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Indeed, with Manchester City and Liverpool facing quite difficult matches against Crystal Palace and Brighton respectively, the game at St James’ Park offers a real opportunity for Chelsea to set the tone in the title race.

After resting a number of key players midweek, Tuchel will surely bring out the big guns on Tyneside.

Given the defensive problems Newcastle have endured so far, the kind of performance they have displayed against Norwich could lead to similar results.

Newcastle vs Chelsea are scheduled to kick off at 3 p.m. BST on Saturday, October 30, 2021.

The match will take place at St James’ Park in Newcastle.

Saturday’s game will not be televised live in the UK, but you can watch the match day’s highlights on BBC One from 10:30 p.m. BST.

You can also keep up to date with events on Tyneside with Standard Sport’s LIVE Blog.

Tuchel provided a reasonably concerning injury update after the Southampton game in which he revealed issues for people like Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

The hope, however, is that none of their hits will be a long-term problem.

With Romelu Lukaku, Christian Pulisic and Timo Werner already absent, more absences would be a blow. However, N’Golo Kante is expected to return.

As for Newcastle, led by interim boss Graeme Jones while the club seek a permanent successor to Steve Bruce, Jonjo Shelvey is suspended and Martin Dubravka and Paul Dummett remain on the sidelines. Freddie Woodman is rated 50/50.

With only Norwich conceding more often than Newcastle, it’s not hard to imagine Chelsea showing themselves capable of racking up goals again on Saturday.