Newcastle hold dominant Palace to goalless stalemate

* James McArthur missed an early header for Palace

* Milivojevic had a low shot palmed away by Dubravka

* The Serbia midfielder also hit the post with a free kick

* Perez produced an acrobatic overhead attempt for Newcastle

* Sakho missed Palace's best chance with a close-range header

* Newcastle next at home to Leicester, Palace visit Bournemouth

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LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - CRYSTAL PALACE 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0

Newcastle United earned only their second Premier League point of the season after scraping a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace after the home side missed several chances and hit the woodwork in a scrappy affair on Saturday.

The result left Palace 11th on seven points from six games while the Magpies stayed 18th, ahead of bottom two Cardiff City and Huddersfield Town on goal difference after yet another lacklustre performance.

The home side dominated the opening half and twice came close through captain Luka Milivojevic, who tested Newcastle keeper Martin Dubravka with a curling low shot before his floated free kick came off the post.

Newcastle striker Ayoze Perez directed an acrobatic overhead kick straight an Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey in the second half before Mamadou Sakho missed a sitter at the other end, heading wide from two metres after an Andros Townsend cross.

(Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)