A much needed international break has been and gone as the Eagles make the long trip to the North East with what we can hope is a fitter squad.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 3pm – 21st October 2023
- St James’s Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4ST
PREVIOUS MEETING
Palace last made this trip almost a year to the day in a League Cup tie which ended goalless and the hosts taking victory in the penalty shoot out.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Nick Pope (8.7)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tim Robinson. Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Simon Long. Fourth official: Keith Stroud. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: James Mainwaring.
PALACE – Eberechi Eze (thigh), Naouirou Ahamada (ankle), Dean Henderson (thigh), and Nathan Ferguson (thigh) are both ruled out. Michael Olise (thigh), Joel Ward (groin), Jeffrey Schlupp (knock), Jairo Riedewald (groin), and Jefferson Lerma (thigh) remain doubts but on their way back to fitness. Cheick Doucoure could return after a thigh injury.
NEWCASTLE – Harvey Barnes (ankle) missed out, while Joseph Willock (calf), Sven Botman (knee), and Joelinton (thigh), and Alexander Isak (knee) are doubts.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – none
YELLOW CARDS (3+) – Anthony Gordon (5), Bruno Guimaraes (4), Joel Ward (3)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 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
- 23/10/21 Palace 1-1 Newcastle
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 07/10/23 Palace 0-0 Forest
- 30/09/23 United 0-1 Palace
- 26/09/23 United 3-0 Palace
- 16/09/23 Villa 3-1 Palace
- 03/09/23 Palace 3-2 Wolves
Last FIVE results for Newcastle;
- 08/10/23 West Ham 2-2 Newcastle
- 04/10/23 Newcastle 4-1 PSG
- 30/09/23 Newcastle 2-0 Burnley
- 27/09/23 Newcastle 1-0 Manchester City
- 24/09/23 Sheffield United 0-8 Newcastle
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 9th in the Premier League with 12 points from 8 games played while Newcastle are 8th with 13 points.
RECORD AGAINST NEWCASTLE
- Played 52
- Won 12
- Drawn 12
- Lost 28
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Kieran Trippier 7.61
- Joachim Andersen 7.57
- Eberechi Eze 7.48
- Anthony Gordon 7.46
ONE TO WATCH
ALEXANDER ISAK
FORMER CLUBS – AIK, Borussia Dortmund, Willem II (loan), Real Sociedad
The Swedish striker arrived in the North East with a hefty price tag but has gone some way to fulfilling that expectation with 16 goals in 29 appearances so far for the Toon. He is well on his way to a half century of international appearances for his country as well at just 24 years of age.
KEY CLASH
JORDAN AYEW v DAN BURN
Whatever you think of our Ghanaian Prince, he has been hugely important this season, particularly during the injury crisis which we hope is beginning to ease. He will be up against a form Brighton player who simply breaks the mould of the usual stature of full backs, but Burn is a very difficult customer in the Newcastle defence.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Odsonne Edouard (7 – 4th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Jean-Philippe Mateta (3 – 7th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (506 – 18th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (21 – 14th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (634 – 17th in PL)
- SHOTS – Eberechi Eze (27 – 3rd in PL)
- FOULS – Jordan Ayew (13 – 10th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Jordan Ayew (24 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Sam Johnstone (20 – 14th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Joachim Andersen (46 – 3rd in PL)
- BIG CANCES MISSED – Jordan Ayew (3 – 12th in PL)
THE NUMBERS
Newcastle have conceded 17 goals in home matches since the start of last season in the Premier League, the joint-fewest of any non-promoted team, along with Manchester United
No team has kept more clean sheets in the Premier League this season than Palace (4). The Eagles have kept a shutout in their last 3 league games, last recording 4 in a row from February-June 2020 – a run which included a 1-0 win over Newcastle
Newcastle are eighth in the Premier League table with 13 points, but based on Opta’s expected points model, their expected points total based on game-by-game expected goals is 16.4; this is the second-highest expected points total in the competition this season, after Manchester City (16.6)
Palace have made 16 substitutions in the Premier League this season, 8 fewer than any other side, while never using more than 3 in a single game. The last teams to make fewer substitutions at this stage of a Premier League campaign were Burnley (14) and Aston Villa (15) in 2020-21
Newcastle’s Kieran Trippier has created 89 chances from set plays in the Premier League since the start of last season, 28 more than any other player in Europe’s big-five leagues. 8 of those chances have resulted in assists, the joint-most of any player from those aforementioned leagues, along with Monaco’s Caoi Henrique
TEB PREDICTION
There could well be some rustiness in the legs after the international break for some players while other will be refreshed. There is some hope that the Palace squad will start see some additions from the treatment room after almost seeing a full 11 missing important game time over the last few weeks. Regardless, this is a tough trip up to take on Newcastle on their patch ahead of an important Champions League game the following midweek. We are boldly predicting that the Eagles will take an important point with the hosts having bigger fish to fry this season.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1
