Newcastle United will be hoping Jose Mourinho's poor record at St. James' Park continues as Steve McClaren and the Magpies are still in search of their first Premier League win of the season after a tough start to the campaign.
Head-to-head
Newcastle are something of a bogey team for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. The former Porto, Inter Milan and Real Madrid manager has never won at St. James' Park in five Premier League visits and has only managed to take two points from a possible 15 at Newcastle.
Last season a Papiss Cisse double ended Chelsea's 23-match unbeaten run in all competitions.
A tough start for Newcastle
Steve McClaren is still in search of his first Premier League victory in charge of Newcastle after taking just two points from their opening six league fixtures.
A midweek 1-0 home defeat in the Capital One Cup to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday compounded the misery even more on McClaren and Newcastle, and the Magpies boss will be looking for a response on Saturday.
McClaren said that Newcastle were "very close" to a crisis with the players confidence at rock-bottom after earning just 15 points from a possible 75 in 2015, winning just three matches. If the Magpies do not beat Chelsea on Saturday they will be winless in their opening seven league fixtures for the second consecutive season.
A big performance against Chelsea may be just the morale boosting victory that Newcastle need to kick-start their season.
However, Newcastle are going to have to improve both defensively and going forward. The Magpies are the division's lowest scorers with three goals, and have failed to find the net in four of their six league matches this season. They have also had fewer shots and created fewer chances than any other Premier League side.
At the other end of the pitch, only Sunderland (13), Chelsea (12) and Norwich City (10) have conceded more than Newcastle's nine goals in the league this season.
Another defeat and McClaren may find himself right in the middle of the crisis that he can feel on the horizon.
The opposition
Beating the Premier League champions seems a much more daunting prospect than it might have been a few weeks ago. After back-to-back league defeats to Crystal Palace and Everton, Chelsea have won three successive games in all competitions- scoring 10 and conceding just one in the process. However, two of those victories were against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League and Walsall in the Capital One Cup in midweek.
Victory at St. James' Park would certainly represent another step in the right direction for Mourinho's side after a dreadful opening few weeks to the season.
Chelsea could concede two or more goals in five consecutive league away matches for the first time since April to August 1992; however they earned their first clean sheet of the season in their 2-0 victory over Arsenal last weekend.
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Newcastle are boosted by the return of striker Aleksandar Mitrovic following his three-match suspension after he was shown a red card in Newcastle's 1-0 defeat to Arsenal.
Daryl Janmaat has recovered from illness but Papiss Cisse is out and Massadio Haidara, Jack Colback and Rolando Aarons are all doubts.
Chelsea striker Diego Costa misses his first league game since being found guilty of violent conduct by the Football Association. Costa's suspension means there is an opportunity for Loic Remy (who scored 14 goals while on-loan at Newcastle during the 2013/14 season) and Radamel Falcao to stake their claim, however Mourinho revealed in his pre-match press conference that he was undecided over who would start up-front for the Blues.
Willian, Oscar and Pedro are all available after injuries.