Premier League,
Round 7
Newcastle
NEW
Aston Villa
AST
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Venue
- St James' Park
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Referee
- Jarred Gillett
Johan Manzambi nodded Aston Villa into a first-half lead at Newcastle this evening and Emi Buendia almost made it 2-0 shortly afterwards with the hosts at sixes and sevens defensively.
Newcastle, who capitulated in a 4-1 hammering at Coventry on Monday night, were competitive in the middle of the field but lacked any real spark going forward.
Their biggest issue was at the back, however.
Nicolas Jackson had already come close before Manzambi opened the scoring, the Switzerland international pulling away from Lewis Miley and heading Joao Gomes’ cross inside Lukas Hornicek’s near post nine minutes before half-time.
The Czechia international could arguably have done better and he was scrambling around three minutes later when another nice move from Villa resulted in Buendia crashing a shot off the post before Hornicek could smuggle it clear.
Newcastle offered little in response, and the home fans were starting to show their frustration. At least they could console themselves with the fact they still had 11 men on the pitch after Sven Botman survived a 19th-minute VAR check for a red card.
Botman lunged in over the ball at Jackson but his initial yellow card was allowed to stand.
Newcastle confirmed starting team vs Aston Villa
Newcastle are unchanged from that defeat to Coventry.
Valentino Livramento and Anthony Elanga (knocks) are injured, as are Jacob Ramsey (thigh) and Ewen Jaouen (hamstring).
Newcastle United: Lucas Hornicek, Lewis Hall, Sven Botman, Diego Gonzalez, Joelinton, Yoane Wissa, Harvey Barnes, Malick Thiaw, Matias Fernandez-Pardo, Joe Willock, Lewis Miley
Substitutes: Nick Pope, Fabian Schar, Aladji Bamba, William Osula, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure, Jacob Murphy, Dan Burn, Amar Dedic
Aston Villa full line up vs Newcastle
Villa make four changes, bringing in Tyrone Mings, Buendia, Joao Gomes and Alysson for John McGinn, Ross Barkley, Ibrahim Mbaye and Pau Torres.
Aston Villa: Zion Suzuki, Matty Cash, Victor Lindelof, Tyrone Mings, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Rodrigo Gomes, Boubacar Kamara, Alysson, Johan Manzambi, Emiliano Buendia, Nicolas Jackson
Substitutes: Marco Bizot, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ross Barkley, John McGinn, Pau Torres, Ibrahim Mbaye, Lamare Bogarde, Leon Goretzka, Brian Madjo
Where to watch Newcastle vs Villa: TV channel, live online stream
Kick-off on Saturday is at 17:30 BST (12:30 ET / 09:30 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Here’s the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Premier League stats
- Newcastle have gone three consecutive Premier League games without a win against Aston Villa (D1 L2), losing 2-0 in their most recent meeting. They haven’t lost consecutive games against Villa since losing both matches in 2004-05, the second of which saw Steven Taylor, Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer all sent off.
- Aston Villa won 2-0 in their last away Premier League game against Newcastle. They haven’t won consecutive league visits to St James’ Park since a run of three between 1955-56 and 1957-58.
- Newcastle have gone 12 consecutive Premier League games without a clean sheet at St James’ Park, last having a longer run without a shutout between December 1998 and August 1999 under Ruud Gullit (13 games).
- Newcastle United have conceded 13 Premier League goals this season, their third-most after six matches after 1999-00 (18) and 2021-22 (14), going on to finish 11th in both seasons. Only Chelsea (36) have faced more shots on target this season than the Magpies (34).
- In 2026, only Tottenham Hotspur (13) have lost more Premier League games than Newcastle (12), while the Magpies have shipped the joint-most goals (44, level with Chelsea).
- Aston Villa have conceded 11 goals in six Premier League games this season, their most at this stage of a top-flight season since 1986-87 (16), when they eventually finished bottom. They’ve faced 15.8 shots per game in 2026-27, their most since 2019-20 (16 per game).
- Since the start of 2023-24 – which began with Newcastle beating Aston Villa 5-1 on MD1 – St James’ Park has seen more goals than any other Premier League venue (208) and has seen the most games played without any ending goalless (60).
- Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has won 99 of his 196 Premier League games (D44 L53). Victory in this game would make him the joint-ninth fastest manager to 100 victories in the competition.
- Newcastle’s Harvey Barnes has been involved in 10 goals in 13 Premier League games against Aston Villa (6 goals, 4 assists), his joint-most against an opponent, along with West Ham. He only has more Premier League goals against Leeds (7).
- Aston Villa’s Nicolas Jackson has scored in his last two Premier League games, only netting in three in a row once in the competition (May 2024 for Chelsea).
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