There's seemingly a notable difference in quality between these sides based on the league table so far, with Newcastle United ahead of Aston Villa by 9 points.
- Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League
- Aston Villa have yet to win a game away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Newcastle United form and stats
Newcastle United have performed here at St. James' Park this season with 3 wins from 6 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. Two home wins in a row for Newcastle United bring valid hopes of a third.
A good away victory last time out for Newcastle, who won 2-1 against Tottenham Hotspur (placed 3rd). Trippier, defender, was given a rating of 8.7/10 in that game, top of the team. Trippier hit one key pass and won 10 of 12 duels.
Before that, Newcastle United had a home game versus Everton which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Newcastle United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.
From these home matches, Newcastle have conceded only 5 goals.
Aston Villa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Aston Villa so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Watkins, Bailey and Ings (2) secured the home win 4-0 against Brentford in their previous game. Those three points felt nice as this team had gone four league rounds without winning. As mentioned above, Aston Villa was the only team on the pitch versus Brentford in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Ings, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.31. Ings scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Aston Villa manager Gerrard faced defeat when travelling to Fulham and losing 0-3.Aston Villa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Villa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 6 away games. Aston Villa's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newcastle United two wins, five draws and Aston Villa three victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), ten games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Almirón Rejala 6 goals |  C. Wilson 4 goals |   D. Ings 3 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Newcastle United | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 7.4 | 9 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 18.2 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 11.7 | 11.8 |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 30% | 30% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 13% | 22% |
| 12.4 | 10.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 12.7 | 11.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
- Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aston Villa have yet to win a game away.
- Newcastle United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Newcastle United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Newcastle United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aston Villa have scored away.
- Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League
- Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Newcastle United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Newcastle United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 26 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Fulham | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Brentford | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Everton | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Southampton | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Leicester City | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 11 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Leeds United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 9 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | -15 | 9 |
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