impressive too, leading Palace to victory.
Published on May 10, 2024
Mateta nodded straight at Martin Dubravka, while Will Hughes curled just over with Newcastle forced to cling on for long periods of the second half.
Palace survived a scare of their own when Hughes’ tug on Sean Longstaff in the Eagles’ box went unpunished, before Mateta made the points safe with two minutes left when he drilled through the legs of Dubravka to secure Palace’s safety.Mateta’s goalscoring record since arriving at Palace from Mainz has not always been impressive, but he is certainly in the groove at the moment in front of goal.
The forward has now scored eight Premier League goals under Glasner, who only arrived in February. That is more than he managed under both Roy Hodgson (five in 35 matches) and Patrick Vieira (six in 44).
This is by far Mateta’s best scoring run in an Eagles shirt, and his all-round performance was impressive too, leading Palace to victory.
Newcastle never got going
Having thumped top-four chasing Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 last time out, Newcastle looked a shadow of that side in South London, failing to test Dean Henderson between the Palace sticks until the 87th minute.
Newcastle star man Alexander Isak was barely involved, recording only one shot and accumulating just 0.06 xG (expected goals) as Palace successfully kept the Sweden international quiet.
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