NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Newcastle United and Crystal Palace didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the St. James’ Park stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Salisbury who was helped by Neil Davies and Natalie Aspinall. The 4th official was Paul Tierney. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Newcastle United was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Crystal Palace that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle United had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Newcastle United to win the match​.

Newcastle United shot 22 times, 7 on target, 15 off target. Regarding the opposition, Crystal Palace shot 20 times, 9 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards (S. Longstaff and R. Fraser). Regarding the opposition, Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards (J. Ward and C. Doucoure).

Standings

After this match, Newcastle United will have 7 points like Southampton and AFC Bournemouth to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace will have 6 points like Wolverhampton Wanderers to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Newcastle United will play away with Chelsea on the 28th of May with a 21-8 head to head statistic in favor of Chelsea (5 draws).

Crystal Palace will host Nottingham Forest on the 28th of May with a 6-2 head to head record in favor of Nottingham Forest (3 draws).

Newcastle United – Formation

Newcastle United adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Eddie Howe decided to play with the following team: Nick Pope (9.1), Kieran Trippier (8.7), Fabian Schär (7.7), Sven Botman (7.3), Matt Targett (7.0), Joe Willock (6.5), Sean Longstaff (7.2), Joelinton (6.7), Miguel Almirón (7.0), Alexander Isak (6.1) and Ryan Fraser (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Karl Darlow, Jamal Lewis, Jamaal Lascelles, Matt Ritchie, Chris Wood, Elliot Anderson (6.5), Javier Manquillo, Jacob Murphy (6.4) and Dan Burn (7.0).

Newcastle United could not rely on the presence of C. Wood (injured).

Substitutions

Newcastle United made 4 changes: M. Almiron for J. Murphy (70′), R. Fraser for E. Anderson (70′), M. Targett for D. Burn (80′) and A. Isak for C. Wood (90′).

Best player: Nick Pope​

The most impressive player for Newcastle United was the goalkeeper: Nick Pope. His rating is 9.11. He performed 9 saves.

Crystal Palace – Formation

Also Crystal Palace adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Patrick Vieira played with: Vicente Guaita (8.6), Joel Ward (7.4), Joachim Andersen (7.9), Marc Guéhi (8.1), Tyrick Mitchell (6.9), Eberechi Eze (6.7), Cheick Doucouré (8.3), Jeffrey Schlupp (6.9), Jordan Ayew (7.4), Jean-Philippe Mateta (7.1) and Wilfried Zaha (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sam Johnstone, Chris Richards, Will Hughes, Michael Olise (7.4), Luka Milivojević, Nathaniel Clyne (7.1), Malcolm Ebiowei, Jaïro Riedewald and Odsonne Édouard (7.3).

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 3 changes: E. Eze for M. Olise (62′), J. Mateta for O. Edouard (63′) and T. Mitchell for N. Clyne (63′).

Best player: Vicente Guaita​

The most impressive player for Crystal Palace was the goalkeeper: Vicente Guaita. His rating is 8.61. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Southampton – 1-0
• Tottenham Hotspur – Fulham – 2-1
• Nottingham Forest – AFC Bournemouth – 2-3
• Newcastle United – Crystal Palace – 0-0
• Everton – Liverpool – 0-0
• Chelsea – West Ham United – 2-1
• Brentford – Leeds United – 5-2
• Aston Villa – Manchester City – 1-1