Newcastle vs Aston Villa

26 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Anthony Gordon 2’
  • Alexander Isak 59’
  • Joelinton 90+1’

Match summary

Newcastle won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Aston Villa. Newcastle led 1-0 at half-time.

Anthony Gordon put Newcastle ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Joelinton, Alexander Isak made it 2-0 in the 59th minute, set up by Jacob Murphy, and Joelinton made it 3-0 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 2.89 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Aston Villa's 0.23 from 4. Aston Villa had a player sent off.

Match stats

Newcastle Aston Villa
22 Shots 4
8 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
2.83 xG 0.23
2.83 Non-penalty xG 0.23
20 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Newcastle Aston Villa
Kick-off
Anthony Gordon
Assist: Joelinton1-0 (Newcastle)
2’
Half-time1-0
Alexander Isak
Assist: Jacob Murphy2-0 (Newcastle)
59’
Joelinton3-0 (Newcastle)
90+1’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Kieran Trippier
  • Joelinton
Aston Villa
  • Jhon Durán
  • Matthew Cash

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.89 0.23 2’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), 1-0 2’ 59’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), 2-0 59’ 90+1’ Joelinton (Newcastle), 3-0 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.89 0.23 2’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), 1-0 Gordon 2’ 59’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), 2-0 Isak 59’ 90+1’ Joelinton (Newcastle), 3-0 Joelinton 90+1’
Newcastle 2.89 xGAston Villa 0.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Newcastle attacking 
59’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 65’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.52 xG, hit the woodwork 44’ Sandro Tonali (Newcastle), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 81’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 65’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 41’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 54’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 65’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 79’ Pau Torres (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 52’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 63’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+1’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 36’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 12’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 21’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+1’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 11’ Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 2’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 83’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 4’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 25’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 65’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.52 xG, hit the woodwork 44’ Sandro Tonali (Newcastle), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 81’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 65’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 41’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 65’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 54’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 52’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Pau Torres (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 63’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+1’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 36’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 12’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 21’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+1’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 11’ Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 2’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 83’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 4’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 25’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Martin Dubravka GK900 0.000.000
Kieran Trippier DEF830 0.000.000
Fabian Schär DEF902 0.170.000
Dan Burn DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Hall DEF900 0.000.141
Joelinton MID90115 0.350.031
Bruno Guimarães MID904 0.200.533
Sandro Tonali MID901 0.400.071
Jacob Murphy FWD8313 0.590.772
Alexander Isak FWD9014 0.930.164
Anthony Gordon FWD8312 0.090.102
Matt Targett Sub70 0.000.000
Harvey Barnes Sub71 0.140.000
Joe Willock Sub70 0.000.000
William Osula Sub10 0.000.000
Lewis Miley Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 50% Avg odds 1.94
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.79
Aston Villa win 25% Avg odds 3.80

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle DDLWW
Aston Villa LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-3 Newcastle, 30 Jan 24 Next meeting: Aston Villa 4-1 Newcastle, 19 Apr 25  All Newcastle vs Aston Villa 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.