Crystal Palace will look to claim what would be just their second Premier League win of the season when they square off with Newcastle United at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon.
After storming to a top-half finish last term, Oliver Glasner’s side have failed to carry that momentum into the current campaign.
Following 12 rounds of top-flight action, the Eagles find themselves residing in the relegation zone.
That being said, Palace will take plenty of encouragement from their 2-2 draw away at Aston Villa last Saturday, on an afternoon where I delivered a clean sweep of winners.
As for Newcastle, they slumped to a bitterly disappointing 2-0 defeat when hosting West Ham on Monday night.
Eddie Howe’s side head into the weekend occupying tenth spot in the table, and the Magpies manager will expect a response from his side in the capital this weekend.
How the bookies view it: Eagles no match for Magpies
Crystal Palace are as big as 19/10 on Betano to come out on top on Saturday afternoon, while a share of the Selhurst Park spoils pays 5/2 with the same firm.
Newcastle are 5/4 favourites on Betano to win back-to-back Premier League away games for the first time this season.
Head to head: Eagles eager for more of the same
Crystal Palace claimed a 2-0 win during last season’s corresponding fixture, with Jean-Philippe Mateta grabbing both goals on that occasion. However, it’s worth noting that the Eagles had failed to topple the Toon in the six meetings prior to that 2-0 success.
Players to watch: Isak to strike back?
Alexander Isak saw his four-game scoring run come to an end against West Ham on Monday night. However, the Swedish hitman looks good value at 5/4 (PaddyPower) to either score or assist on Saturday against a Crystal Palace side with just two clean sheets in 12 top-flight outings this term.
Will Hughes has been booked in five of his 10 Premier League outings for Crystal Palace this season, making him an attractive option to collect another card on Saturday at 3/1 (Bet 365).
Predicted line-ups
Daichi Kamada will serve the second game of his three-match ban this weekend after being sent off during Crystal Palace's previous home game with Fulham.
Joe Willock was withdrawn at half-time against West Ham on Monday and is a major doubt for this game, as is Bruno Guimaraes, who was also forced off last time out. Dan Burn returns from a ban and could come back into the starting XI.
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Doucoure, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Devenny; Mateta
Newcastle: Pope; Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Tonali, Joelinton, Longstaff; Gordon, Isak, Barnes
Anything else catch the eye?
I successfully flagged up Trevoh Chalobah to commit a foul last weekend and a repeat at Selhurst Park this Saturday holds plenty of appeal at even-money (1/1) on PaddyPower.
The Chelsea loanee racked up three fouls and also received a yellow card at Villa Park.
That means Chalobah has now fallen foul of the referee in four of his six Premier League appearances for Palace this season, so another offence on Saturday looks too big to ignore at evens.
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