Newcastle United travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace in a midweek Premier League clash at 8 pm BST on Wednesday evening.
With just five game weeks left of the 2023/24 Premier League campaign, the two sides have very different goals heading into the meeting in South London.
Newcastle are among the favourites to clinch a top-six finish this term and with it, Europa League football, while Crystal Palace can confirm their Premier League status for another season with a win over the Magpies.
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle
Crystal Palace go into Wednesday’s game with their season largely over. A dismal run of form midway through the campaign saw the Eagles drop into the relegation scrap but the dismissal of Roy Hodgson and appoint of Oliver Glasner on February 19 ended those fears fairly quickly.
The Eagles have picked up two wins and a draw in their last five, including a 5-2 thrashing of West Ham in their last outing. This has moved them up to 14th in the table and 11 points clear of 18th-place Luton Town with a game in hand. So, while it is still mathematically possible for Palace to go down, it would take something of a miracle for that to happen, hence why they are currently 4500/1 to be relegated.
Newcastle, meanwhile, still have it all to play for as we head into the final few weeks of the Premier League campaign. The Magpies’ mid-season blip swiftly ended their hopes of securing Champions League football for a second successive season, but their recent form has kept them firmly in the hunt for a Europa League place.
The North East outfit are unbeaten in their last four league ties, smashing fellow Europe-chasers Tottenham 4-0 in their previous outing.
Premier League Europa League Race: Current Standings
- 6th - Newcastle United Pld 32 - Pts 50
- 7th - Manchester United Pld 32 - Pts 50
- 8th - West Ham Pld 34 - Pts 48
- 9th - Chelsea Pld 31 - Pts 47
- 10th - Brighton Pld 32 - Pts 44
Crystal Palace betting stats
Here are some key Crystal Palace stats to keep in mind as you prepare to make your selections ahead of the game:
- Crystal Palace have scored in all of their last nine home league games (20 goals in total).
- Both teams have scored in five of Crystal Palace’s last seven Premier League games.
- Both of Crystal Palace’s victories by three goals in the Premier League this season have come under Oliver Glasner (3-0 v Burnley and 5-2 v West Ham). Prior to his arrival, the Eagles had only won one of their previous 71 games in the competition by three or more goals (5-1 v Leeds in April 2023).
Crystal Palace Top Tip vs Newcastle
- Crystal Palace’s Michael Olise is the youngest player to have been directly involved in 10+ goals in each of the last two Premier League campaigns (22y 131d – 13 in 2022-23 and 11 in 2023-24).
Newcastle United betting stats
Here are some key Newcastle United stats to keep in mind as you prepare to make your selections ahead of the game:
- 11 of Newcastle’s last 14 games in the Premier League have seen both teams score.
- Newcastle have failed to score in just one of their last eight away games, scoring 13 goals in that run.
- Newcastle have lost just one of their last eight meetings with Crystal Palace in all competitions (1-2 February 2, 2021).
Newcastle Top Tip vs Crystal Palace
- Alexander Isak has scored 17 goals in 24 Premier League appearances this season (0.86 Goals Per 90). Only Erling Haaland (0.82), Ollie Watkins (0.59), Dominic Solanke (0.55) and Mohamed Salah (0.71) have a better record than the Swede in the top flight this term.
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