Crystal Palace grab late win to leave Newcastle's hope of qualifying for Europe in tatters

[p]Palace fans will have been in high spirits after Thursday night’s UEFA Conference League quarter-final first-leg success over Fiorentina, yet the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Eagles[/a] kicked off with just one win in nine league games directly following European fixtures (D2, L6).[/p][p]A much-changed line-up hinted at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/glasner-oliver/CznGurCt/"]Oliver Glasner[/a]’s priorities, yet the hosts looked entirely comfortable during a low-key first half-hour in which neither side created anything of note – highlighting why Palace have seen a PL-low four goals scored during that period of home league games.[/p][p]Eventually, the game sparked into life when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ramsdale-aaron/dnohA1sG/"]Aaron Ramsdale[/a] pushed away [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santos-yeremi/8fnHDvMe/"]Yeremy Pino[/a]'s curling effort before throwing out an arm to deny [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/munoz-daniel/4vZVW6Ur/"]Daniel Munoz[/a]’s rifled follow-up.[/p][p]The game’s first shots on target were followed by a period of Palace pressure, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/canvot-jaydee/fPUrL2AL/"]Jaydee Canvot[/a] heading a corner over from inside the six-yard box, shortly before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hall-lewis/rJOyDa3N/"]Lewis Hall[/a] prevented Munoz from making clean contact at the end of a darting run into the box.[/p][p][b]But just as the Eagles had gathered some momentum, they were dealt a blow two minutes from half-time, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lacroix-maxence/j5bGWFU7/"]Maxence Lacroix[/a] attempted to intercept [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/miley-lewis/nR5TcNGS/"]Lewis Miley[/a]’s low cross, instead taking the pace off and allowing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osula-will/jT765A5D/"]William Osula[/a] to turn home an improvised finish.[/b][/p][embed guid="bee0ed18-16cc-4d20-a509-0d791edafceb" url="https://x.com/NUFC/status/2043325393000714426" social-type="twitter" /][p]The tempo remained downbeat after the restart as Palace struggled to get going, relying on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henderson-dean/OpFOJojt/"]Dean Henderson[/a] to thwart Osula after the striker had worked a shooting angle.[/p][p]Pino bent a close-range shot wayward before Glasner turned to his bench, making a triple alteration in hopes of injecting an attacking spark.[/p][p]A set-piece delivery from Pino almost unlocked the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] defence, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lerma-jefferson/Es8aeBs4/"]Jefferson Lerma[/a] headed square onto the crossbar from point-blank range, extending the hosts’ frustrations. [/p][p][b]However, with 80 minutes played, substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mateta-jean-philippe/nsFUj6GN/"]Jean-Philippe Mateta[/a] levelled the game with a header into the ground after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mitchell-tyrick/tbyIjQ0h/"]Tyrick Mitchell[/a] had shown the presence of mind to square the ball while under pressure from Ramsdale.[/b][/p][p][b]There was still time for late drama when Lerma went down under contact from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/botman-sven/nRvavHmI/"]Sven Botman[/a], allowing Mateta to dispatch from the spot in stoppage time to seal a dramatic turnaround victory for the Eagles.[/b][/p][embed guid="a2876b97-e06b-409d-ab5b-ff47b59e8c3d" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2043347950055604730" social-type="twitter" /][p]That goal helped Palace to just their fourth PL home win of the season (D7, L5), a number that will need to increase if they are to improve on what looks certain to be a lower midtable finish this campaign.[/p][p]Just a second loss in 11 H2Hs (W5, D4) leaves Newcastle 14th in the league table, slipping behind their victorious opponents to boot.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mateta-jean-philippe/nsFUj6GN/"]Jean-Philippe Mateta[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Crystal Palace[/a])[/b][/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/summary/stats/?mid=WYNDZibL"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/h2][image alt="Momentum" id="e9d67d1b-90f6-4783-b68d-192843246537" credit-line="Opta by Stats Perform" guid="c08fadc0-a064-4951-8920-dbf2781d3884" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /]