Newcastle’s one-point provisional edge meets Palace’s home defensive test
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Crystal Palace and Newcastle meet with Newcastle one point ahead in the provisional table. Their identical home and away win-draw-loss records put defensive availability and Palace’s home scoring under focus.
Before kickoff
A narrow provisional gap, with defensive questions
Crystal Palace host Newcastle at Selhurst Park on Sunday, October 25, with Newcastle one point ahead in the provisional Premier League table: 11th on 8 points from 7 games, compared with Palace in 14th on 7 points from 7 games. The key question is whether Palace can make home advantage count despite defensive uncertainty and a difficult home record.
Palace’s supplied seven-match form sequence, listed most recent first, is Loss, Loss, Win, Loss, Draw, Win, Loss. Newcastle’s is Draw, Win, Draw, Loss, Win, Loss, Loss. That gives context to a meeting between teams separated by one point, but neither sequence alone establishes a wider trend.
Home and away records point to an open test
Palace have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses in their home league games this season, scoring 6 goals and conceding 8. Newcastle’s away record is also 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses, with 4 goals scored and 8 conceded. Palace have kept 0 home clean sheets, while Newcastle have recorded 1 away clean sheet.
Availability could shape the question
Palace list C. Riad and T. Tomiyasu as missing through knee and calf injuries. D. Henderson, J. Larsen and Q. Timber are questionable. Newcastle list E. Jaouen and V. Livramento as missing through muscle and knee injuries, while A. Elanga and J. Ramsey are questionable with knee and thigh injuries.
At kickoff, can Palace’s 6 home goals find a way through an away side that has conceded 8 goals in its 3 away league games?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Manchester City | WWWWW | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 21 | |
| 2 | Arsenal | WWLWW | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 18 | |
| 3 | Brighton | WWWWD | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 16 | |
| 4 | Chelsea | WWLDL | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 13 | |
| 5 | Liverpool | WLWDW | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | |
| 6 | Brentford | LDWDD | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | |
| 7 | Leeds | DLDWD | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | |
| 8 | Everton | LDWDD | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | |
| 9 | Ipswich | DLWLW | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | |
| 10 | Hull City | LDLDD | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
| 11 | Newcastle | LLWLD | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | |
| 12 | Aston Villa | WDWLD | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | |
| 13 | Manchester United | DDDLD | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | LWDLW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 7 | |
| 15 | Bournemouth | WLLDD | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | |
| 16 | Tottenham | WDLDD | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | DLLLW | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |
| 18 | Coventry | LWWLL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | |
| 19 | Fulham | WLDDL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | |
| 20 | Sunderland | LLLLD | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 |