Newcastle United v Crystal Palace, 21 October 2017

Score1-0 to Newcastle United
RefereeStuart Attwell
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSt James' Park
Attendance52,251

View Newcastle United v Crystal Palace head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Newcastle United had now lost only one of their last 14 league and cup meetings (won ten).

1 Newcastle United

0 Crystal Palace

Goals:

Mikel Merino 86 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Rob Elliot
Defender Jamaal Lascelles
Defender Florian Lejeune
Defender Javi Manquillo
Defender DeAndre Yedlin
Defender/Midfielder Isaac Hayden
Midfielder Christian Atsu
Midfielder Matt Ritchie
Midfielder Jonjo Shelvey
Midfielder/Forward Ayoze Pérez
Forward Joselu

Starting lineup:

Julián Speroni Goalkeeper
Scott Dann Defender
Mamadou Sakho Defender
Patrick Van Aanholt Defender
Joel Ward Defender
Jeffrey Schlupp Defender/Midfielder
Yohan Cabaye Midfielder
James McArthur Midfielder
Luka Milivojević Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Wilfried Zaha Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Mikel Merino for Isaac Hayden 56
Mo Diamé for Ayoze Pérez 66
Aleksandar Mitrović for Joselu 78

Substitutions:

Ruben Loftus-Cheek for Wilfried Zaha 77
Bakary Sako for James McArthur 88

Cards:

Florian Lejeune 21 Y
Jamaal Lascelles 29 Y
Javi Manquillo 60 Y
Joselu 66 Y

Cards:

Yohan Cabaye 28 Y
Patrick Van Aanholt 29 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Karl Darlow
Defender Jesús Gámez
Defender/Midfielder Ciaran Clark
Midfielder Mikel Merino
Midfielder Jacob Murphy
Midfielder/Forward Mo Diamé
Forward Aleksandar Mitrović

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender James Tomkins
Defender/Midfielder Tim Fosu-Mensah
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Midfielder Jason Puncheon
Midfielder/Forward Bakary Sako

Comments:

League position: 6th Newcastle United had now lost only one of their last ten home games in the Premier League (won six). They had now lost only two of their last 17 home league games (won 11). The Magpies had now equalled their highest points tally (14) after their first nine games of a Premier League season (also 2011-12). Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez said: "Today was an even game, we were both well organised and in the end it was a good goal. The main thing is that we got three points. In this case it was a little bit lucky, but Merino had the determination and that was key in the end. We needed to create something more. We couldn’t do it but in the end we score from a set-piece, and they can make the difference. We were on top of them and have this control, then a little bit of luck, which we had to get the three points."

Comments:

League position: 20th Crystal Palace had now failed to score in their last seven Premier League away games; their longest such run in the top division. The Eagles were now the only team who had yet to keep a clean sheet in this Premier League season (played nine). Palace had now drawn only one of the 29 games they had played in the Premier League in 2017. Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said: "The quality of our play was very good. We need more than a goal to take one point and set plays are always a problem. It [the goal] was unfortunate as our player got his head to the ball but headed it against the Newcastle bloke. I cannot criticise our performance. From the first minute to the last it was everything I expected and under normal circumstances would have got us a result."

1 Newcastle United

Goals:

Mikel Merino 86 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Rob Elliot
Defender Jamaal Lascelles
Defender Florian Lejeune
Defender Javi Manquillo
Defender DeAndre Yedlin
Defender/Midfielder Isaac Hayden
Midfielder Christian Atsu
Midfielder Matt Ritchie
Midfielder Jonjo Shelvey
Midfielder/Forward Ayoze Pérez
Forward Joselu

Substitutions:

Mikel Merino for Isaac Hayden 56
Mo Diamé for Ayoze Pérez 66
Aleksandar Mitrović for Joselu 78

Cards:

Florian Lejeune 21 Y
Jamaal Lascelles 29 Y
Javi Manquillo 60 Y
Joselu 66 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Karl Darlow
Defender Jesús Gámez
Defender/Midfielder Ciaran Clark
Midfielder Mikel Merino
Midfielder Jacob Murphy
Midfielder/Forward Mo Diamé
Forward Aleksandar Mitrović

Comments:

League position: 6th Newcastle United had now lost only one of their last ten home games in the Premier League (won six). They had now lost only two of their last 17 home league games (won 11). The Magpies had now equalled their highest points tally (14) after their first nine games of a Premier League season (also 2011-12). Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez said: "Today was an even game, we were both well organised and in the end it was a good goal. The main thing is that we got three points. In this case it was a little bit lucky, but Merino had the determination and that was key in the end. We needed to create something more. We couldn’t do it but in the end we score from a set-piece, and they can make the difference. We were on top of them and have this control, then a little bit of luck, which we had to get the three points."

0 Crystal Palace

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Julián Speroni Goalkeeper
Scott Dann Defender
Mamadou Sakho Defender
Patrick Van Aanholt Defender
Joel Ward Defender
Jeffrey Schlupp Defender/Midfielder
Yohan Cabaye Midfielder
James McArthur Midfielder
Luka Milivojević Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Wilfried Zaha Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Ruben Loftus-Cheek for Wilfried Zaha 77
Bakary Sako for James McArthur 88

Cards:

Yohan Cabaye 28 Y
Patrick Van Aanholt 29 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender James Tomkins
Defender/Midfielder Tim Fosu-Mensah
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Midfielder Jason Puncheon
Midfielder/Forward Bakary Sako

Comments:

League position: 20th Crystal Palace had now failed to score in their last seven Premier League away games; their longest such run in the top division. The Eagles were now the only team who had yet to keep a clean sheet in this Premier League season (played nine). Palace had now drawn only one of the 29 games they had played in the Premier League in 2017. Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said: "The quality of our play was very good. We need more than a goal to take one point and set plays are always a problem. It [the goal] was unfortunate as our player got his head to the ball but headed it against the Newcastle bloke. I cannot criticise our performance. From the first minute to the last it was everything I expected and under normal circumstances would have got us a result."