Newcastle vs Crystal Palace

21 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Miguel Almirón 83’

Match summary

Newcastle saw off Crystal Palace 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Miguel Almirón put Newcastle ahead in the 83rd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Newcastle created 0.71 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Crystal Palace 0.99 from 16.

Match stats

Newcastle Crystal Palace
8 Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.71 xG 0.99
0.71 Non-penalty xG 0.99
6 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Newcastle Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Miguel Almirón1-0 (Newcastle)
83’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Newcastle
  • Fabian Schär
  • Miguel Almirón

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.71 0.99 83’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), 1-0 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.71 0.99 83’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), 1-0 Almirón 83’
Newcastle 0.71 xGCrystal Palace 0.99 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Newcastle attacking 
83’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 62’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 52’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 74’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 27’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 14’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 51’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 39’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 87’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 5’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 43’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 34’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ James McCarthy (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Florian Lejeune (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 37’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 83’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 62’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 52’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 74’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 27’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 14’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 51’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 39’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 87’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 5’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 43’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 34’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 77’ James McCarthy (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Florian Lejeune (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 37’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Martin Dubravka GK900 0.000.000
Federico Fernández DEF900 0.000.000
Florian Lejeune DEF901 0.010.000
Fabian Schär DEF900 0.000.011
Javier Manquillo MID900 0.000.000
Paul Dummett MID900 0.000.193
Miguel Almirón MID9012 0.560.000
Jonjo Shelvey MID902 0.030.011
Isaac Hayden MID640 0.000.000
Andy Carroll FWD902 0.040.021
Joelinton FWD771 0.070.000
Sean Longstaff Sub260 0.000.000
Dwight Gayle Sub130 0.000.000
DeAndre Yedlin Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 40% Avg odds 2.41
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.10
Crystal Palace win 29% Avg odds 3.27

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Newcastle LDWWL
Crystal Palace LWWDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 0-1 Crystal Palace, 06 Apr 19 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-0 Newcastle, 22 Feb 20  All Newcastle vs Crystal Palace meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.