Chelsea make two changes from the team that drew 4-4 with Manchester City before the international break.
Axel Disasi and Moises Caicedo are replaced by Benoit Badiashile and Lesley Ugochukwu.
Mauricio Pochettino, the manager, will not be in the dugout due to a touchline ban.
Newcastle, meanwhile, make three changes, with Alexander Isak and Bruno Guimaraes returning from injury and suspension respectively and former Chelsea man Tino Livramento replacing Lewis Hall at left-back.
Hall is ineligible to play this afternoon as he is on loan from the Blues ahead of a permanent move to St James’ Park next summer.
Newcastle: Pope; Trippier, Lascelles, Schar, Livramento; Joelinton, Miley, Guimaraes; Almiron, Isak, Gordon.
Subs: Dubravka, Karius, Gillespie, Dummett, Ritchie, Diallo, A. Murphy, Ndiweni, Parkinson.
Chelsea: Sanchez; James, Silva, Badiashile, Cucurella; Ugochukwu, Fernandez; Palmer, Gallagher, Sterling; Jackson.
Subs: Petrovic, Disasi, Mudryk, Madueke, Broja, Caicedo, Colwill, Maatsen, Matos.
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