Crystal Palace 5-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 November 2015

Result

Crystal Palace 5-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 28 November 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Crystal Palace 5-1 Newcastle United: match report

Crystal Palace defeated Newcastle United 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 November 2015. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Papiss Cissé opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from James McArthur (14'), Yannick Bolasie (17'), Wilfried Zaha (41'), Yannick Bolasie (47') and James McArthur (90+3'). Newcastle United scored through Papiss Cissé (10').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 9th on 19 points from 13 and Newcastle United 17th on 9 points from 13. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 37.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yannick Bolasie of Crystal Palace (8.6), ahead of James McArthur (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crystal Palace wins, 3 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Papiss CisséNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · James McArthurCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 17'Goal · Yannick BolasieCrystal Palace · 2-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
  • 41'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 3-1
  • 47'Goal · Yannick BolasieCrystal Palace · 4-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Chancel MbembaNewcastle United
  • 90+3'Goal · James McArthurCrystal Palace · 5-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Crystal Palace 0, draws 3, Newcastle United 3.

Team news

Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Pape Souaré, Yohan Cabaye, James McArthur, Yannick Bolasie, Jason Puncheon, Wilfried Zaha, Connor Wickham

Newcastle United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Elliot, Chancel Mbemba, Daryl Janmaat, Fabricio Coloccini, Paul Dummett, Moussa Sissoko, Georginio Wijnaldum, Vurnon Anita, Jack Colback, Ayoze Pérez, Aleksandar Mitrović