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Newcastle United 2–0 Crystal Palace · Premier League

2–0Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Newcastle United won 2–0.

Shots
1211
Shots on target
71
Possession
59%41%

Full time

What the match recorded

Newcastle beat Crystal Palace 2–0. Recorded in this match (Newcastle – Crystal Palace): shots 12–11, shots on target 7–1, possession 59%–41%, corners 8–6. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Crystal Palace's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Crystal Palace's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.4 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.1 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0.4 goals/match1.1 goals/match1.4 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

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A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Crystal Palace.

4.81 days ▲Rest daysNewcastle · Crystal Palace2.9 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricNewcastleCrystal PalaceBaseline
Rest days4.81 days2.9 days—
Matches last 14 days2 matches2 matches—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Newcastle have recorded the higher season possession share.

52.4% ●PossessionNewcastle · Crystal Palace43.2%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 9.2 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricNewcastleCrystal PalaceBaseline
Possession52.4%43.2%50.9%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots12 shots11 shotsNewcastle United 12 shots, Crystal Palace 11 shots
  • Shots on target7 shots1 shotNewcastle United 7 shots, Crystal Palace 1 shot
  • Possession59%41%Newcastle United 59%, Crystal Palace 41%
  • Corners8 corners6 cornersNewcastle United 8 corners, Crystal Palace 6 corners
  • Fouls5 fouls12 foulsNewcastle United 5 fouls, Crystal Palace 12 fouls
  • Yellow cards1 card3 cardsNewcastle United 1 card, Crystal Palace 3 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Newcastle United
2Draws
1Crystal Palace
Newcastle United — Crystal Palace · Premier League5–0
Crystal Palace — Newcastle United · Premier League1–1
Crystal Palace — Newcastle United · Premier League2–0
Newcastle United — Crystal Palace · Premier League4–0
Crystal Palace — Newcastle United · Premier League0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Newcastle United favored in 6 of 9 directional metrics · Crystal Palace in 1 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Newcastle United20 matchesCrystal Palace20 matches
1.4 goals/match ▲Goals scored20/201.1 goals/match
1.2 goals/matchGoals allowed20/201.15 goals/match
12.7 shots/match ▲Shots20/2011.8 shots/match
4.65 shots/match ▲Shots on target20/203.8 shots/match
52.4% ●Possession20/2043.2%
6.35 corners/match ●Corners20/203.95 corners/match
1.45 cards/matchCards20/201.8 cards/match
9.3 fouls/matchFouls20/209.9 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples20 / 20home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 4 Jan 2026, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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