It ended Crystal Palace 2 Newcastle United 1.
Ahead of each game we ask one of our writers to come up with three positives and three negatives following the match.
An ‘interesting’ match at Selhurst Park.
Plenty to talk about after this Premier League game.
United taking the lead in this latest match, only to lose the game due to two late second half goals.
On this occasion it is David Punton:
POSITIVES
A goal
A very good move and improvised finish from William Osula.
Safe
Newcastle United have enough points to not worry about relegation.
Return
Lewis Miley is back.
NEGATIVES
Unforgivable?
It’s now a whopping 25 points thrown away from winning positions.
An eye watering statistic for the manager and his staff.
Where do we go from here? Is it going to get worse?
Questions are being asked about the manager after almost five years in charge. It’s sad to see.
Results will dictate his future and he has to find a way to turn it around. At the moment I don’t see that happening.
Case for the defence
The way we allowed Palace to level the game was so bad it defies belief.
Botman then concedes the penalty and it’s like the Mackem game all over again.
What annoys me at the moment is everything feels oddly inevitable. Even when we are ahead now you can sense what might be coming.
That 0-1 win at Chelsea feels like a lifetime ago.
Yellow cards and strikers
Another game and another outing on the bench for Woltemade and Wissa
That’s a hefty amount of spend to sit on reserve.
We also saw Joelinton booked, so he now faces a two match ban for his tenth yellow card of the season. He will be a miss.
Crystal Palace 2 Newcastle 1 – Sunday 12 April 2026 2pm
Match Stats
Goals:
Newcastle United:
Osula 43
Palace:
Mateta 80, 90+4 pen
Possession was Newcastle 59% Palace 41%
Total shots were Newcastle 7 Palace 11
Shots on target were Newcastle 3 Palace 5
Corners were Newcastle 4 Palace 2
Touches in the opposition box Newcastle 14 Palace 21
Newcastle team v Crystal Palace:
Ramsdale; Livramento, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Miley, Tonali (Elanga 95), Joelinton (Ramsey 84); Murphy (Wissa 95), Osula (Woltemade 84), Gordon (Barnes 71)
Unused subs:
Pope, Trippier, Burn, Willock