Newcastle United defeated Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Premier League to climb to seventh. Crystal Palace suffered their fifth league defeat of the season and remained one place and one point above the relegation zone.
Goals after the break
William Osula put Newcastle ahead within two minutes of the restart with Newcastle's first effort on goal. Harvey Barnes doubled Newcastle's lead before the hour mark for his second league goal of the season.
VAR rules out another goal
Newcastle had a goal ruled out by VAR after Joe Willock was offside before slotting home.
League numbers for both sides
Crystal Palace have conceded a league-high 19 goals. The win was Newcastle's second away head-to-head win in 12 encounters with Crystal Palace.
Man of the Match
According to Flashscore, Lukas Hornicek was named Newcastle United's Man of the Match.
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