Newcastle vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League score and updates

A change from Chelsea – and a positional shuffle, too. On comes Reece James for Noni Madueke, with Moises Caicedo moving into midfield, one would think.

A slender lead for Newcastle at the interval, with Chelsea a little fortunate to still be in touch. The hosts have been on it since the off, with Sandro Tonali giving them a perfect start and chances following with relative regularity thereafter. The pivotal moment in the top-five race probably came from a Chelsea player, though, Nicolas Jackson throwing his forearm into the face of Sven Botman and given his marching orders.

That will end his season, you’d think – can the 10-man visitors battle back into this one?

Enzo Fernandez is booked for his protestations at a free kick going against Cole Palmer after a tangle of legs with Anthony Gordon. Palmer has to push his captain away to prevent further sanction as the midfielder launches into an even more aggressive inquiry.

A stonking run from Pedro Neto, forced to plough a lone furrow with Nicolas Jackson off the pitch but showing off his pace to accelerate past Dan Burn and draw a corner. Trevoh Chalobah gets his head to it but can’t generate the requisite power to test Nick Pope.

It’s a good job Trevoh Chalobah has been on it for Chelsea today. Another key intervention from the centre-half after Alexander Isak breaks behind, knocking the Swedish striker off stride just enough to allow Robert Sanchez out to smother.

Into six additional minutes at the end of the half.

Dan Burn forces Robert Sanchez into a sharp-ish save soon after. Newcastle would love another before the interval.

Chelsea are essentially now playing without a striker, Cole Palmer slightly ahead of the rest in the press but having to do the job of two men. How damaging could Nicolas Jackson’s moment of madness be to their season?

Top tackle from Trevoh Chalobah to avoid the concession of a second, sliding back in the nick of time on Harvey Barnes. Corner kick.

That is, however, a half chance, and a good block from Dan Burn as Pedro Neto tries to turn a Noni Madueke cross home.

Enzo Maresca’s whining in the ear of the fourth official earns him a booking, the Chelsea manager joining his players in losing his cool a touch. You feel they need half time to reset – we’ve barely seen anything of Cole Palmer.