks to an unbeaten run of nine Premier League games which has seen them win six of the last seven.
Joelinton and Allan Saint-Maximin are hoping to be involved in the match to give Eddie Howe more attacking options to choose from but they will both require late fitness tests after struggling with injuries and with neither featuring at St May's against Southampton.
