LONDON. Crystal Palace and Newcastle United didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Newcastle United was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (61%)​.

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 25,350 spectators.​ The referee was Craig Pawson with the collaboration of Marc Perry and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Anthony Taylor. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 0.5 degrees Celsius or 32.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Newcastle United was in firm control of the ball 61% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle United had a more offensive attitude with 72 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Newcastle United to win the match​.

Crystal Palace shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Newcastle United shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards (Marc Guéhi, W. Hughes, C. Doucouré and M. Olise). On the opposite side, Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards (Kieran Trippier and Joelinton).

Standings

After playing this match, Crystal Palace will have 24 points to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Newcastle United will have 39 points like Manchester United to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will host AFC Bournemouth on the 13th of May with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Crystal Palace (5 draws).

Newcastle United will play away agasint Leeds United on the 13th of May with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Newcastle United (3 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 (8.1), Joel Ward (6.8), Chris Richards (7.1), Marc Guéhi (6.9), Tyrick Mitchell (7.2), Cheick Doucouré (7.4), Jeffrey Schlupp (6.3), Jordan Ayew (6.1), Eberechi Eze (7.4), Wilfried Zaha (6.6) and Odsonne Édouard (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Sam Johnstone, Jaïro Riedewald, Jean-Philippe Mateta (6.9), Jack Wells-Morrison, Luka Milivojević, David Ozoh, Michael Olise (6.9), Will Hughes (6.8) and Nathaniel Clyne (6.8).

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 5 changes: Jeffrey Schlupp for W. Hughes (65′), Wilfried Zaha for J. Mateta (65′), E. Eze for M. Olise (66′), Joel Ward for N. Clyne (71′) and Odsonne Edouard for D. Ozoh (90′).

Best player: Vicente Guaita​

The most impressive player for Crystal Palace was the goalkeeper: Vicente Guaita. His rating is 8.13. He performed 7 saves.

Newcastle United – Formation

Newcastle United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Eddie Howe played with: Nick Pope (6.8), Kieran Trippier (8.5), Fabian Schär (7.8), Sven Botman (7.1), Dan Burn (6.8), Sean Longstaff (6.8), Bruno Guimarães (6.2), Joe Willock (6.8), Miguel Almirón (7.4), Callum Wilson (6.4) and Joelinton (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jamal Lewis, Jacob Murphy, Matt Ritchie, Elliot Anderson, Jamaal Lascelles, Javier Manquillo, Alexander Isak (6.3), Martin Dúbravka and Allan Saint-Maximin (6.5).

Substitutions

Newcastle United made 3 changes: Callum Wilson for Alexander Isak (69′), Joe Willock for Allan Saint-Maximin  (69′) and M. Almirón for Jacob Murphy (87′).

Best player: Kieran Trippier​

The most impressive player for Newcastle United was Kieran Trippier.

His rating is (8.5) with 60 passes (61% accurate) and 8 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 16 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• West Ham United – Everton – 2-0
• Southampton – Aston Villa – 0-1
• Liverpool – Chelsea – 0-0
• Leicester City – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-2
• Crystal Palace – Newcastle United – 0-0
• AFC Bournemouth – Nottingham Forest – 1-1