Newcastle 2–2 Chelsea
2025-12-20 · Matchweek 17
· Referee: Andy Madley · VAR: Peter Bankes
Chelsea were booked 6 times — 2.2× their usual 2.8 — to Newcastle's 3.
How Andy Madley refereed it
Madley showed 9 yellow cards against a career average of 3.2, and awarded 27 fouls against an average of 22.9.
Match statistics
| Newcastle | Chelsea | |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow cards | 3 | 6 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | 13 | 14 |
| Penalties | 0 | 0 |
The card
The same card posted after the match. A style read, not a verdict.
Key moments
| Min | Event | Team | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4' | Normal Goal | Newcastle | N. Woltemade | 1-0 |
| 7' | Yellow Card | Chelsea | Robert Sánchez | 1-0 |
| 20' | Normal Goal | Newcastle | N. Woltemade | 2-0 |
| 27' | Yellow Card | Chelsea | Alejandro Garnacho | 2-0 |
| 45' | Yellow Card | Chelsea | Malo Gusto | 2-0 |
| 49' | Normal Goal | Chelsea | R. James | 2-1 |
| 61' | Yellow Card | Newcastle | Fabian Schär | 2-1 |
| 66' | Normal Goal | Chelsea | Joao Pedro | 2-2 |
| 70' | Yellow Card | Chelsea | Moisés Caicedo | 2-2 |
| 77' | Yellow Card | Newcastle | Yoane Wissa | 2-2 |
| 82' | Yellow Card | Chelsea | Andrey Santos | 2-2 |
| 83' | Yellow Card | Chelsea | João Pedro | 2-2 |
| 86' | Yellow Card | Newcastle | Lewis Hall | 2-2 |