Crystal Palace - Newcastle United
Crystal Palace host Newcastle in mid-table clash
Crystal Palace host Newcastle United on Sunday evening at Selhurst Park with three points separating the sides and both looking to arrest a slide. Palace sit fourteenth on seven points from seven matches; Newcastle are eleventh with eight from the same number.
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Form points opposite ways
Palace have won one of their last five recent matches, drawn one and lost three. The most recent outing ended in a 0-5 defeat to Brighton; before that came a 2-3 reverse and a 3-1 win. Newcastle have won two of their last five and lost three, most recently Newcastle host Villa looking to steady mid-table drift by a 0-1 margin. Before that they lost 1-4, won 2-1 and lost 1-4 again.
The market gives Newcastle a 40.2 per cent chance of taking all three points, Palace 33.2 per cent and the draw 26.6 per cent. A win would lift Palace to ten points from eight matches; Newcastle would move to eleven from eight. A draw leaves Palace on eight points, Newcastle on nine.
Recent meetings have swung both ways
The five most recent head-to-head fixtures have produced fourteen goals and no clear pattern. Palace won the last meeting 2-1, lost the one before that 0-2, then lost 0-5, drew 1-1 and won 2-0. Three of the five have been settled by a single goal; the other two were emphatic.
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