Crystal Palace vs Newcastle preview: Yohan Cabaye faces former club for the

Crystal Palace have been dealt a blow after Bakary Sako was ruled out of the clash with Newcastle, with Dwight Gayle also unavailable.

Alan Pardew faces Newcastle United tomorrow with his former club in crisis.

If 2015 has not been kind to Newcastle, it has been for Pardew. He won 37 per cent of league games as boss of the Magpies. Palace’s top scorer in the League remains midfielder Yohan Cabaye with four goals this season.

Mark Lawrenson predicted a win for Newcastle against Leicester, as he thought that the victory at Bournemouth could prove a “turning point” for United and Steve McClaren. His side were booed off the pitch after Saturday’s game and reports have claimed there has been heated confrontations on the training pitch this week.

After this season’s unpredictable start to the campaign, Crystal Palace are struggling to live up to their pre-season hype of being capable of challenging for European football next year. They now sit comfortably in tenth with six wins so far this term.

Cabaye has still managed to attempt more shots on target, with 11 to Sissoko’s three, while the defensive part of his game has come to the fore. Fantastic free kicks, stunning passes and a huge desire to play for the fans. This team has plenty of quality and with a great manager in Alan Pardew, they have the talent to really make an impact in the league. After failing to hold down a place in PSG’s side, he returned to the Premier League and joined up with his old boss.

Patience is quickly running out on Tyneside and defeat in the capital this weekend potentially could spell the end for Steve McClaren.

“Palace will be expecting to win but then they expected to beat Sunderland on Monday night too, and they did not create many opportunities in that game”.

Crystal Palace have started dreaming about Europe, but must return to winning ways against Newcastle to bring that ambition closer.