Chelsea face Newcastle at St James’ Park in just under an hour, and the teams are in!
Antonio Conte has made some surprising changes, including the introduction of Emerson Palmieri for Marcos ALonso, and Ross Barkley for Willian, playing in midfield alongside N’Golo Kante and Tiemoue Bakayoko.
Antonio Rudiger also drops out for Gary Cahill.
This is an interesting preview of the cup final team, and it shows that Conte still has a lot of decisions still to make over the XI that will start against Manchester United.
Newcastle will be no easy opponents, and the Blues will have to be at their best to see off the Magpies, especially at a raucous St James’ Park on the final day of the season. Hopefully Barkley and the other new introductions to the side are ready for this.
Here are the full team line-ups for Chelsea vs Newcastle (kick off at 15:00 pm GMT):
CHELSEA:
Chelsea team: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill (c); Moses, Barkley, Kante, Bakayoko, Emerson; Hazard, Giroud.
Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Willian, Pedro, Morata. #NEWCHE pic.twitter.com/WMXcsEQLBm
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 13, 2018
NEWCASTLE:
TEAM NEWS: Here's how Newcastle United will line up against @ChelseaFC in the @premierleague this afternoon (kick-off 3pm BST). #NUFC pic.twitter.com/v9RZOkNuVN
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) May 13, 2018
