Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe did not take any chances on World Cup-bound striker Callum Wilson by naming Chris Wood in attack against Chelsea on Saturday.
Wilson did take a place on the bench after struggling with illness and training alone this week. Howe started with Wood in his three-man frontline alongside Miguel Almiron and Joelinton.
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Nick Pope started in goal with Kieran Trippier at right-back and Sven Botman and Fabian Schar in the middle of defence. Dan Burn got the nod at left-back ahead of Matt Targett again.
In midfield Joe Willock, Bruno Guimaraes and Sean Longstaff took up their places in the engine room. Here's how the two sides line up tonight. You can follow all the action as it happens in our live blog here.
Newcastle vs Chelsea teams
Newcastle : Pope, Trippier, Botman, Schar, Burn, Longstaff, Willock, Guimaraes, Almiron, Joelinton, Wood.
Subs: Darlow, Lascelles, Shelvey, Wilson, Saint-Maximin, Targett, Manquillo, Murphy, Anderson.
Chelsea : Mendy, Azpilicueta, Koulibaly, Chalobah, Hall, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, Gallagher, Mount, Broja.
Subs: Bettinelli, Silva, Aubameyang, Pulisic, Zakaria, Ziyech, Havertz, Cucurella, Hutchinson.
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