National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Newcastle United or Crystal Palace that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Newcastle United and Crystal Palace.
Newcastle United form and stats
Newcastle have reached this Carabao Cup stage through battling and winning against Tranmere Rovers. Newcastle United participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Newcastle United are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at St. James' Park. 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
Newcastle enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Southampton's place. The match ended 4-1 with Wood, Willock, Almirón and Guimarães scoring. Almirón has scored in four matches in a row. Ace! Defender Trippier got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Trippier served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Aston Villa in a game that was won 4-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Newcastle United as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Chelsea are visiting.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 7 games), Newcastle United's attacking play is working. Newcastle have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Crystal Palace form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Oxford United in order to reach 3rd round of Carabao Cup. Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.There's been little loot from Crystal Palace's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Crystal Palace only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Crystal Palace play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting West Ham United. The end of the last match, against West Ham United, was very satisfying as Olise scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Olise was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.91/10. Olise scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 57 successful passes (of 66 total).
Before that, Crystal Palace secured a home win against Southampton with the score 1-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Nottingham Forest.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Palace have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these participants: Newcastle United won three, Crystal Palace triumphed in three and we saw four draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, nine matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Almirón Rejala 8 goals |  C. Wilson 6 goals |   W. Zaha 6 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
Crystal Palace missing players
| Newcastle United | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 42 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Fulham | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Brentford | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Everton | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -20 | 10 |
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