The Eagles aren’t just passengers on their travels. Averaging 4.4 corners per away game, they’ve hit this line in ten of 15 road trips. Newcastle’s own defensive structure encourages this as they concede 5.67 corners per home game, with just four visiting sides failing to hit four—and three of them rank as the bottom three in away corner taken. Palace have the attacking pace and ability to exploit wide areas, and it shows.

Eze leads Palace in shot output (3.32 shots/90), and while his average for shots on target is just under one (0.96), he’s been finding the mark recently: 1+ SOT in three of his last four games and ten of his last 15.

Against a Newcastle side that allows space between the lines, he should get at least one decent look at goal.

The summer transfer target for every top club, Alexander Isak has been electric this season, scoring 20 goals and 6 assists, making him the third-highest scorer in the league - just one behind Erling Haaland - and second in total goal contributions.

Isak’s has registered six goal contributions in his last right (5G, 1A), he’s the danger man once again.

Despite discipline improving of late, Newcastle still amassed 2+ cards in 10 of their first 12 home games across all competitions. Palace have drawn 2 or more cards from ten of the fifteen home sides they have faced in the league this season and add in the midfield duels and counter-attacking threat of Palace, cards are a real risk.

Newcastle have also they’ve received 2 or more cards in their last four meetings with Crystal Palace.

Palace average 2.21 cards per game on the road, hitting over two in ten of 15. Newcastle draws a massive 3.14 cards per game from visitors, with 12 of 15 opponents picking up at least two.


This matchup tends to get heated also with Palace picking up at least two cards in each of their last five games against Newcastle.

A midfield general, but often aggressive in his duels. Averaging 1.57 fouls per 90, Bruno has committed at least one in his last nine matches, and two or more in five of those.


He committed two in the reverse fixture, and Palace’s midfield has drawn 27 fouls in their last five games. With a particular matchup against Eze expected, who draws 1.89 fouls per 90, is exactly the type of player Bruno could struggle to contain cleanly.

A consistent fouler, averaging 2.08 fouls per 90, with at least one in 13 of his last 15 matches, and six yellow cards in that run. He committed two fouls in the reverse fixture and now comes up against Ismaïla Sarr, who draws 1.58 fouls per 90.

Joelinton’s physicality is a double-edged sword, and in a heated midfield battle, he's a strong booking candidate.