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Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace sits just below Newcastle in 13th, with 5 points in 5 matches. Their NPxGD places them in 17th, but I would argue this is skewed based on the schedule. Having to play City, Liverpool, and Arsenal in 3 of your first five matches is a difficult start. I think 1 point/match is a good job considering.
Patrick Vieira is just doing an excellent job with this team. They have a lot of talented attackers, none of whom are massive names. Wilfred Zaha is the only “star” at the club. Conor Gallagher moved on, and look how he is doing outside this system. More and more, I find myself trusting this manager to pull the strings.
I like playing Palace as a dog, but a big part of why I play this is because of injury issues for Newcastle. It's unlikely they have their entire squad available, and they gave it everything they had at Anfield. Palace had a quieter 1-1 draw against Brentford in the midweek. I think this is an excellent spot to back the visitors.