Gameweek 8 report · Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 · Sky Sports
Crystal Palace 0–2 Newcastle
Newcastle won at Crystal Palace 2–0, a clean sheet for the winners. Goals: NEW — Barnes and Osula. Assists: J.Murphy and Dedić.
Crystal Palace came into it 14th with form WLDWL; Newcastle were 11th (DLWLL). The game rated it a 3 for CRY and a 2 for NEW on its five-point difficulty scale.
Horníček made 4 saves.
Bonus points: Osula 3, Dedić 2 and Horníček 1.
What it meant for FPL managers
For Crystal Palace the FPL returns were led by Disasi (3 points, owned by 0.1%) and Richards (3 points, owned by 0.5%). For Newcastle the FPL returns were led by Dedić (11 points, owned by 1.2%) and Osula (9 points, owned by 0.3%).
A clean sheet for Newcastle: 5 defenders and keepers collected the clean-sheet points, Dedić, Horníček, Schär and Burn among them. Osula (0.3%) scored for almost nobody.
FPL points
| Player | Club | Pos | Pts | Mins | Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedić | NEW | DEF | 11 | 90 | 1.2% |
| Osula | NEW | FWD | 9 | 76 | 0.3% |
| Horníček | NEW | GKP | 8 | 90 | 1.3% |
| Barnes | NEW | MID | 8 | 76 | 7.4% |
| Schär | NEW | DEF | 7 | 90 | 0.2% |
| Burn | NEW | DEF | 6 | 90 | 0.7% |
| J.Murphy | NEW | MID | 6 | 90 | 0.1% |
| Hall | NEW | DEF | 5 | 90 | 19.8% |
The differentials of the match: Dedić (11 points, owned by 1.2%), Osula (9 points, owned by 0.3%) and Horníček (8 points, owned by 1.3%).
The table
Crystal Palace move from 14th to 17th; Newcastle move from 11th to 8th. Crystal Palace next face Liverpool (H) on Sun 8 Nov; Newcastle next face Fulham (A) on Sat 7 Nov.