Newcastle vs Crystal Palace Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 18/12/2019, 20:47  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 18/12/2019 at 20:47 in Premier League Predictions

Newcastle United will play host to Crystal Palace when the Premier League enters the 18th round of matches this weekend. Going to the game, Newcastle are 11th in the league standings with 22 points and Palace are ninth on 23 points. Newcastle lost to Burnley in their last match, bringing to an end a three – match unbeaten run they had established. They go to this game with five wins in their last 10 matches, and they are winless in 10 of their last 15 matches. Newcastle United have posted three clean sheets in 15 matches and scored two or more in just five of their last 15. They have scored in 10 of their last 15 matches and go to this game unbeaten in the last seven matches at home. Their last loss at home was on post match penalties against Leicester City in the League Cup back in August. They also lost in August to Arsenal in the League; those two are their only losses at home this season. They have two losses in nine home matches and have won three of their last five home games and have scored twice in each of their last three home matches. However, Newcastle United have no clean sheet in their last four home matches. With 17 goals, they are the third least scorers in the league. They have not beaten Crystal Palace in the last three matches, two of which have ended in draws. They have also fai8led to score in the last two matches against Palace.

Crystal Palace on their part, have gone unbeaten in their last four matches but have managed just two wins in their last nine matches. They have five wins in their last 15 matches and their last 10 matches have produced just three clean sheets. Indeed, these clean sheets have come in the last four matches. They have conceded twice in five of the last 10 matches and scored more than one goal in three of their last 10 matches. Crystal Palace have one loss in the last five away matches. They have three wins and three losses in the last eight away matches. They have two straight clean sheets away from home and scored the second least goals in the league, at 15. This match is normally a low scoring affair; in the last five matches, none has registered over 2.5 goals. In fact, no team has scored more than a goal in the five matches. Only three of the last 10 have produced over 2.5 goals and Newcastle have four wins, while Crystal Palace have two wins in the 10.