The Eagles entertain Newcastle in this midweek match up as Glasner and his team will be looking to keep the winning run going with back-to-back home victories and close on that forty point barrier.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 8pm – 24th April 2024
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The two sides last faced each other in South London back in January 2023 in what was a fairly dour affair as the sides played out a goalless draw.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Kieran Trippier (8.6)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tom Bramall. Assistants: Tim Wood, Steve Meredith. Fourth official: Tim Robinson. VAR: Chris Kavanagh. Assistant VAR: Mark Scholes.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Cheick Doucoure and Matheus Franca will not play again this season, while there remain doubts over Sam Johnstone and Marc Guehi. Jefferson Lerma is expected to miss another couple of games before making a return.
NEWCASTLE – Sven Botman, Jamaal Lascelles, Sandro Tonali, Lewis Miley, Joelinton, Callum Wilson, Nick Pope, Miguel Almiron, Joe Willock, Kieran Tripper, and Matt Target are all expected to be unavailable.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Jordan Ayew (1), Anthony Gordon (1)
YELLOW CARDS (6+) – Bruno Guimaraes (9), Anthony Gordon (8), Jefferson Lerma (8), Jordan Ayew (6)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 21/10/23 Newcastle 4-0 Palace
- 21/01/23 Palace 0-0 Newcastle
- 09/11/22 Newcastle 0-0 Palace
- 03/09/22 Newcastle 0-0 Palace
- 20/04/22 Newcastle 1-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 21/04/24 Palace 5-2 West Ham
- 14/04/24 Liverpool 0-1 Palace
- 06/04/24 Palace 2-4 Manchester City
- 02/04/24 Bournemouth 1-0 Palace
- 30/03/24 Forest 1-1 Palace
Last FIVE results for Newcastle;
- 13/04/24 Newcastle 4-0 Spurs
- 06/04/24 Fulham 0-1 Newcastle
- 02/04/24 Newcastle 1-1 Everton
- 30/03/24 Newcastle 4-3 West Ham
- 16/03/24 Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 14th in the Premier League with 36 points from 33 games played, while Newcastle are 6th with 50 points from 32. Whichever fans favor, they can put a wager on their teams by hovering to sites like Bro138.
RECORD AGAINST NEWCASTLE
- Played 53
- Won 12
- Drawn 12
- Lost 29
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Michael Olise 7.52
- Ebere Eze 7.28
- Bruno Guimaraes 7.28
- Kieran Tripper 7.18
ONE TO WATCH
HARVEY BARNES
FORMER CLUBS – Leicester City, Milton Keynes Dons (loan), Barnsley (loan), West Bromwich Albion (loan)
The 26-year-old winger has had a very stop start season due to injury but when called upon he has been as impressive as Newcastle fans had hoped when he signed from relegated Leicester last summer for a fee in the region of £38million.
KEY CLASH
CHRIS RICHARDS v ALEXANDER ISAK
The American international returned to the starting line up at the weekend as if he had never been away and solved the problem that had been hindering Glasner since losing Guehi to injury. He will likely be up against the Swedish international who has had his fair share of time on the side line this season but has still managed to hit 17 Premier League goals.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Mateta (9)
- ASSISTS – Ayew (6)
- PASSES – Andersen (1834 – 16th in PL)
- TACKLES – Mitchell (95 – 4th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Andersen (2296 – 18th in PL)
- SHOTS – Eze (67 – 18th in PL)
- FOULS – Ayew, Lerma (43– 11th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Ayew (76– 4th in PL)
- SAVES – Henderson (44)
- CLEARANCES – Andersen (178– 1st in PL)
- BIG CHANCES MISSED – Edouard, Mateta (6)
THE NUMBERS
Palace are winless in their past 5 Premier League meetings with Newcastle United, failing to score in each of the past 4.
Having been unbeaten in Premier League games in London last season (W4 D3), Newcastle have lost 3 of their 5 in the capital so far this term. However, their 1 victory was in their last visit (1-0 at Fulham)
Palace have lost 6 of their past 9 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games (W1 D2), with their only win in this run coming against Sheffield United in January.
Following victories over Fulham and Tottenham, Newcastle are looking to win 3 consecutive Premier League games for the second time this season, previously doing so in September. Away from home, they have won 3 of their past 5 league games (L2), having won just 1 of their first 10 (D2 L7).
When Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta have all started in the Premier League this season, the Eagles have won 4 of 5 games (L1), with an average of 2.4 points per game. In contrast, in the 28 games when those three have not all been in the XI, Palace have only won 5 times (D9 L14), averaging 0.9 points per game.
Anthony Gordon has 10 goals and 8 assists in the Premier League this season, though 83% of these have come in home games.
TEB PREDICTION
This one promises to be entertaining especially after the freedom that the Eagles seemed to play with on Sunday after the hard work at Anfield the week before. Newcastle will be a threat as they had the weekend off so head to Selhurst with a element of freshness, however, they still have a horrific injury list but playing for a place in Europe so will be keen on taking the points. It all points towards ending in a score draw, and we would probably take that.
FINAL SCORE: 2-2
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