Possible nail-biting contest in Newcastle United - Crystal Palace game

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (52338 seats)

Newcastle United are believing in their home following to aid them in this meeting versus Crystal Palace. Who will win at St. James' Park?

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  • Newcastle United have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Premier League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Newcastle United form and stats

6-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Newcastle United so far this season. Ever since the Watford game Newcastle United has been unbeatable here at St. James' Park producing five straight wins.

The Newcastle United followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Leicester City and win 2-1. Some amazing scenes last match, when Guimarães scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time. Midfield player Guimarães got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Guimarães scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

This is expected to be a close game, with Newcastle United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newcastle United as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Newcastle has won five of these, drawn five and lost one.

There will be little rest for Newcastle United after this match as they are travelling to Norwich City for a Premier League game in only three days.

The Newcastle United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Crystal Palace have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-6-6 (15 played).

Two away matches in a row for Crystal Palace, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Chelsea in the FA Cup. Guéhi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Guéhi won 8 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Leicester City's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Crystal Palace in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Palace, one draw and four defeats.

Crystal Palace find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Palace have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Crystal Palace - Newcastle United 1-1 was the score in these participants' previous H2H match, earlier this season. Newcastle-Crystal Palace H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Newcastle United four wins, Crystal Palace three wins, three draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
11 goals
Crystal PalaceC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
8 goals
Newcastle UnitedC. Wilson
C. Wilson
6 goals

Newcastle United missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Newcastle United Crystal Palace
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 4 15 31
9 6 3 Won W 1 3 8
10 6 2 Drew D 2 6 13
13 4 1 Lost L 1 6 10
36 23 12 Scored S 8 18 43
55 26 11 Conceded C 6 23 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
81% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 81%
47% 56% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 55%
31% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 29%
16% 19% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 13% 10%
62% 69% 83% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 52%
16% 19% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 29%
22% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 29%
 
4.3 3.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 4.4
4.8 4.6 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.9 5.1
2.3 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.2 12.9 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.1 10.5
3.8 4.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 3.7
30% 35% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 35% 37%
 
14 14.4 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 14.2 12.2
4.5 4.8 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Newcastle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Newcastle United have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Premier League
  • Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 31 23 5 3 72 20 15 11 2 2 42 12 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 74
2 Liverpool 31 22 7 2 79 22 15 12 3 0 39 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 57 73
3 Chelsea 30 18 8 4 64 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 16 11 3 2 35 9 41 62
4 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 3 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 16 8 2 6 25 20 18 57
5 Manchester United 32 15 9 8 52 44 17 9 4 4 28 21 15 6 5 4 24 23 8 54
6 Arsenal 31 17 3 11 45 37 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 7 1 7 20 23 8 54
7 West Ham United 33 15 7 11 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 22 16 6 3 7 22 21 9 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 15 4 13 33 28 16 7 2 7 18 16 16 8 2 6 15 12 5 49
9 Leicester City 30 11 7 12 46 50 15 8 3 4 26 20 15 3 4 8 20 30 -4 40
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 9 13 10 29 37 16 3 6 7 10 20 16 6 7 3 19 17 -8 40
11 Brentford 33 11 6 16 41 49 16 6 2 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 39
12 Southampton 32 9 12 11 38 52 17 6 7 4 21 20 15 3 5 7 17 32 -14 39
13 Crystal Palace 31 8 13 10 43 40 16 5 7 4 25 17 15 3 6 6 18 23 3 37
14 Newcastle United 32 9 10 13 36 55 16 6 6 4 23 26 16 3 4 9 13 29 -19 37
15 Aston Villa 31 11 3 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 16 6 0 10 18 21 -4 36
16 Leeds United 32 8 9 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 16 4 4 8 20 38 -30 33
17 Everton 30 8 4 18 33 52 15 7 1 7 20 19 15 1 3 11 13 33 -19 28
18 Burnley 31 4 13 14 26 45 15 3 6 6 13 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -19 25
19 Watford 32 6 4 22 30 62 16 2 1 13 15 39 16 4 3 9 15 23 -32 22
20 Norwich City 32 5 6 21 22 66 16 3 3 10 12 31 16 2 3 11 10 35 -44 21

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 31 23 5 3 72 20 15 11 2 2 42 12 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 74
2 Liverpool 31 22 7 2 79 22 15 12 3 0 39 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 57 73
3 Chelsea 30 18 8 4 64 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 16 11 3 2 35 9 41 62
4 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 3 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 16 8 2 6 25 20 18 57
5 Manchester United 32 15 9 8 52 44 17 9 4 4 28 21 15 6 5 4 24 23 8 54
6 Arsenal 31 17 3 11 45 37 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 7 1 7 20 23 8 54
7 West Ham United 33 15 7 11 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 22 16 6 3 7 22 21 9 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 15 4 13 33 28 16 7 2 7 18 16 16 8 2 6 15 12 5 49
9 Leicester City 30 11 7 12 46 50 15 8 3 4 26 20 15 3 4 8 20 30 -4 40
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 9 13 10 29 37 16 3 6 7 10 20 16 6 7 3 19 17 -8 40
11 Brentford 33 11 6 16 41 49 16 6 2 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 39
12 Southampton 32 9 12 11 38 52 17 6 7 4 21 20 15 3 5 7 17 32 -14 39
13 Crystal Palace 31 8 13 10 43 40 16 5 7 4 25 17 15 3 6 6 18 23 3 37
14 Newcastle United 32 9 10 13 36 55 16 6 6 4 23 26 16 3 4 9 13 29 -19 37
15 Aston Villa 31 11 3 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 16 6 0 10 18 21 -4 36
16 Leeds United 32 8 9 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 16 4 4 8 20 38 -30 33
17 Everton 30 8 4 18 33 52 15 7 1 7 20 19 15 1 3 11 13 33 -19 28
18 Burnley 31 4 13 14 26 45 15 3 6 6 13 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -19 25
19 Watford 32 6 4 22 30 62 16 2 1 13 15 39 16 4 3 9 15 23 -32 22
20 Norwich City 32 5 6 21 22 66 16 3 3 10 12 31 16 2 3 11 10 35 -44 21

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