Premier League prediction and preview: Crystal Palace modest favorites to beat Newcastle United

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

Season ticket holders at Selhurst Park haven't seen too many victories this season, with Crystal Palace languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Newcastle United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Crystal Palace form and stats

4-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Crystal Palace so far this season. Crystal Palace has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager R. Hodgson and the players. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Crystal Palace, their manager R. Hodgson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Crystal Palace are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Everton. Preceding that match was a defeat to Sheffield United (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Crystal Palace handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and one defeat.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Crystal Palace here at Selhurst Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). Crystal Palace have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Newcastle United form and stats

Newcastle United, who have the most conceded goals (28) away in Premier League, have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-2-8 (13 played).

F. Lejeune was the last player to score for the away team. Newcastle United haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Two away games in a row for Newcastle United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Arsenal in the Premier League. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Oxford United (after extra-time).

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Arsenal was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Newcastle United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and one defeat. From a total of six matches.

The attacking power of Newcastle United when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. For Newcastle United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Newcastle United - Crystal Palace 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Crystal Palace won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Newcastle United has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceJ. Ayew
J. Ayew
6 goals
Newcastle UnitedJ. Shelvey
J. Shelvey
5 goals
Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
3 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Newcastle United missing players

Crystal Palace Newcastle United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
7 4 0 Won W 1 3 8
9 4 3 Drew D 0 2 7
10 5 1 Lost L 2 8 11
23 10 2 Scored S 4 12 24
32 13 4 Conceded C 7 28 40
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
73% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 65%
31% 15% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 46%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 54% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 23% 12%
46% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 46% 46%
23% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 27%
38% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 35%
 
4.5 5.5 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 2.8 3.5
6.3 5.9 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 7.2 7
1.6 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.3 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
256 152 31 Total Shots T S 33 101 246
85 44 9 Shots on Target S O 17 34 79
27% 23% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 35% 30%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals (10) at home
  • Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals (23)
  • Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
  • Crystal Palace have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Crystal Palace is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Newcastle United has the most conceded goals (28) away
  • Newcastle United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Newcastle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Newcastle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newcastle United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 26 25 1 0 61 15 13 13 0 0 35 9 13 12 1 0 26 6 46 76
2 Manchester City 25 16 3 6 65 29 12 8 2 2 31 12 13 8 1 4 34 17 36 51
3 Leicester City 26 15 5 6 54 26 13 8 3 2 26 14 13 7 2 4 28 12 28 50
4 Chelsea 26 12 5 9 43 36 13 5 3 5 16 14 13 7 2 4 27 22 7 41
5 Tottenham Hotspur 26 11 7 8 43 34 13 8 2 3 25 12 13 3 5 5 18 22 9 40
6 Sheffield United 26 10 9 7 28 24 13 6 2 5 15 12 13 4 7 2 13 12 4 39
7 Manchester United 26 10 8 8 38 29 13 6 5 2 24 12 13 4 3 6 14 17 9 38
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 8 12 6 35 32 13 4 6 3 18 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 3 36
9 Everton 26 10 6 10 34 38 13 7 3 3 18 14 13 3 3 7 16 24 -4 36
10 Arsenal 26 7 13 6 36 34 13 5 5 3 22 18 13 2 8 3 14 16 2 34
11 Burnley 26 10 4 12 30 39 13 6 1 6 16 18 13 4 3 6 14 21 -9 34
12 Southampton 26 9 4 13 32 48 13 3 2 8 14 30 13 6 2 5 18 18 -16 31
13 Newcastle United 26 8 7 11 24 40 13 5 5 3 12 12 13 3 2 8 12 28 -16 31
14 Crystal Palace 26 7 9 10 23 32 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 3 5 5 13 19 -9 30
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 6 9 11 31 38 13 4 6 3 17 14 13 2 3 8 14 24 -7 27
16 AFC Bournemouth 26 7 5 14 26 40 13 4 4 5 15 19 13 3 1 9 11 21 -14 26
17 Aston Villa 26 7 4 15 34 50 13 5 2 6 18 24 13 2 2 9 16 26 -16 25
18 West Ham United 25 6 6 13 30 43 13 3 3 7 20 25 12 3 3 6 10 18 -13 24
19 Watford 26 5 9 12 24 40 13 3 5 5 13 17 13 2 4 7 11 23 -16 24
20 Norwich City 26 4 6 16 24 48 13 3 3 7 18 26 13 1 3 9 6 22 -24 18

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