Aston Villa vs Newcastle

19 April 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Jarred Gillett

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Ollie Watkins 1’
Ian Maatsen 64’
Dan Burn 73’ (og)
Amadou Onana 75’

Fabian Schär 18’

Match summary

Aston Villa won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Newcastle. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead in the first minute, set up by Youri Tielemans and Fabian Schär equalised with a header in the 18th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes. In the second half, Ian Maatsen put Aston Villa back in front in the 64th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins, Burn's own goal made it 3-1 in the 73rd minute, and Amadou Onana made it 4-1 in the 75th minute, set up by Morgan Rogers.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 3.12 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Newcastle's 1.27 from 10.

Match stats

23 Shots 10

9 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

3.05 xG 1.27

3.05 Non-penalty xG 1.27

10 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Aston Villa Newcastle

Kick-off

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Youri Tielemans

1-0

1’

18’

Fabian Schär
Assist: Harvey Barnes

1-1

Half-time1-1

Ian Maatsen
Assist: Ollie Watkins

2-1

64’

Dan Burn
Own goal

3-1

73’

Amadou Onana
Assist: Morgan Rogers

4-1

75’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa

Jacob Ramsey

Newcastle

Fabian Schär
Joelinton
Bruno Guimarães

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Aston Villa 3.12 xGNewcastle 1.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Newcastle attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ian Maatsen	DEF	90	1		3	0.38	0.41	1
Youri Tielemans	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.71	3
Boubacar Kamara	MID	85			1	0.02	0.34	2
Morgan Rogers	MID	85		1	4	0.76	0.16	2
Marco Asensio	MID	75			2	0.43	0.61	5
John McGinn	MID	75			2	0.40	0.08	1
Ollie Watkins	FWD	86	1	1	5	0.75	0.38	2
Amadou Onana	Sub	15	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	15			1	0.10	0.00	0
Donyell Malen	Sub	5			1	0.07	0.00	0
Ross Barkley	Sub	5			1	0.05	0.07	1
Marcus Rashford	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.05	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Nick Pope	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Trippier	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.02	1
Dan Burn	DEF	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Fabian Schär	DEF	85	1		1	0.38	0.00	0
Valentino Livramento	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.07	1
Joelinton	MID	90			1	0.05	0.55	1
Bruno Guimarães	MID	90			1	0.07	0.06	1
Sandro Tonali	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Jacob Murphy	FWD	68			0	0.00	0.02	1
Alexander Isak	FWD	79			1	0.06	0.01	1
Harvey Barnes	FWD	79		1	1	0.06	0.38	1
Anthony Gordon	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emil Krafth	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Willock	Sub	11			1	0.55	0.00	0
Callum Wilson	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Targett	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 38% Avg odds 2.54

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.60

Newcastle win 36% Avg odds 2.69

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa L W W W W

Newcastle W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Newcastle 3-0 Aston Villa, 26 Dec 24 Next meeting: Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle, 16 Aug 25 All Aston Villa vs Newcastle meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.