Match summary
Newcastle beat Aston Villa 1-0. Newcastle led 1-0 at half-time.
Kieran Trippier put Newcastle ahead with a direct free kick in the 35th minute.
There was little between the sides on chances: Newcastle created 0.53 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Aston Villa 0.46 from 11.
Before kick-off
Newcastle win
35%
Avg odds 2.78
Draw
28%
Avg odds 3.39
Aston Villa win
37%
Avg odds 2.60
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
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.