Week 30 brings us a match on Apr 20th, where Newcastle United and Crystal Palace will play a match in Newcastle upon Tyne in a clash of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Newcastle United recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Chris Wood struck first for Newcastle United in the 72nd minute on a penalty, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Wolverhampton Wanderers was frustrated by Newcastle United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Newcastle United ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Newcastle United should be reasonably happy with their performance, while crystal Palace is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Leicester City. Ademola Lookman struck first for Leicester City in the 39th minute on a feed from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, then Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall added another in the 45th minute. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 23rd of October, Crystal Palace hosted Newcastle United in their last match together. Crystal Palace and Newcastle United battled to a 1-1 draw. Christian Benteke scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 56th minute, then Callum Wilson tied it up for Newcastle United in the 65th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Newcastle United.
Wilfried Zaha has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Crystal Palace. Newcastle United’s most prolific scorer has been Chris Wood. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Allan Saint-Maximin, Joelinton, Matt Ritchie, Federico Fernández, Callum Wilson, Kieran Trippier, Jamal Lewis, Miguel Almirón, Emil Krafth, Jonjo Shelvey, Isaac Hayden, Bruno Guimarães and Martin Dubravka are unavailable to play for Newcastle United, while James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson are unavailable to play for Patrick Vieira’s team.