Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 21 December 2019
Kick-off at 15:00 UK/ 16:00 CET
Venue: St. James Park (Newcastle).
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace Prediction Line-Ups
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Newcastle United Crystal Palace played so far 16 matches.
Newcastle United won 9 direct matches. Crystal Palace won 2 matches. 5 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.25 goals per Match.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace Match Preview
Newcastle United in actual season average scored 1.08 goals per match. In 8 (66.67%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 5 (41.67%) matches in season 2019 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Crystal Palace average scored 0.96 goals per match in season 2019. In 11 (73.33%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 7 (46.67%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
Newcastle are monitoring the fitness of Miguel Almiron (hamstring), Jonjo Shelvey (calf) and Ciaran Clark (calf).
Jamaal Lascelles (knee), Matt Ritchie (ankle) and Allan Saint-Maximin (hamstring) are all definitely ruled out.
Patrick van Aanholt could be in contention for Crystal Palace having recovered from a hamstring injury, however Scott Dann is doubtful after undergoing a scan.
Mamadou Sakho serves the final match of his three-game suspension. The Eagles report no other fresh injury concerns.
Match officials
Referee: Simon Hooper. Assistants: Richard West, Derek Eaton. Fourth official: Ross Joyce. VAR: Chris Kavanagh. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.