Would the right way to interpret this being that Forest, and Villa have played more home games against the other 14 in the first half of the season compared to Newcastle? Given Newcastle are 2 points behind forest and only 3 ahead of Villa.

I still think it drags for a few more days, I reckon Palace want Guehi to play on Sunday. My complete guess is that this gets done early next week.

Surprised there is no club account