Newcastle United vs Ipswich Town: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

Isak’s effort on the stroke of half-time lifted him on to 22 Premier league goals in 2024-25 – more than Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and fewer only than Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.

It is the highest top-flight tally by a Newcastle player since Alan Shearer netted 22 in the 2003-04 campaign.

The Swedish international – like the rest of his team-mates – had struggled to threaten Palmer’s goal up to that point, heading a Harvey Barnes cross well off target before volleying a Jacob Murphy cross over the bar.

But his penalty in first-half stoppage time – awarded after Julio Enciso was ruled to have tugged down Murphy – settled Newcastle’s nerves and all but ended Ipswich’s hopes of pulling off an upset.

Trippier’s exquisite cross left Burn with the simple task of nodding in his first Premier League goal of the season, before Osula headed in his first top-flight goal from another Trippier delivery to complete the scoring.

The icing on the cake for Newcastle was the late introduction of defender Sven Botman, who made only his fourth Premier League appearance of the season – and first since January – after recovering from a long-standing knee issue.

The Magpies now have a two-point cushion over sixth place but face a tough end to the campaign, with games against Brighton, Chelsea, Arsenal and Everton coming up in May.