Crystal Palace vs Newcastle 0-2

Newcastle won 2-0 at Selhurst Park after scoring twice after the interval. William Osula put them in front early in the second half and Harvey Barnes added the second seven minutes later.

The first half finished goalless, with Newcastle already on two bookings before the break as Nico González was cautioned in the 36th minute and Fabian Schär in first-half stoppage time. Crystal Palace reached half-time at 0-0.

Osula opened the scoring in the 47th minute from Jacob Murphy’s assist to make it 0-1, then Barnes doubled the lead in the 58th minute from Amar Dedić’s pass for 0-2. Newcastle also had a VAR decision go against them when Joe Willock’s goal was cancelled in the 53rd minute. Crystal Palace made two changes on 62 and 63 minutes, sending on Eddie Nketiah for Jean-Philippe Mateta and Dario Osorio for Dwight McNeil, but they did not find a way back into it. Newcastle made three changes on 77 minutes, with Anthony Elanga, Jacob Ramsey and Yoane Wissa coming on for Harvey Barnes, Joe Willock and William Osula, then Sean Steur replaced Joelinton in the 85th minute and Malick Thiaw came on for Amar Dedić in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

Crystal Palace had 52% of the ball and more of the attacking numbers, finishing with 16 shots to Newcastle’s 10, 4 on target to 2, 6 corners to 4 and an xG edge of 1.74 to 1.03. They also made 375 passes to Newcastle’s 347, while the visitors kept four saves to none and were caught offside once to Palace’s four.

Each side collected three yellow cards. Nico González, Fabian Schär and Lewis Hall were booked for Newcastle, while Yeremy Pino, Anan Khalaili and Jaydee Canvot were cautioned for Crystal Palace.