How did the players fare in Newcastle United's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace?


NEWCASTLE (4-3-3):

6 Dubravka: Made a couple of routine saves from Edouard, but was never seriously tested despite Palace pressing in the second half

8 Krafth: Did extremely well considering he was up against the dangerous Zaha – won all his crucial tackles

8 Schar: Denied the Palace forwards space in the 18-yard box, and won every challenge that was asked of him

8 Burn: Another dominant performance from the centre-half, who towered above his opponents as he won a series of headers

8 Targett: The left-back has been excellent ever since he arrived on Tyneside – and this was another brilliant defensive performance

7 Guimaraes: Shone at the heart of midfield and produced an excellent through ball to set up Almiron’s goal

7 Shelvey: Kept Newcastle moving forward with some astute passing and was always in the right place to shut down Palace’s midfielders

7 Joelinton: Produced another fine midfield display as he covered a lot of ground in both halves of the field

8 ALMIRON: Capped an excellent all-round display with a magnificent first-half goal that came courtesy of a curled finish into the corner

6 Wood: Didn’t really threaten the Palace goal, but worked away tirelessly and held up the ball well with his back to goal

6 Saint-Maximin: Another night when things didn’t quite come off, although he still made a couple of devastating breaks forward


Subs:

Willock (for Almiron, 76)

Murphy (for Saint-Maximin, 76)

Longstaff (for Guimaraes, 90)

(not used): Darlow (gk), Manquillo, Lascelles, Fernandez, Ritchie, Gayle.


CRYSTAL PALACE (4-2-3-1):

Guaita 5; Clyne 5, Andersen 5, Guehi 5, Mitchell 5; Kouyate 5 (McArthur 59, 4), SCHLUPP 6; Olise 4 (Ayew 40, 5), Gallagher 4 (Mateta 59, 5), Zaha 6; Edouard 5.

Subs (not used): Butland (gk), Ward, Tomkins, Hughes, Eze, Benteke.


Man Of The Match: MIGUEL ALMIRON – The Paraguayan made the difference with a brilliant finish for Newcastle’s winner.