{"id":1420208,"date":"2025-12-20T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&#038;p=1420208"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:37:15","slug":"post-match-analysis-newcastle-chelsea-20-12-25","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/post-match-analysis-newcastle-chelsea-20-12-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle vs Chelsea stats and analysis: James inspires comeback as Woltemade exorcises derby ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/chelsea-outright-odds-25-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> overturned a 2-0 half-time deficit to salvage a 2-2 draw away at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/newcastle-outright-odds-25-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle United<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Premier League<\/a> on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Nick Woltemade brace put the Magpies in a commanding position inside the opening 20 minutes, and Newcastle spurned further chances to extend their lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eddie Howe&#8217;s men were made to pay for those missed chances as a Reece James free-kick and a brilliant individual effort from Joao Pedro wiped out their lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FT: Newcastle 2-2 Chelsea<br><br>Points shared at St. James&#39; Park in one of the games of the season. ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEWCHE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NEWCHE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TILJH4wvnG\">pic.twitter.com\/TILJH4wvnG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Squawka Live (@Squawka_Live) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka_Live\/status\/2002386237273800951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nick-woltemade-banishes-wear-tyne-heartbreak\">Nick Woltemade banishes Wear-Tyne heartbreak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Woltemade would have loved nothing more than for the ground to swallow him whole at the Stadium of Light last week, as he diverted an own goal beyond Aaron Ramsdale to consign Newcastle to a 1-0 defeat against Sunderland in the first league Wear-Tyne derby since 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Germany international is made of strong stuff, and he enjoyed the perfect recovery here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newcastle started fast at St. James&#8217; 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Promotional Terms Apply.\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"http:\/\/gambleaware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/GambleAware.org\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">GambleAware.org<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reece James stands tall to inspire Chelsea comeback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of powers of recovery, Reece James showed plenty of that at St. James&#8217; Park with contrasting performances in each half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, it was James who was robbed of possession in the build-up to Newcastle&#8217;s opening goal, simply looking far too casual in possession amid a fierce Magpies press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the natural right-back &#8212; playing in midfield again &#8212;  often looked ill-equipped to combat the hard running and intensity from Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali in the Newcastle engine room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the second half was a completely different story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was James who sparked Chelsea&#8217;s comeback with a wonderfully dispatched free-kick in the 49th minute, giving Ramsdale no chance with a precision effort that skimmed the post on the way in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enzo Fernandez was introduced shortly after, and that gave James much more licence to roam, not to mention a helping hand in the battle against Guimaraes and Tonali. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1420212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-214x267.jpg 214w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-160x200.jpg 160w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-48x60.jpg 48w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1-32x40.jpg 32w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2025\/12\/20143558\/player_-pitch-3-stats-1.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was Joao Pedro who scored an impressive equaliser from a long Robert Sanchez kick, with the Brazilian&#8217;s headed control wrong-footing Malick Thiaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it was James who popped up with a crucial last-man challenge to stop Harvey Barnes in front of goal late on. 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