EPL: Crystal Palace Edge Newcastle 2-1 in Dramatic Late Win

Mateta's penalty secures Palace win over Newcastle

Crystal Palace snatched a dramatic 2-1 win over Newcastle United, with Jean-Philippe Mateta scoring a late penalty to seal the victory, dealing a blow to Newcastle's European hopes.

Crystal Palace beat Newcastle 2-1, with a late penalty from Jean-Philippe Mateta securing the win, hurting Newcastle's European qualification hopes...

Newcastle's European hopes took a hit as they lost 2-1 to Crystal Palace.

The Magpies, who've struggled away from home, missed the chance to win back-to-back PL away games for the first time since April 2025.

Palace, fresh from beating Fiorentina in the Conference League, ended a six-game winless streak in the league.

A much-changed line-up hinted at Oliver Glasner's priorities, yet the hosts looked entirely comfortable during a low-key first half-hour in which neither side created anything of note.

Eventually, the game sparked into life when Aaron Ramsdale pushed away Yeremy Pino's curling effort before throwing out an arm to deny Daniel Munoz’s rifled follow-up.

The game’s first shots on target were followed by a period of Palace pressure, with Jaydee Canvot heading a corner over from inside the six-yard box.

Hall prevented Munoz from making clean contact at the end of a darting run into the box. But just as the Eagles had gathered some momentum, they were dealt a blow two minutes from half-time.

Maxence Lacroix attempted to intercept Lewis Miley’s low cross, instead taking the pace off and allowing William Osula to turn home an improvised finish.

A set-piece delivery from Pino almost unlocked the Newcastle defence, but Jefferson Lerma headed square onto the crossbar from point-blank range, extending the hosts’ frustrations.

However, with 80 minutes played, substitute Jean-Philippe Mateta levelled the game with a header into the ground after Tyrick Mitchell had shown the presence of mind to square the ball while under pressure from Ramsdale.

A brace from Jean-Philippe Mateta secures all three points for @CPFC 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/qehWVL0UlU

— Premier League (@premierleague) April 12, 2026

There was still time for late drama when Lerma went down under contact from Sven Botman, allowing Mateta to dispatch from the spot in stoppage time to seal a dramatic turnaround victory for the Eagles.

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.

Just a second loss in 11 H2Hs (W5, D4) leaves Newcastle 14th in the league table, slipping behind their victorious opponents to boot.