Newcastle United 2-0 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 4 January 2026
Result
Newcastle United 2-0 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Sunday 4 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Newcastle United 2-0 Crystal Palace: match report
Newcastle United defeated Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Bruno Guimarães opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Bruno Guimarães (71') and Malick Thiaw (78'). Crystal Palace did not score.
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 14th on 26 points from 19 and Crystal Palace 11th on 27 points from 19. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 45.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Malick Thiaw of Newcastle United (8.4), ahead of Lewis Miley (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 4 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Brennan Johnson
- 49'Yellow card · Tyrick Mitchell
- 55'Yellow card · Marc Guéhi
- 62'Yellow card · Anthony Gordon
- 71'Goal · Bruno Guimarães
- 78'Goal · Malick Thiaw
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Nick Pope, Lewis Miley, Malick Thiaw, Fabian Schär, Lewis Hall, Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Yoane Wissa, Anthony Gordon
Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-2-1)
Dean Henderson, Jefferson Lerma, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guéhi, Nathaniel Clyne, Adam Wharton, Will Hughes, Tyrick Mitchell, Brennan Johnson, Yéremy Pino, Jean-Philippe Mateta