Crystal Palace have a right to go into Friday's fixture with Newcastle feeling a little aggrieved.
The Eagles rounded-off last weekend's action by losing 1-0 at Burnley in the Monday Night Football, while the Magpies kicked things off by going down 2-0 at home to Chelsea; four days' rest meets six-and-a-half.
But so poor have Steve Bruce's team been this season, scabbing their way to the vast majority of their 11 points, that I'm happy to write-off any extra fatigue as inconsequential when it comes to predicting the outcome.
Newcastle have been dominated by Southampton and Chelsea in successive 2-0 defeats, with their luck having seemingly running out. No team has had fewer shots, or shots on target than the Magpies this term and that is unlikely to helped on Friday should top-scorer Callum Wilson be missing through injury again.
On the whole, Palace must be happy with their start. Though fairly inconsistent performance-wise - impressive wins over Southampton, Manchester United and Leeds but comfortable losses to Chelsea and Wolves - a fifth victory of the campaign would draw them level with sixth-placed Everton.
But I just have a nagging suspicion that should Zaha be missing, Townsend could take penalty duties. He was previously second in command to Luka Milivojevic, last scoring from the spot in January 2019. Jordan Ayew was the man Zaha usurped though, so it's more likely the Ghanaian would take back control.
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