Official Site of Crystal Palace · Feb 2, 2021
Team news: Two Palace changes to take on Newcastle
Roy Hodgson has made two changes to the side which lined-up in Crystal Palace's victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers, tweaking both his defence and midfield to face Newcastle United.
First Team
The Palace manager has fielded Gary Cahill in place of Cheikhou Kouyate at centre-back and Jaïro Riedewald replaces James McCarthy in central midfield.
Hodgson has elected to keep Eberechi Eze, Wilfried Zaha, Jordan Ayew and Michy Batshuayi as his attacking frontline, with no other changes to the starting XI.
On the bench, new signing Jean-Philippe Mateta remains part of the matchday squad.