Newcastle Beat Crystal Palace as Osula and Barnes Strike

Newcastle beat Crystal Palace with two goals in 12 second-half minutes

William Osula and Harvey Barnes scored shortly after half-time as Newcastle won at Crystal Palace to climb to seventh. In Sunday's other game, Dango Ouattara equalised for Brentford in a draw at Hull City, who had led through an Oli McBurnie penalty.

Competition: Premier League, matchday eight
Venue: Selhurst Park (Crystal Palace vs Newcastle); MKM Stadium (Hull City vs Brentford)
Results: Crystal Palace 0-2 Newcastle; Hull City 1-1 Brentford
Scorers: Osula and Barnes for Newcastle; McBurnie (pen) for Hull, Ouattara for Brentford
Table impact: Newcastle up to seventh, Brentford sixth, Hull 10th, Palace immediately above the relegation zone

Confirmed line-ups

Crystal Palace

Starting XI: Walter Benitez; Chris Richards, Axel Disasi, Jaydee Canvot; Anan Khalaili, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada, Tyrick Mitchell; Dwight McNeil, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Yeremy Pino

Substitutes: Jefferson Lerma, Eddie Nketiah, Will Hughes, Dario Osorio, Cheick Doucoure, Evann Guessand, Oscar Mingueza, Remi Matthews, Ben Chilwell

Newcastle

Starting XI: Lukas Hornicek; Amar Dedic, Fabian Schar, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall; Jacob Murphy, Nico Gonzalez, Joe Willock, Joelinton; Harvey Barnes, William Osula

Substitutes: Nick Pope, Sven Botman, Aladji Bamba, Yoane Wissa, Malick Thiaw, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure, Anthony Elanga, Jacob Ramsey

Hull City

Starting XI: Konstantinos Tzolakis; Lewie Coyle, Semi Ajayi, John Egan, Lucas Herrington; Ryan Giles, Mohamed Belloumi, Tim Iroegbunam, Regan Slater, Elliot Stroud; Oliver McBurnie

Substitutes: Dillon Phillips, Hidemasa Morita, Sorba Thomas, Joe Gelhardt, Paddy McNair, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Matt Crooks, Robinio Vaz, Mohamed-Ali Cho

Brentford

Starting XI: Caoimhin Kelleher; Michael Kayode, Sepp van den Berg, Kristoffer Ajer, Keane Lewis-Potter; Dango Ouattara, Mamadou Sangare, Mathias Jensen, Aaron Hickey; Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago

Substitutes: Hakon Valdimarsson, Callum Wilson, Jaidon Anthony, Nathan Collins, Mikkel Damsgaard, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Gustavo Nunes, Jannik Schuster, Benjamin Fredrick

Selection notes

The source does not state any injuries, suspensions or debuts for either fixture. What is notable is who starts: Lukas Hornicek keeps goal for Newcastle with Nick Pope among the substitutes, while William Osula leads the line and Harvey Barnes supports him. Palace start Jean-Philippe Mateta through the middle with Yeremy Pino and Dwight McNeil either side.

For Hull, Oli McBurnie is the focal point of Sergej Jakirovic's attack. Brentford hand starts to Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade in a front pairing, with Callum Wilson and Mikkel Damsgaard held in reserve.

The numbers

Newcastle scored twice inside 12 minutes shortly after the restart at Selhurst Park.
Palace have lost five of eight league matches under new manager Pierre Sage.
Palace have conceded at least twice in 12 of their last 14 Premier League games — the exceptions a 0-0 draw with Leeds and a 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest.
Palace failed to secure consecutive Premier League wins over Newcastle for the first time since a run of three between August 1971 and September 1972, having won 2-1 in April in their preceding league clash.
Newcastle have won one of their preceding 11 away league matches against Crystal Palace (D6 L4), prevailing 2-0 in 2020/21 under Steve Bruce.
Palace's 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest had them chasing back-to-back top-flight wins at Selhurst Park for the first time since April 2025; this was their 26th home league game since (W6 D11 L8).
Palace's Chris Richards made his 100th Premier League appearance — the 14th American to reach the milestone and, at 26 years and 211 days, the second-youngest after Jonathan Spector in 2010 (23y 359d).
Hull drew for the fourth time in a six-match winless league run and sit 10th.
Brentford have drawn all four of their Premier League away games this season and had six of the eight attempts on target between the teams.
This was the first-ever top-flight meeting between Hull and Brentford, and their first league meeting since February 2020, a 5-1 Championship win for the Bees at the MKM Stadium.
Hull started the season with consecutive Premier League wins but have since gone winless in six (D3 L3).
Brentford have never won an away Premier League match in Yorkshire in six attempts (D5 L1); their last away top-flight win in the county was in May 1947, a 2-1 victory at Leeds.
Hull are unbeaten at home in the Premier League this season (W1 D3).

How Newcastle turned Selhurst Park quiet

Newcastle arrived on a run of two straight defeats — a 4-1 thrashing at Coventry City followed by a 1-0 home loss to Aston Villa eight days earlier — and played the first half without reward. The breakthrough came from the flanks: Jacob Murphy crossed for William Osula, then Amar Dedic delivered for Harvey Barnes. Two goals, 12 minutes, game gone.

What matters tactically is the platform. Joe Willock, Nico Gonzalez and Joelinton gave Newcastle control in midfield, and with Fabian Schar and Dan Burn defending the box, Palace's front three of Yeremy Pino, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Dwight McNeil never built sustained pressure. Palace booed off at full time is the natural consequence of a side that has conceded at least twice in 12 of their last 14 league games.

At Hull, the game followed a different script. Oli McBurnie converted a penalty after Aaron Hickey fouled Tim Iroegbunam, and Brentford needed Dango Ouattara to level from close range after the break. Brentford's away record — four draws from four — reflects a team that controls territory without killing games. Hull's home unbeaten run survives, but a fourth draw in six winless matches is a pattern, not a blip.

Talking points

Newcastle's win came from full-back deliveries by Murphy and Dedic — is that a system or a coincidence Palace's back three allowed?
Palace have conceded two or more in 12 of 14 games and are one place above the drop. At what point does Pierre Sage's job become a live question?
Brentford have drawn all four away games and sit sixth. Are those draws a strength of an unbeaten road side, or two points dropped every fortnight?
Hull were the first team since Huddersfield and West Brom in 2017/18 to win their opening two and then fail to win any of the next five. Is the early form the anomaly?

What happens next

Newcastle sit seventh on 11 points with the table now the measure of their recovery from two straight defeats. Brentford stay sixth on 11 points with their unbeaten away run intact, and Hull are 10th on 10. Palace, on seven points and immediately above the relegation zone, carry the most immediate pressure into their next league fixture.

Frequently asked questions

Who scored in Crystal Palace vs Newcastle?

William Osula scored from Jacob Murphy's cross and Harvey Barnes finished from Amar Dedic's delivery, both inside 12 minutes shortly after half-time.

What was the Hull City vs Brentford score?

It finished 1-1. Oli McBurnie gave Hull a first-half lead from the penalty spot after Aaron Hickey's foul on Tim Iroegbunam, and Dango Ouattara equalised from close range after the break.