Oliver Glasner was rightly proud of the performance at Villa Park last weekend and will have breathed a sigh of relief with some returning faces. The time is now to build on that result and getting Palace out of the bottom three.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 30 November 2024 – 3pm |
| Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 24/04/2023 – The Geordies last trip to South London ended in defeat as the Eagles sent them back to the North East off the back of a 2-0 defeat thanks to a brace of goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Jean-Philippe Mateta (8.9) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Darren England |
| Assistant | Adrian Holmes |
| Assistant | Andrew Fox |
| Fourth Official | Andy Davies |
| VAR | Jarred Gillett |
| Assistant VAR | Akil Howson |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad is back in training but is a few weeks away while Matheus Franca, Daichi Kamada, Adam Wharton, and Rob Holding will also miss out. Both Ebere Eze and Eddie Nketiah are expected to be assessed ahead of this fixture.
NEWCASTLE – Jamaal Lascelles, Emil Krafth, and Sven Botman are ruled out while Joe Willock and Bruno Guimaraes are doubts.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – Daichi Kamada (1), Fabian Schar (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 3.5) – Will Hughes (5), Dan Burn (5), Daniel Munoz (4), Fabian Schar (4), Joelinton (4), |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 24/04/2024 | Palace 2-0 Newcastle |
| 21/10/2023 | Newcastle 4-0 Palace |
| 21/01/2023 | Palace 0-0 Newcastle |
| 09/11/2022 | Newcastle 0-0 Palace |
| 03/09/2022 | Newcastle 0-0 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 23/11/2024 | Villa 2-2 Palace |
| 09/11/2024 | Palace 0-2 Fulham |
| 02/11/2024 | Wolves 2-2 Palace |
| 30/10/2024 | Villa 1-2 Palace |
| 27/10/2024 | Palace 1-0 Spurs |
Last FIVE results for Newcastle;
| 25/11/2024 | Newcastle 0-2 West Ham |
| 10/11/2024 | Forest 1-3 Newcastle |
| 02/11/2024 | Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal |
| 30/10/2024 | Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea |
| 27/10/2024 | Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 19th in the Premier League with 8 points from 12 games played, while Newcastle are 10th with 18 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST NEWCASTLE
| Played | 54 |
| Won | 13 |
| Drawn | 12 |
| Lost | 29 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Ebere Eze | 6.97 |
| Anthony Gordon | 6.94 |
| Lewis Hall | 6.94 |
| Marc Guehi | 6.86 |
ONE TO WATCH
| ANTHONY GORDON |
| FORMER CLUBS – Liverpool, Everton, Preston North End (loan) |
| The Newcastle winger is on the brink of earning double figures in England caps and recently scored his first senior goal for his country against the Republic of Ireland in the successful Nations League campaign. |
KEY CLASH
| JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA v FABIAN SCHAR |
| The French striker caused all sorts of problems in this fixture last season, ending the game with a brace but on another could well have had a hat-trick. He will be up against the Swiss defender who has struggled for form for a side that has been struggling for injuries in the back line this season. |
THE NUMBERS
Palace beat Newcastle 2-0 at Selhurst Park in April and could win successive league games against them for only the second time, and first since a run of three from 1971 to 1972.
Newcastle’s solitary Premier League away victory against Palace in the past nine attempts was 2-0 on 27 November 2020 (D5, L3).
Palace’s tally of 8 points is their lowest after 12 matches of a Premier League season since making a similar start in 2018-19.
This will be the first Premier League fixture Palace have played while in the bottom 2 of the table since December 2017, when they beat Watford 2-1.
The record of 1 league win in 12 attempts contrasts sharply with the 7 victories the Eagles recorded in 13 games under Oliver Glasner last season.
The Eagles’ solitary victory in the past 15 league games without Eberechi Eze was by 3-0 at home to Burnley in February (D6, L8).
Palace have only scored 3 league goals at home this season, the worst record in the division, and have not scored or conceded more than 2 goals in a Premier League match this season.
Jean-Philippe Mateta has 14 goals in 13 Premier League home appearances under Glasner.
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 3 (28th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE, Maxence LACROIX, Tyrick MITCHELL, Daniel MUNOZ, Jean-Philippe MATETA, Ismaila SARR 1 (65th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 629 (23rd) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 41 (2nd) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 802 (23rd) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 37 (5th) |
| Fouls | Daniel MUNOZ 20 (10th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 13 (47th) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 42 (5th) |
| Clearances | Marc GUEHI 70 (4th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 6 (7th) |
TEB PREDICTION
This will be another tight game as the visitors have been on a run which was ended rather unceremoniously on Monday night by West Ham. The Eagles have also been in good shape if you ignore the home defeat to Fulham, so that all adds up to an interesting match up. The Eagles need three points to hopefully get themselves out of the bottom three and this would be a very welcome opportunity to do so, We are backing them to do just that, but only by the narrowest of margins.
| PREDICTED SCORE: 2-1 Palace |
