1. Lejeune returns from injurypublished at 14:54 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Newcastle's French defender Florian Lejeune returns for his first game since suffering an ACL injury against Palace last April.

    That day Luka Milivojevic's late penalty gave Palace their first win at Newcastle since 1998 and put them on the brink of securing their Premier League status for another season.

  2. Team newspublished at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Newcastle United v Crystal Palace (15:00 GMT)

    Newcastle make three changes to the side which lost 1-0 at Burnley last Saturday, with Jonjo Shelvey and Miguel Almiron returning from minor injuries and Florian Lejeune making his first appearance since April. They come in for Jetro Willems, Sean Longstaff and Christian Atsu.

    Newcastle XI: Martin Dubravka, Javier Manquillo, Fabian Schar, Federico Fernandez, Florian Lejeune, Paul Dummett, Miguel Almiron, Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey, Joelinton, Andy Carroll.

    Substitutes: Dwight Gayle, Emil Krafth, DeAndre Yedlin, Christian Atsu, Sean Longstaff, Matthew Longstaff, Karl Darlow.

    Newcastle XIImage source, BBC Sport

    Crystal Palace make two changes to the side which drew 1-1 at home to Brighton on Monday, with Patrick van Aanholt and James McCarthy coming in for Jairo Riedewald and Scott Dann.

    Palace XI: Vicente Guaita, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Luka Milivojevic, Patrick van Aanholt, Cheikhou Kouyate, James McCarthy, James McArthur, Jordan Ayew, Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha.

    Substitutes: Max Meyer, Connor Wickham, Sam Woods, Pierrick Brandon Keutcha, James Daly, Jairo Riedewald, Wayne Hennessey.

    Crystal Palace XIImage source, BBC Sport