Newcastle United 1-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2019

Result

Newcastle United 1-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United 1-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Newcastle United won against Crystal Palace 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 December 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from M. Almirón of Newcastle United in the 83rd minute.

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 22 points from 17 and Crystal Palace 10th on 23 points from 17. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 43.

Newcastle United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Dúbravka of Newcastle United (8.2), ahead of Florian Lejeune (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 4 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Crystal Palace's D-D-W-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 83'Goal · M. AlmirónNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 83'Yellow card · M. AlmirónNewcastle United
  • 87'Yellow card · F. SchärNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 4, Crystal Palace 2.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (3-5-2)

Martin Dúbravka, Fabian Schär, Federico Fernández, Florian Lejeune, Javier Manquillo, Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey, Miguel Almirón, Paul Dummett, Andy Carroll, Joelinton

Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Vicente Guaita, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Patrick van Aanholt, James McCarthy, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Jordan Ayew, Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha