Newcastle vs Crystal Palace preview: Newcastle aim to take a huge step towards securing Champions League football for next season. They are currently in fourth with this game bringing them back in line with the rest of the league on 32 games played. A win would see them move ahead of Nottingham Forest into third place, and they would develop a four-point gap over Chelsea in sixth. This strong league position came thanks to their strong 4-1 victory over Manchester United on Sunday. Eddie Howe will miss this game due to illness after the club announced that he had contracted pneumonia and was hospitalised.
Crystal Palace could move in touching distance of the top half with a win. They would end on 46 points while eighth, ninth and tenth all sit on 48 points. They had an incredible start in their trip to the Etihad where Eze and Richards put them 2-0 ahead after 21 minutes but they ten conceded five to fall to a 5-2 defeat.
Newcastle vs Crystal Palace Head to Head Last 10 matches
Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle
Crystal Palace 2-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-0 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-0 Crystal Palace (Newcastle win on pens)
Newcastle 0-0 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 1-0 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-2 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 0-2 Newcastle
Newcastle three wins
Five draws
Crystal Palace two wins
Matchup statistics
- In Eddie Howe’s career, his sides have only won six of the 20 games he has played against Crystal Palace. Only three have come as Newcastle manager in seven meetings.
- Oliver Glasner has one win and one draw against Newcastle since taking charge of Crystal Palace. Both games were at Selhurst Park though.
- Crystal Palace have not scored in any of their last four trips to St James’ Park.
- In their meeting in November, Newcastle only had one shot. The match ended 1-1. This was the first time since records began in 2003-04 that a side had one shot or fewer in the Premier League and came away with a result.
Team statistics
- Newcastle have won five games in a row in all competitions and have won three games at St James’ Park in a row. A win against Palace would be the first time they have won four home games in a row this season.
- Newcastle have won eight, drawn three and only lost one of their last 12 home games in a midweek Premier League fixture.
- Since 14th December, Newcastle have won more games in all competitions (18) than any other Premier League side.
Player Statistics
- Harvey Barnes has scored three and assisted two in his last four Premier League games while Anthony Gordon has been injured, although Gordon did return for 12 minutes off the bench against Manchester United.
- Eberechi Eze has scored a goal and provided two assists in his last two Premier League matches and has three goals and three assists in his last five games for club and country in all competitions.
- Jacob Murphy has reached 10 open play assists, the first time a Newcastle player has reached this total since Lauren Robert in 2001-02.
- Jean-Philippe Mateta has only scored once in four games since his return from injury, but scored eight and provided two assists in the eight Premier League games before the injury.