Newcastle United climb to ninth in the table, as captain Bruno Guimaraes inspires the hosts to victory with a hard-fought win over Crystal Palace at St James' Park.

Joelinton’s performance was encouraging, with the Brazilian scoring a sublime opener — his first league goal in precisely a year — and marauding around midfield. When the 29-year-old is at his best, he is Newcastle’s heartbeat; an inspirational figure through actions, not words.

Chris Richards, Daichi Kamada, Daniel Munoz and Eddie Nketiah remain out, Ismaila Sarr is away on AFCON duty and Will Hughes is struggling with an injury. New club record signing Brennan Johnson is set to make his Palace debut and it will be intriguing to see how he slots into this team.

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The comfort in that lead did not last long. Josh Laurent’s 23rd-minute volley brought Burnley back into it, extending Newcastle’s run without a Premier League clean sheet to a 12th consecutive game. And the home side almost equalised shortly before the break when Marcus Edwards’ low shot was cleared off the line by Fabian Schar.