Miguel Almiron scored on his 27th Premier League appearance for Newcastle
Miguel Almiron scored his first goal for Newcastle to give the Magpies a late victory against Crystal Palace and send them into the top half of the Premier League.
A drab contest looked set to end in a stalemate before Andy Carroll headed a cross down for an unmarked Almiron to volley home.
That saw the Paraguayan midfielder break his Newcastle goal drought on his 27th Premier League appearance since joining the Magpies from Atlanta United for a then-club record £20m in January.
The Magpies then comfortably held on for their third victory in four games, sending them above Palace into ninth place.
Palace had most of the possession and their injury-hit defence looked to have dealt with the aerial threat of former England striker Carroll before he played a crucial role in the winner.
Roy Hodgson's visitors also had the better chances, with Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke denied by home goalkeeper Martin Dubravka in each half.
But the visitors were left to rue those misses as their four-match unbeaten run came to an end, seeing them slip one place to 12th.
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Newcastle 1-0 Crystal Palace - as it happened
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Line-ups
Newcastle
1Dubravka
5SchärBooked at 87mins
18Fernández
20Lejeune
19Manquillo
14HaydenSubstituted forS Longstaffat 64'minutes
8Shelvey
24AlmirónBooked at 83mins
3DummettSubstituted forYedlinat 90+3'minutes
7Carroll
9JoelintonSubstituted forGayleat 77'minutes
Substitutes
12Gayle
17Krafth
22Yedlin
26Darlow
30Atsu
36S Longstaff
43M Longstaff
Crystal Palace
31Guaita
34Kelly
5Tomkins
8Kouyaté
3van Aanholt
22McCarthy
4Milivojevic
18McArthurSubstituted forMeyerat 86'minutes
9J Ayew
17Benteke
11Zaha
Substitutes
7Meyer
13Hennessey
21Wickham
35Woods
40Pierrick
41Daly
44Riedewald
Referee:
Simon Hooper
Attendance:
45,453
Match Stats
Home TeamNewcastleAway TeamCrystal Palace
Possession
Home42%
Away58%
Shots
Home8
Away16
Shots on Target
Home3
Away4
Corners
Home4
Away5
Fouls
Home12
Away11
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Match ends, Newcastle United 1, Crystal Palace 0.
Full TimePosted at 90'+5'
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 1, Crystal Palace 0.
SubstitutionPosted at 90'+3'
Substitution, Newcastle United. DeAndre Yedlin replaces Paul Dummett.
Posted at 90'+3'
Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace).
Posted at 90'+3'
Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Posted at 90'+1'
Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
Posted at 90'+1'
Javier Manquillo (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 88'
Foul by Max Meyer (Crystal Palace).
Posted at 88'
Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 87'
Attempt missed. Max Meyer (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luka Milivojevic with a cross following a set piece situation.
BookingPosted at 87'
Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Posted at 87'
Max Meyer (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Posted at 87'
Foul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
SubstitutionPosted at 86'
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Max Meyer replaces James McArthur.
BookingPosted at 83'
Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal!Posted at 83'
Goal! Newcastle United 1, Crystal Palace 0. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Posted at 81'
Attempt blocked. Andy Carroll (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross.
Posted at 80'
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Martin Kelly.
Posted at 79'
Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 79'
Foul by Florian Lejeune (Newcastle United).
Posted at 79'
Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
Posted at 79'
Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
SubstitutionPosted at 77'
Substitution, Newcastle United. Dwight Gayle replaces Joelinton.
Posted at 77'
Attempt missed. James McCarthy (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jordan Ayew.
Posted at 76'
Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 76'
Foul by Javier Manquillo (Newcastle United).
Posted at 74'
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Fabian Schär.
Posted at 74'
Attempt saved. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Ayew with a through ball.
Posted at 73'
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 73'
Foul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
Posted at 72'
Attempt blocked. Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Posted at 71'
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Paul Dummett.
Posted at 66'
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by James Tomkins.
Posted at 65'
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Andy Carroll.
SubstitutionPosted at 64'
Substitution, Newcastle United. Sean Longstaff replaces Isaac Hayden.
Posted at 63'
Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 63'
Foul by Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United).
Posted at 62'
Attempt saved. James McArthur (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
Posted at 57'
Attempt missed. James McArthur (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
Posted at 55'
James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Source: bbc.com