Newcastle v Chelsea: Premier League – live

⚽ Premier League updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Table | Ten things to look out for | Mail Niall One interesting trend this season – partly caused by injuries – has been the revival of utility players. Like Dominik Szoboszlai, Lewis Miley is dropping in to right-back from midfield effectively, while Reece James has moved the other way for Chelsea. At Manchester City, Pep Guardiola – who was shifting players around before it was cool – has settled on Nico O’Reilly and Matheus Nunes as his starting full-backs. Anyone I’m missing? And who are your favourite everymen from down the years? Those Newcastle injuries: today Howe is without Burn, Livramento, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Kieran Trippier, Emil Krafth, Jamaal Lascelles, William Osula and Nick Pope. No Premier League team has more players out at present, but there are more than 130 players nursing some kind of issue, according to Premier Injuries . It’s almost like they play too many games, or something. Continue reading...