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place
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referee
- Jarred Gillett
Johan Manzambi 36′
Johan Manzambi nodded Aston Villa towards a first half lead a Newcastle this evening and Emi Buendia almost made it 2-0 shortly after with the home team down to six and seven in defence.
Newcastle, who capitulated in a 4-1 hammering at Coventry on Monday night, were competitive in midfield but lacked any real spark.
His biggest problem was at the back, though.
Nicolas Jackson had already gone close before Manzambi opened the scoring, the Switzerland international getting away from Lewis Miley and heading Joao Gomes’ cross inside Lukas Hornicek’s near post nine minutes before the break.
The Czech international could have done better and was struggling around three minutes later when another good move from Villa resulted in Buendia crashing a shot onto the post before Hornicek could sneak over.
Newcastle offered little response, and the home fans were beginning to show their frustration. At least they could take solace in the fact they still had 11 men on the pitch after Sven Botman survived a VAR review in the 19th minute for a red card.
Botman dived over the ball on Jackson, but his initial yellow card was allowed to stand.
Newcastle have confirmed the starting team against Aston Villa
Newcastle have not changed from this defeat against 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
Full Aston Villa line-up against Newcastle
Villa make four changes, bringing on 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 streaming online
Kick-off on Saturday is at 17:30 BST (12:30 ET / 09:30 PT), with live UK coverage on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
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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 last meeting. They haven’t lost back-to-back games against Villa since they lost both games in 2004-05, the second of which saw Steven Taylor, Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer sent off.
- Aston Villa won 2-0 in their last Premier League game against Newcastle. They have not won back-to-back 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, the longest run without a clean sheet coming from December 1998 to August 1999 with Ruud Gullit (13 games).
- Newcastle United have conceded 13 Premier League goals this season, the third-most after six games behind 1999-00 (18) and 2021-22 (14), and finished 11th in both seasons. Only Chelsea (36) have faced more shots on goal 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 conceded the most joint goals (44, same as 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 finally 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 the 2023-24 season, which began with Newcastle beating Aston Villa 5-1 in MD1, St James’ Park has seen more goals than any other venue in the Premier League (208) and has seen the most games played without finishing goalless (60).
- Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has won 99 of his 196 Premier League games (44 D44 and 53). Victory in this game would make him the joint ninth fastest manager to 100 wins 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-highest against a rival, along with West Ham. He only has more goals in the Premier League against Leeds (7).
- Aston Villa’s Nicolas Jackson has scored in his last two Premier League games, scoring three goals in a row just once in the competition (May 2024 for Chelsea).
