Newcastle United 2-0 Crystal Palace — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Premier League, 4 Jan 2026

📅04/01/2026 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 1-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
54%
1.64
Draw
23%
3.72
Away
23%
4.31
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
2.03
Over 2.5
50%
1.71
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.73
No
49%
1.99
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
30%
3.74
2-3 Goals
38%
1.82
4-5 Goals
22%
3.16
6+ Goals
10%
10.65
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.74 — our 30% vs market 21.2%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
32%
2.15
1/2
6%
35.0
1/X
7%
14.2
X/1
11%
4.33
X/2
9%
9.99
X/X
11%
5.51
2/1
11%
22.25
2/2
8%
7.77
2/X
5%
15.85
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
54%
Home Win
57%
-3.0pp
23%
Draw
24%
-0.3pp
23%
Away Win
20%
+3.2pp
50%
Under 2.5
45%
+4.9pp
50%
Over 2.5
55%
-4.9pp
51%
BTTS Yes
54%
-2.4pp
49%
BTTS No
46%
+2.4pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Newcastle United EU Bookmakers 61%
Head to Head
AWAY Crystal Palace EU Bookmakers 23%
+5% / -4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +6% / +21%
2.21/1.11 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.20/1.55
+28% / -5% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +1% / +27%
56% Ball Possession 44%
14 Total Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 4
410 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 294 · 75%
35.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.3
20.8 Crosses 14.1
1.2 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Newcastle United
2W-3D-1L
AWAY Crystal Palace
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
1.36 xG 0.93
58% Ball Possession 42%
10 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 6
425 Passes 278
82% Pass Accuracy 75%
27 Box Touches 19
16 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
16.04.2025 Newcastle United Newcastle United 5-0 HT 4-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace İNP
30.11.2024 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 HT 0-0 Newcastle United Newcastle United İNP
24.04.2024 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-0 HT 0-0 Newcastle United Newcastle United İNP
21.10.2023 Newcastle United Newcastle United 4-0 HT 3-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace İNP
21.01.2023 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-0 HT 0-0 Newcastle United Newcastle United İNP
09.11.2022 Newcastle United Newcastle United 0-0 HT 0-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace İNLK
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Newcastle United
2-0
AWAY Crystal Palace
2.08 xG 0.72
59% Ball Possession 41%
12 Total Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 1
8 Corners 6
408 Passes 239
83% Pass Accuracy 70%
35 Box Touches 26
31 Crosses 15
1 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Newcastle United got the better of Crystal Palace 2-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Newcastle United as the likeliest winner at 54%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, Newcastle United had 59% of the ball to Crystal Palace's 41%, shots finished 12-11, expected goals 2.08 to 0.72.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Newcastle United had the better of it with 2 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Newcastle United and 0.50 for Crystal Palace.

What was the final score of Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace?

Newcastle United 2-0 Crystal Palace in the England - Premier League on 04/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace?

Before kick-off our model rated a Newcastle United win the most likely single outcome at about 54%, with the full match-result split Newcastle United 54%, draw 23%, Crystal Palace 23%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Newcastle United) — while BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Newcastle United) ✗ BTTS Yes
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