Newcastle vs Crystal Palace prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-04-15 18:30.
[p]Newcastle United further boosted their hopes of a top-five finish, and the UEFA Champions League football that comes with it, by beating Manchester United 4-1 on Sunday. It was an admirable performance given manager Eddie Howe had been taken ill during the week and he later congratulated his players from his hospital bed on securing their fourth consecutive league victory. [/p]
[p]If the Magpies can win a fifth in a row by triumphing in this game in hand against Crystal Palace, they’d move up into third and most importantly five points clear of sixth place. They’re chasing a fourth consecutive home league victory for the first time this season, but there is one longer ongoing streak Newcastle are involved in, namely that their last nine Premier League home games have all seen over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Palace lost 5-2 to Manchester City on Saturday, despite going 2-0 up, as their five-match unbeaten Premier League run came to a halt (W4, D1). They’re still targeting a top-half finish having comfortably secured their top-flight status for another season, and manager Oliver Glasner pointed out that the last time they conceded five – against Arsenal in December – they posted a five-match unbeaten league run immediately after (W3, D2).[/p]
[p]But the Eagles may have their work cut out to start a similar run here as they’ve only won one of their last six visits to St James’ Park (D1, L4), failing to score in any of their last four (D1, L3). They haven’t struggled for goals on the road recently though, scoring exactly twice in five of their last six away league fixtures (W4, D1, L1).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Newcastle’s Harvey Barnes emulated Alan Shearer by scoring a Premier League brace against Manchester United and he’s now netted three goals across his last two games – all eight of his league strikes this term arrived after the 30th minute. Eberechi Eze has six goal contributions across his last five games for club and country (G3, A3) and the last three he netted for Palace opened the scoring.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Only one of Newcastle’s last 18 league games stood goalless at the break.[/p]
[p][i]Written by John Pennington[/i][/p]