Newcastle United 1-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 April 2016

Result

Newcastle United 1-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 30 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United 1-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Newcastle United defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 April 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Andros Townsend of Newcastle United in the 58th minute.

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 18th on 30 points from 35 and Crystal Palace 15th on 39 points from 35. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 42.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Karl Darlow of Newcastle United (8.4), ahead of Andros Townsend (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-D-W-L-D and Crystal Palace's L-D-D-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Chancel MbembaNewcastle United
  • 58'Goal · Andros TownsendNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Jack ColbackNewcastle United
  • 70'Missed penalty · Yohan CabayeCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Newcastle United 3, draws 3, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Karl Darlow, Vurnon Anita, Chancel Mbemba, Jamaal Lascelles, Paul Dummett, Cheik Tiote, Jack Colback, Andros Townsend, Moussa Sissoko, Georginio Wijnaldum, Papiss Demba Cissé

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

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