Newcastle entertains Crystal Palace at St. James’ Park in this Premiership encounter. The home team are currently in 14th position with 37 points while the visitors are in 13th position also with 37 points but have played a match less and have a better goal difference. Newcastle have bounced back with two successive wins in their last two matches after going through a losing streak of three defeats in a row. Those three defeats are Newcastle’s only losses in their last 15 league matches. It has been a remarkable turnaround for Newcastle as they were bottom of the table for a huge part of the season but now are just three points from the top half of the table. Newcastle have lost three of their last six matches against Crystal Palace which is the same number of losses they suffered in the previous 24 matches against them.

Crystal Palace were knocked out of the FA Cup in their last match after they were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea in the semi-final. It was their second successive loss after they lost in midweek against Leicester City in the league. They were on a five match unbeaten run in the league until their loss to Leicester, which also ended a six match unbeaten run away from home across all competitions. Crystal Palace won this exact fixture 2-1 last season and have never won successive away matches to Newcastle. They are looking to avoid successive league losses for the first time since December 2021 when they lost three in a row. The home team has failed to win in the last three matches between these sides.