

Newcastle scored twice in the final two minutes to snatch a victory at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Friday.
Callum Wilson latched on to Joelinton’s flick to slide an effort beneath Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and open the scoring in the 88th minute.
And 100 seconds later, Joelinton sealed the victory with his first Premier League goal of the season.
Palace had looked more likely to break the deadlock before being hit on the break twice in quick succession.
The visitors had goalkeeper Karl Darlow to thank for keeping them in the game.
He saved well from substitute Christian Benteke’s powerful header having earlier made a smart stop to keep out Jeffrey Schlupp’s angled left-footed effort, while Patrick van Aanholt fizzed a strike wide.
The result moves Newcastle up to 10th in the table, while Palace slip to 13th.
Joelinton’s hard work pays off
Steve Bruce’s Newcastle side had failed to score in their previous two outings but looked far more expansive to start with in south London on Friday.
Joelinton managed four shots in the opening 20 minutes, as many as he had previously had in any game this season, and the best chance of the half fell to him before the break.
Sloppy defending by the hosts allowed the Brazilian to engineer a low effort on goal, but it was easily gathered by Guaita and the Magpies went in at the break having failed to score in the first half of 20 of their past 26 Premier League matches.
Newcastle looked set to make it three games in a row without a goal as they were increasingly pegged back, but the breakthrough did eventually come as Joelinton combined superbly with fellow forward Wilson.
Joelinton then got the goal his hard work deserved moments later, beating Guaita with a left-footed strike for his first top-flight goal this season and third in total for Newcastle.
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Crystal Palace
Starting XI
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Squad number31Player nameGuaita
Average rating4.88
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Squad number17Player nameClyne
Average rating4.59
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Squad number6Player nameDann
Average rating4.15
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Squad number24Player nameCahill
Average rating4.60
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Squad number3Player namevan Aanholt
Average rating4.57
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Squad number8Player nameKouyaté
Average rating4.33
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Squad number18Player nameMcArthur
Average rating4.48
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Squad number10Player nameTownsend
Average rating4.47
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Squad number15Player nameSchlupp
Average rating4.73
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Squad number25Player nameEze
Average rating5.64
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Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
Average rating4.37
Substitutes
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Squad number20Player nameBenteke
Average rating4.88
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Squad number23Player nameBatshuayi
Average rating4.34
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Squad number44Player nameRiedewald
Average rating4.74
Newcastle United
Starting XI
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Squad number26Player nameDarlow
Average rating8.00
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Squad number19Player nameManquillo
Average rating6.99
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Squad number18Player nameFernández
Average rating7.33
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Squad number2Player nameClark
Average rating7.08
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Squad number15Player nameLewis
Average rating6.99
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Squad number16Player nameHendrick
Average rating6.12
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Squad number36Player nameS Longstaff
Average rating6.62
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Squad number8Player nameShelvey
Average rating6.91
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Squad number24Player nameAlmirón
Average rating6.62
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Squad number13Player nameC Wilson
Average rating8.11
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Squad number9Player nameJoelinton
Average rating7.87
Substitutes
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Squad number5Player nameSchär
Average rating6.14
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Squad number11Player nameRitchie
Average rating6.92
Line-ups
Crystal Palace
- 31Guaita
- 17Clyne
- 6DannBooked at 77mins
- 24Cahill
- 3van Aanholt
- 8Kouyaté
- 18McArthurSubstituted forBatshuayiat 82′minutes
- 10TownsendSubstituted forRiedewaldat 67′minutes
- 15SchluppBooked at 90mins
- 25Eze
- 9J AyewSubstituted forBentekeat 66′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Butland
- 2Ward
- 5Tomkins
- 12Sakho
- 20Benteke
- 23Batshuayi
- 44Riedewald
Newcastle
- 26Darlow
- 19Manquillo
- 18FernándezBooked at 17mins
- 2Clark
- 15Lewis
- 16Hendrick
- 36S LongstaffBooked at 60mins
- 8Shelvey
- 24AlmirónSubstituted forRitchieat 68′minutes
- 13C Wilson
- 9JoelintonSubstituted forSchärat 90+3′minutes
Substitutes
- 4M Longstaff
- 5Schär
- 11Ritchie
- 22Yedlin
- 23Murphy
- 29Gillespie
- 57Anderson
- Referee:
- Graham Scott
Match Stats
Live Text
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Match ends, Crystal Palace 0, Newcastle United 2.
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Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Newcastle United 2.
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Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
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Attempt saved. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Substitution, Newcastle United. Fabian Schär replaces Joelinton.
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Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace).
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Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace).
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Joelinton (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Newcastle United 2. Joelinton (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Wilson following a fast break.
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Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Newcastle United 1. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joelinton.
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Scott Dann (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Joelinton (Newcastle United).
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Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Federico Fernández.
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Attempt blocked. Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michy Batshuayi.
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Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United).
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Attempt blocked. Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Substitution, Crystal Palace. Michy Batshuayi replaces James McArthur.
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