I agree with you. At the moment I don't see any chance of Chelsea winning this game. Although the bookies predict this will be an even match but one important note here is that Chelsea are very inconsistent and they often lose against average teams. Newcastle are in their best form and of course they have good statistics in the league this season.
I think the game is open to be won by either of Chelsea and Newcastle United. While Chelsea are knownn to be an inconsistent team and poor in front of goal; this season Newcastle United has also been inconsistent and injury ravaged which is enough reason to help gamblers understand its either any team wins or a draw ensues
Personally, i think Chelsea will win the tie, they are in good spirits and better form as well.
Chelsea can honestly win this match they finally are playing really good and are in good form finally. So i think they can win against Newcastle that is in a really bad form currently. They are looking for a way out of this bad streak and are playing against a team that is playing really good lately.
Why are Newcastle in bad shape? They have one defeat in their last five matches. Just because they're in 7th place doesn't mean they're not playing well, it means top-5 very competitive in the top 5 and you can't argue with that. I don't expect Newcastle to win, but I don't think Chelsea will win either, probably a draw
I think some people are seeing Newcastle to be in bad shape because of their position in the league currently not even considering the most important thing which is their performance in the last few matches. Judging with the performance of Newcastle United and Chelsea this season, regardless of the little improvement that Chelsea has witnessed I think I still see Newcastle United as the favorite team to win in the game.
I think I will agree with your prediction which is a draw because looking at the odds that is given to both teams, the match is likely going to end in a 1:1 draw or 2:2 draw.