Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Newcastle United versus Crystal Palace is an intriguing contest on paper, with this being a meeting of fourth against 12th in the Premier League.

The Magpies enter this game as favourites off the back of their thumping 4-1 home win against Manchester United on Sunday, meaning that they have won all of their last five games, including their memorable 2-1 victory against Liverpool in the League Cup final.

Meanwhile, Crystal Palace’s solid run of form came to an end as they were thrashed 5-2 at Manchester City last time out.

The Both Teams to Score market has landed in three of Newcastle’s last four matches, as well as in all of Crystal Palace’s last three games, hence why we are predicting Newcastle to win with Both Teams to Score.

Prediction: Newcastle United 3-1 Crystal Palace

Newcastle United hosts Crystal Palace at St. James’ Park in what is a battle between fourth and 12th in the Premier League standings.

Date: 16/04/2025

Location: St. James’ Park

Time: 7:30pm

The last head-to-head encounter between these two sides resulted in a 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park back on 30th November as Daniel Munoz scored a 94th-minute equaliser after a Marc Guehi own goal had given Newcastle the lead just before the hour mark.

However, Newcastle thrashed Crystal Palace 4-0 when they last met at St. James’ Park as Jacob Murphy, Anthony Gordon, Sean Longstaff and Callum Wilson all got on the scoresheet.

Eddie Howe’s men are having a good season to date, as they are fourth in the Premier League with 56 points from 31 matches, seeing them sit two points above sixth-place Chelsea with a game in hand.

On top of their solid league campaign, the Magpies ended their 70-year trophy wait with a sensational 2-1 victory against Liverpool at Wembley Stadium after progressing past the likes of Arsenal (4-0 on aggregate), Brentford (3-1), Chelsea (2-0), AFC Wimbledon 1-0) and Nottingham Forest (4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw).

Crystal Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 43 points from 31 games, seeing them sit five points behind the likes of Fulham in eighth-place.

The Eagles will have ambitions of writing their own cup history this season, as they will face Aston Villa in the semi-finals on 26th April, having advanced past Fulham (3-0), Millwall (3-1), Doncaster Rovers (2-0) and Stockport County (1–0) to reach this stage.

Newcastle United versus Crystal Palace will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR.

Newcastle United

Sven Botman, Lewis Hall and Joe Willock will miss this game due to injury.

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace remain without long-term injury absentees Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure.

Newcastle United

Newcastle United thrashed Manchester United 4-1 on Sunday as Sandro Tonali, Harvey Barnes (2) and Bruno Guimaraes all got on the scoresheet.

Prior to that match, the Magpies also managed to beat Leicester City (3-0), Brentford (2-1), Liverpool (2-1) and West Ham United (1-0) with Bruno Guimaraes scoring the only goal of the game in their win at the London Stadium.

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace suffered a heavy 5-2 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday despite actually taking a 2-0 lead in the first half of that game following goals by Eberechi Eze and Chris Richards.

In the run-up to that game, Oliver Glasner’s men eanred wins over Brighton & Hove Albion (2-1) and Fulham (3-0) on either side of a 1-1 draw at Southampton, on top of a narrow 1-0 home win against Ipswich Town.

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