An interesting backdrop to the Premier League run in for Newcastle United.

The irony of it.

A season where Newcastle United have relentlessly had to face the challenge of playing pretty much every midweek (unless an international ‘break’…) as well as weekends, due to the demands of playing across so many competitions.

Now Eddie Howe and his players to experience the flipside of this.

On Sunday, Newcastle United are away at Crystal Palace, hoping to kickstart a final seven match run of positive results.

Eddie Howe with a free week and a half or so to prepare with all of his players after the internationals were concluded.

However, for Oliver Glasner and his Palace team, they have a major distraction.

Sunday’s match at Selhurst Park will kick off only around 64 hours after Crystal Palace have played the first leg of their European quarter-final against Fiorentina. Having gone through so many matches in Europe this season, plus so much travelling, it is inconceivable to think that Palace won’t be throwing absolutely everything at this quarter-final.

Glasner’s team are in no man’s land in the Premier League, they won’t be bothering the upper end of things and at the same...