By Tyne-Talk
May 2 2012
Danny Simpson is missing from Newcastle United's starting line up this evening after failing to overcome an ankle injury he picked up against Wigan at the weekend. James Perch starts, whilst Ryan Taylor once again starts on the bench. For Chelsea, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard are dropped to the bench, with Ivanovic and Torres returning to the starting eleven.
Chelsea
Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Ryan Bertrand, Jon-Obi Mikel, Raul Meireles, Ramires, Florent Malouda, Daniel Sturridge, Fernando Torres.
Subs
Ross Turnbull, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Frank Lampard, Juan Mata, Salomon Kalou, Didier Drogba.
Newcastle
Tim Krul, James Perch, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini (c), Davide Santon, Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Hatem Ben Arfa, Yohan Cabaye, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse.
Subs
Rob Elliot, Shane Ferguson, Ryan Taylor, Dan Gosling, Gabriel Obertan, Sylvain Marveaux, Shola Ameobi.
MATCH PREVIEW/STATS/THREAD: CHELSEA V NEWCASTLE HERE
