Newcastle vs Crystal Palace
Premier League 2018-19
Venue: St. James' Park
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019
Kick-off: 3:00pm GMT
Newcastle and Crystal Palace meet this weekend knowing one more win will all but guarantee Premier League football next season.
Three wins in six heading into Wednesday's loss at Tottenham's new stadium has seen the Eagles move away from relegation danger
Newcastle have boasted a similar record on even tighter financial constraints as the season run-in looks to prove far less stressful than first feared.
Newcastle vs Crystal Palace team news and predicted line-ups
Newcastle will assess Fabian Schar (head) and Isaac Hayden (groin) ahead of kick-off, but Sean Longstaff (knee) is out for the season.
Crystal Palace remain without Mamadou Sakho (knee) for the foreseeable in the only blot on their team sheet.
Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Tomkins, Van Aanholt; McArthur, Milivojevic, Kouyate; Zaha, Batshuayi, Schlupp
Score prediction: Newcastle 1-1 Crystal Palace
Two fairly evenly matched teams, though Crystal Palace will point to their away form as a difference-maker on Saturday.
Both Rafael Benitez and Roy Hodgson have almost fully fit squads and there will be little to separate them.
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Match odds
- Newcastle to win: 31/20
- Draw: 23/10
- Liverpool to win: 2/1
First goalscorer odds
- Salomon Rondon: 4/1
- Michy Batshuayi: 13/2
- Ayoze Perez: 7/1
- Christian Benteke: 15/2
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Head to head (h2h) history and results
Newcastle boast a significant record over Crystal Palace, winning 26 of their 44 games and losing just nine.
Their recent form over the Eagles is particularly good, with just one defeat - which came in 2015 - in 21 years.
