Newcastle v Chelsea team news: Murphy starts, no Trippier

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	131.9%	Very Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.3m	110.6%	Very Likely
James	CHE	5.6m	108.1%	Very Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	101.3%	Very Likely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Cherki	MCI	6.6m	84.9%	Likely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	99.3%	Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	98.6%	Maybe
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	97.3%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	92.8%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	89.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	89.7%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	89.9%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	75.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	73.4%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.1m	59.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	67.6%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	69.6%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	70.5%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	67.7%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	57.3%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.3%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	61.0%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	55.7%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	58.5%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	58.2%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	46.4%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	55.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.7m	47.5%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	53.4%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	55.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.7%	Unlikely
Heaven	MUN	3.8m	51.4%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	53.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.8%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	49.2%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	6.0m	44.4%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	48.2%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	48.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Welbeck	BHA	6.4m	129.1%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.6m	122.4%	Very Likely
Cucurella	CHE	6.2m	101.0%	Very Likely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	102.2%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	101.6%	Very Likely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	101.2%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	100.6%	Very Likely
James	LEE	5.3m	99.8%	Maybe
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	98.7%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	97.6%	Maybe
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	95.8%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	95.5%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	96.5%	Maybe
P.M.Sarr	TOT	4.6m	95.8%	Maybe
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	95.8%	Maybe
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	95.8%	Maybe
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	95.0%	Maybe
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	94.6%	Maybe
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	93.9%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	94.1%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	93.0%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	92.7%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.7%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	88.4%	Unlikely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	87.8%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	91.0%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	88.0%	Unlikely
Eze	ARS	7.6m	70.3%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	88.0%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	87.4%	Unlikely
Aké	MCI	5.3m	87.4%	Unlikely
Johnson	SUN	3.9m	86.7%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	87.3%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	86.2%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.0m	82.5%	Unlikely
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	85.9%	Unlikely
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	85.0%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.2m	76.7%	Unlikely
Seung soo	NEW	4.4m	81.4%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	81.6%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Down	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:46pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
Up	Keane	EVE	Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Sus
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:50pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Matheus Cunha	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
Up	Wirtz	LIV	B, Vs
Up	Grealish	EVE	B, Vs
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:54pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Down	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:56pm

UEFA Champions League hopefuls Newcastle United and Chelsea go head-to-head on Sunday.

Kick-off at St James’ Park is at 12pm BST.

The early start is due to TV selection, with the match originally scheduled for Saturday lunchtime. However, this had to be moved due to Chelsea’s involvement in the UEFA Conference League on Thursday night.

Eddie Howe makes two changes from Gameweek 35, with Sven Botman and Anthony Gordon replacing the injured Kieran Trippier and Joe Willock.

Joe Willock has a thigh problem & Kieran Trippier has a calf issue, which is why they miss #NEWCHE.

Expectation is both are minor, but they're going to be assessed further.#NUFC #CFC
— Chris Waugh (@ChrisDHWaugh) May 11, 2025

Those alterations would seem to indicate that Howe has moved to a 3-4-3 formation, with Tino Livramento at left wing-back and Jacob Murphy on the other flank.

It could also be a back four, with Livramento and Dan Burn as full-backs.

Enzo Maresca restores his first choice XI, so Chelsea are unchanged for the third league match in a row.

LINE-UPS

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Livramento, Schar, Botman, Burn, Tonali, Guimaraes, Gordon, Murphy, Barnes, Isak

Subs: Dubravka, Ruddy, Lascelles, Wilson, Krafth, Osula, Longstaff, Miley, Neave

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Caicedo, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella, Lavia, Enzo, Neto, Palmer, Madueke, Jackson

Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin, Badiashile, Acheampong, Gusto, James, Dewsbury-Hall, Sancho, George

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7 months, 20 days ago

The livra pass to Barnes. My god, what could have been. Barnes been poor since i got him.

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NABIL - FPL otai

Did Isak to Beto this GW 😎

The 12th Man
7 months, 20 days ago
God like move. Nice.
I did Isak > Cunha
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1. NABIL - FPL otai
  7 months, 20 days ago
  Ouch. Lucky to avoid red
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  1. The 12th Man
    7 months, 20 days ago
    Yup
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Bobkat

Massive result. This battle for CL is crazy

FPL Blow-In
7 months, 20 days ago
Forest win today to leapfrog Villa and Chelsea to 5th
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1. Bobkat
  7 months, 20 days ago
  Exactly! Still could be anyone’s
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2. Merlin the Wraith
  7 months, 20 days ago
  Villan with Milenkovic. Hoping for a 0-0 repeat of Soton-City lol!
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  1. Bobkat
    7 months, 20 days ago
    Haha
    Leicester win would be ideal for the Toon
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