Newcastle United v Palace

St James' Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Puncheon: Available for selection again after suspension

Team news

Palace

Jason Puncheon is available after he served a one match ban for his sending off against Arsenal on the opening day of the season.

Wilfried Zaha will be challenging him for a place in the starting line up. Scott Dann could return after injury but Joe Ledley is likely to be out due to the injury suffered in the warm up before the West Hame match.

Newcastle

Central defender Mike Williamson returns from suspension after being sent off for two yellow cards against Aston Villa last weekend.

However, fellow defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (ankle) and midfielder Cheick Tiote (hamstring) are still missing, as are full-back Davide Santon and striker Papiss Cisse (both knee).

Newcastle United - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
17th	2	0	1	1	1

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Newcastle United - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
2	0	1	1	0	2

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
22/03/2014	League	Newcastle United	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
21/12/2013	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 3	Newcastle United
27/01/2010	League	Newcastle United	2 - 0	Crystal Palace
22/08/2009	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 2	Newcastle United
30/04/2005	League	Newcastle United	0 - 0	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Newcastle United 1-0 Palace

Saturday March 22 2014

Newcastle United: Krul, Yanga-Mbiwa, Dummett, Tiote, Williamson, Coloccini, Sissoko (Marveaux, 88), Anita, Cisse, de Jong (Ben Arfa, 59), Gouffran (Ameobi, 76)

Subs not used: Gosling, Haidara, Elliot, Taylor

Goals: Cisse 90

Palace: Speroni, Mariappa, Ward, Dikgacoi, Dann, Delaney, Puncheon (Guedioura, 80), Jedinak, Jerome (Murray, 76), Ledley, Bolasie (Bannan, 67)

Subs not used: Ince, O'Keefe, Gabbidon, Hennessey

Bookings: Delaney