Aston Villa vs Newcastle

30 January 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee John Brooks

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Ollie Watkins 71’
  • Fabian Schär 32’, 36’
  • Álex Moreno 52’ (og)

Match summary

Newcastle took a 3-1 win at Aston Villa. Newcastle led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Fabian Schär put Newcastle ahead from a corner in the 32nd minute, set up by Kieran Trippier and Schär made it 0-2 from a corner in the 36th minute. In the second half, Moreno's own goal made it 0-3 in the 52nd minute and Ollie Watkins pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 71st minute, set up by Leon Bailey.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 3.34 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Aston Villa's 1.44 from 12.

Match stats

Aston Villa Newcastle
12 Shots 14
6 Shots on Target 5
8 Corners 7
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.44 xG 3.32
1.44 Non-penalty xG 3.32
12 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Aston Villa Newcastle
Kick-off
32’
Fabian Schär
Assist: Kieran Trippier0-1 (Newcastle)
36’
Fabian Schär0-2 (Newcastle)
Half-time0-2
52’
Álex Moreno
Own goal0-3 (Newcastle)
Ollie Watkins
Assist: Leon Bailey1-3 (Aston Villa)
71’
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Aston Villa
  • John McGinn
  • Douglas Luiz
  • Boubacar Kamara
  • Nicolo Zaniolo
Newcastle
  • Anthony Gordon

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.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.44 3.34 32’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), 0-1 32’ 36’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), 0-2 36’ 52’ Álex Moreno (Newcastle) own goal, 0-3 52’ 71’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 1-3 71’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.44 3.34 32’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), 0-1 Schär 32’ 36’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), 0-2 Schär 36’ 52’ Álex Moreno (Newcastle) own goal, 0-3 Moreno 52’ 71’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 1-3 Watkins 71’
Aston Villa 1.44 xGNewcastle 3.34 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Aston Villa attacking 
36’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.82 xG, goal 52’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.65 xG, off target 89’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 32’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.40 xG, goal 49’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.36 xG, off target 71’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 20’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 61’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.29 xG, blocked 30’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 78’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 31’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 65’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 47’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 90+2’ Clement Lenglet (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 29’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 59’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 27’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 20’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 30’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+10’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Clement Lenglet (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 52’ Álex Moreno (Aston Villa), own goal 36’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.82 xG, goal 52’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.65 xG, off target 89’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 32’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.40 xG, goal 49’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.36 xG, off target 71’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 20’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 61’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.29 xG, blocked 30’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 78’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.14 xG, blocked 31’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 65’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+2’ Clement Lenglet (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 47’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 29’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 59’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 27’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 20’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 30’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+10’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Clement Lenglet (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 52’ Álex Moreno (Aston Villa), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Emiliano Martinez GK900 0.000.000
Matthew Cash DEF902 0.130.000
Clement Lenglet DEF902 0.100.000
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF900 0.000.011
Álex Moreno DEF900 0.000.000
John McGinn MID902 0.370.000
Douglas Luiz MID900 0.000.382
Boubacar Kamara MID670 0.000.000
Youri Tielemans MID670 0.000.000
Ollie Watkins FWD9014 0.550.291
Moussa Diaby FWD671 0.290.071
Nicolo Zaniolo Sub230 0.000.021
Leon Bailey Sub2311 0.020.635
Jacob Ramsey Sub230 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 51% Avg odds 1.88
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.02
Newcastle win 25% Avg odds 3.89

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

Form going into the game

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Newcastle WLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 5-1 Aston Villa, 12 Aug 23 Next meeting: Newcastle 3-0 Aston Villa, 26 Dec 24  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.