Summary

  • Crystal Palace have only beaten Newcastle three times in 17 Premier League games, failing to score in nine of those meetings

  • Since earning five consecutive away league victories against the Eagles, Newcastle have won none of their past four visits (D3, L1)

  1. 'Enigmatic Eagles'published at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2020

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle United

    Garth Crooks
    Former Tottenham Hotspur striker on Final Score

    Palace are an enigma – Benteke is back among the goals which must be a massive relief for Roy Hodgson. If he can get back to where he was two years ago before the injury, that’s almost like a new player.

  2. Postpublished at 6 mins

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle

    Danny Rose again finds himself free down the left. His low ball finds Joelinton who fails to hang on to possession - in all fairness there were three Palace players surrounding him.

    At the other end, Miguel Almiron takes one for the team by making a great block to deny Wilfried Zaha from unleashing a shot from the angle.

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  3. Postpublished at 4 mins

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle

    Valentino Lazaro takes the kick from the right but Palace easily clear.

  4. Postpublished at 3 mins

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle

    Good work by Valentino Lazaro and Danny Rose on the left wing sees Newcastle earn a corner...

  5. Postpublished at 1 min

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle

    The wind seems very much against Newcastle's players as the defence try to clear the ball but it barely travels a few yards.

  6. KICK-OFFpublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2020

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle

    We are under way at a rather stormy Selhurst.

  7. Postpublished at 14:58 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2020

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  8. Lawro's predictionpublished at 14:54 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2020

    Mark Lawrenson
    Ex-Liverpool defender

    There are definitely similarities between these two teams because, although neither scores many, both managers know how to defend so they will always pick up points.

    Palace are actually the lowest scorers in the Premier League with 23 in 26 games, one less than Newcastle, but it is the Eagles who I think will come out on top here.

    Prediction: 2-0

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  9. 'One goal might be enough to take all three points'published at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2020

    Simon Brotherton
    BBC commentator

    This fixture ended goalless last season and only a wild optimist would bet on a high-scoring encounter this time round.

    It brings together the lowest-scoring team in the Premier League, Crystal Palace, against a Newcastle side who are only one goal ahead.

    Both have a decent cushion between themselves and the bottom three but can't yet relax as they look to improve on recent form. Palace haven't won any of the last seven, and the Magpies have just one victory in eight.

    As with the meeting at St James' Park earlier this season, one goal might be enough to take all three points.

  10. Postpublished at 14:01 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2020

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  11. Team newspublished at 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2020

    Crystal Palace v Newcastle (15:00 GMT)

    Palace make two changes to the XI that started in the 3-1 defeat by Everton. Scott Dann is in for the injured James Tomkins at the back and Cheikhou Kouyate comes in for Luka Milivojevic in midfield.

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    Newcastle make one change from the side that started in the 4-0 loss at Arsenal last week - Fabian Schar replaces the injured Ciaran Clark in the backline.

    Striker Joelinton had a thigh strain but makes the XI.

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