Premier League: Newcastle United beats Aston Villa 3-1
BIRMINGHAM. Newcastle United tops Aston Villa 3-1.
BIRMINGHAM. Newcastle United overcomes Aston Villa 3-1. Newcastle United was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Fabian Schär (32′), Fabian Schär (36′) and Álex Moreno (52′). Aston Villa reduced the distance with a goal (71′) by Ollie Watkins, but there was not much to do for them. Aston Villa was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Tuesday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was John Brooks who had the assistance of Lee Betts and Akil Howson. The 4th official was Michael Salisbury. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 0.6 degrees Celsius or 33.12 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 90%.
Match Statistics
Aston Villa was in firm control of the ball 61% while Newcastle United was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Aston Villa was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Newcastle United found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Aston Villa shot 13 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Newcastle United shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards (John McGinn, Nicolò Zaniolo, Douglas Luiz and Boubacar Kamara). Regarding the opposition, Newcastle United received 1 yellow card (Anthony Gordon).
After this match, Aston Villa will stay with 43 points like Manchester City and Arsenal to stay in the 4th place. On the other side, Newcastle United will have 29 points like Wolverhampton Wanderers to stay in the 10th place.
Match Events
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32'32'
Fabian Schär
Kieran Trippier
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36'36'
Fabian Schär
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39'39'
Boubacar Kamara
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43'43'
Miguel Almirón
Alexander Isak
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52'52'
Álex Moreno (OG)
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62'62'
Leon Bailey
Moussa Diaby
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63'63'
Jacob Ramsey
Boubacar Kamara
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63'63'
Nicolò Zaniolo
Youri Tielemans
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71'71'
Ollie Watkins
Leon Bailey
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72'72'
Douglas Luiz
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73'73'
Ollie Watkins (Goal Disallowed)
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75'75'
Valentino Livramento
Lewis Miley
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77'77'
John McGinn
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90'90'
Anthony Gordon
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90'90'
Nicolò Zaniolo
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90'90'
Emil Krafth
Anthony Gordon
Next match
In the upcoming Premier League match, Aston Villa will play away against Sheffield United on the 3rd of February with a 4-4 head to head stats.
Newcastle United will host Luton Town on the 3rd of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Newcastle United (0 draws).
Aston Villa: Formation and Lineups
Aston Villa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien chose to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez , Matty Cash , Ezri Konsa , Clément Lenglet , Álex Moreno , John McGinn , Boubacar Kamara , Douglas Luiz , Youri Tielemans , Moussa Diaby and Ollie Watkins .
Substitutes
Aston Villa made 3 changes: Moussa Diaby for Leon Bailey (62′), Boubacar Kamara for Jacob Ramsey (63′) and Youri Tielemans for Nicolò Zaniolo (63′).
Top player: Leon Bailey
Probably the most impressive player in Aston Villa was Leon Bailey.
His rating is with 11 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 62′.
Newcastle United: Formation and Lineups
Newcastle United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Talking about the opposition, Eddie Howe played with: Martin Dúbravka , Kieran Trippier , Fabian Schär , Sven Botman , Dan Burn , Sean Longstaff , Bruno Guimarães , Lewis Miley , Jacob Murphy , Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon .
Newcastle United could not rely on the presence of Miguel Almirón (injured).
Substitutes
Newcastle United made 3 changes: Alexander Isak for Miguel Almirón (43′), Lewis Miley for Valentino Livramento (75′) and Anthony Gordon for Emil Krafth (90′).
Top player: Fabian Schär
The player who no doubt impressed Newcastle United the most was Fabian Schär.
His rating is with 2 goals, 40 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Pempus
born and raised in India's Goa region. Football was a natural affection from infancy, even though most of the population considered cricket to be a religion. has an IT diploma, but when it came time to choose a job, her love of football easily won out. has worked with LOOTRS since February 2022 and has been connected to football teams like Sporting Club de Goa and FC Goa before focusing more on Indian football and other sports.
