📊 Form Guide

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-2 Champions League triumph vs Paris Saint-Germain.

In that match, Aston Villa had 34% possession and 17 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Aston Villa, the goalscorers were Youri Tielemans (34'), John McGinn (55') and Ezri Konsa (57'). On the other side, Paris Saint-Germain got 14 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Achraf Hakimi (11') and Nuno Mendes (27') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

Aston Villa haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 15 during that time and have conceded a total of 6. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, however.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Aston Villa:

• have not registered a win against Newcastle United in their previous 3 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 15 home league matches. What a fantastic run.

Newcastle United

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Newcastle United go into this clash following a 5-0 Premier League win against Crystal Palace in their last fixture.

In that game, Newcastle United had 60% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Newcastle United, the goals were scored by Jacob Murphy (14'), Harvey Barnes (45'), Fabian Schär (45') and Alexander Isak (58'). On the other side, Crystal Palace had 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Marc Guéhi (38' Own goal) was the scorer for Crystal Palace.

A series of reliable showings from the Newcastle United defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their previous 6 clashes in total. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 17.

Heading into this contest, Newcastle United haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 13/02/2022 shows that Aston Villa have won 1 of these and Newcastle United 5, with the number of draws being 0.

A combined total of 21 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 of them for The Villans and 16 created by The Magpies. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The last league fixture between the two was Premier League match day 18 on 26/12/2024 when it finished Newcastle United 3-0 Aston Villa.

That day, Newcastle United had 63% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Goals were scored by Anthony Gordon (2'), Alexander Isak (59') and Joelinton (91').

At the other end, Aston Villa had 4 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Anthony Taylor.

📰 Team News: Aston Villa

We think that The Villans should use a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, utilising Emiliano Martinez, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Axel Disasi, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, Marco Asensio, John McGinn, Marcus Rashford and Ollie Watkins.

🗞️ Team News: Newcastle United

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Sven Botman (Broken kneecap), Jamaal Lascelles (Fitness) and Lewis Hall (Ankle surgery) won’t be making appearances.

We reckon that The Magpies seem most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schaer, Daniel Burn, Valentino Livramento, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak and Harvey Barnes.

🧠 Prediction

It looks to us that Aston Villa are likely to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

Conversely, Newcastle United will be up against it to score although we do reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage, too.

Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 3-1 margin for Aston Villa at full-time.

Peter Guest, 16:04 19/04/2025