LONDON. Crystal Palace and Newcastle United draw 1-1. C. Benteke scored the first goal (56′) for Crystal Palace. C. Wilson settled the score 1-1 (65′). Crystal Palace was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (75%)​

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Darren England with the assistance of Nicholas Hopton and Wade Smith. The 4th official was Craig Pawson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Crystal Palace was in firm control of the ball 75% while Newcastle United was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crystal Palace was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Crystal Palace to win the match​.

Crystal Palace shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Newcastle United shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards (J. Ward, J. Andersen and C. Benteke). Regarding the opposition, Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards (J. Lascelles, C. Wilson, M. Ritchie and Joelinton).

Standings

After this match, Crystal Palace will have 9 points to stay in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Newcastle United will have 4 points like Burnley to stay in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play away against Manchester City on the 30th of October with a 13-2 head to head in favor of Manchester City (2 draws).

Newcastle United will host Chelsea on the 30th of October with a 18-7 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (5 draws).

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Patrick Vieira decided to play with the following team: Vicente Guaita (6.6), Joel Ward (6.8), Joachim Andersen (6.8), Marc Guéhi (7.7), Tyrick Mitchell (7.2), Luka Milivojević (7.0), James McArthur (7.5), Michael Olise (6.8), Conor Gallagher (7.0), Odsonne Édouard (6.1) and Christian Benteke (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: James Tomkins, Jordan Ayew, Jeffrey Schlupp (6.3), Jean-Philippe Mateta (6.4), Nathaniel Clyne, Will Hughes, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Jack Butland and Wilfried Zaha (6.6).

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 3 changes: M. Olise for W. Zaha (67′), L. Milivojevic for J. Schlupp (74′) and C. Gallagher for J. Mateta (86′).

Best player: Marc Guéhi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Crystal Palace was Marc Guéhi.

His rating is (7.7) with 106 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Newcastle United – Formation

Newcastle United started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

On the other side, Graeme Jones played with: Karl Darlow (6.6), Javier Manquillo (6.2), Emil Krafth (7.6), Jamaal Lascelles (6.5), Ciaran Clark (6.6), Matt Ritchie (6.8), Isaac Hayden (6.9), Sean Longstaff (7.4), Ryan Fraser (6.9), Callum Wilson (6.8) and Allan Saint-Maximin (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Jeff Hendrick, Joelinton (6.2), Miguel Almirón (6.9), Dwight Gayle, Jamal Lewis, Jacob Murphy, Mark Gillespie, Joe Willock (6.1) and Fabian Schär.

Substitutions

Newcastle United made 3 changes: R. Fraser for M. Almiron (66′), S. Longstaff for J. Willock (66′) and A. Saint-Maximin for Joelinton (81′).

Best player: Emil Krafth​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle United was Emil Krafth.

His rating is (7.6) with 18 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Chelsea – Norwich City – 7-0
• Crystal Palace – Newcastle United – 1-1
• Everton – Watford – 2-5
• Leeds United – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 1-1
• Southampton – Burnley – 2-2
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Manchester City – 1-4