Newcastle vs Aston Villa

12 August 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Sandro Tonali 6’
Alexander Isak 16’, 58’
Callum Wilson 77’
Harvey Barnes 90+1’

Moussa Diaby 11’

Match summary

Newcastle won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Aston Villa. Newcastle led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Sandro Tonali put Newcastle ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Anthony Gordon, Moussa Diaby equalised in the 11th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins, and Alexander Isak put Newcastle back in front in the 16th minute, set up by Sven Botman. In the second half, Isak made it 3-1 in the 58th minute, Callum Wilson made it 4-1 in the 77th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes, and Harvey Barnes made it 5-1 in stoppage time, set up by Jacob Murphy.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 4.32 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Aston Villa's 1.61 from 15.

Match stats

17 Shots 16

13 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 5

4 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

4.32 xG 1.49

4.32 Non-penalty xG 1.49

9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Newcastle Aston Villa

Kick-off

Sandro Tonali
Assist: Anthony Gordon

1-0

6’

11’

Moussa Diaby
Assist: Ollie Watkins

1-1

Alexander Isak
Assist: Sven Botman

2-1

16’

Half-time2-1

Alexander Isak

3-1

58’

Callum Wilson
Assist: Harvey Barnes

4-1

77’

Harvey Barnes
Assist: Jacob Murphy

5-1

90+1’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Newcastle

Sven Botman
Bruno Guimarães
Sandro Tonali
Anthony Gordon

Aston Villa

Emiliano Martinez
Matthew Cash
Lucas Digne
Douglas Luiz

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.

Newcastle 4.32 xGAston Villa 1.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Newcastle attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Nick Pope	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Trippier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.42	4
Sven Botman	DEF	90		1	1	0.09	0.52	1
Fabian Schär	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dan Burn	DEF	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Joelinton	MID	90			1	0.18	0.00	0
Bruno Guimarães	MID	90			2	0.07	0.00	0
Sandro Tonali	MID	90	1		2	0.84	0.09	1
Miguel Almirón	FWD	90			1	0.03	0.34	2
Alexander Isak	FWD	79	2		3	1.16	0.00	0
Anthony Gordon	FWD	79		1	1	0.09	0.84	2
Callum Wilson	Sub	11	1		4	1.22	0.00	0
Harvey Barnes	Sub	11	1	1	1	0.50	1.11	2
Jacob Murphy	Sub	1		1	0	0.00	0.55	2
Sean Longstaff	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elliot Anderson	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			2	0.56	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	30			1	0.01	0.14	1
Lucas Digne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.15	3
Douglas Luiz	MID	90			4	0.21	0.10	1
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			1	0.01	0.01	1
Leon Bailey	MID	57			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	MID	90	1		3	0.31	0.37	2
John McGinn	MID	75			0	0.00	0.01	1
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90		1	2	0.37	0.10	2
Pau Torres	Sub	60			0	0.00	0.01	1
Youri Tielemans	Sub	33			0	0.00	0.11	1
Diego Carlos	Sub	15			1	0.03	0.00	0
Philippe Coutinho	Sub	1			1	0.11	0.00	0
Jaden Philogene-Bidace	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 58% Avg odds 1.65

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.14

Aston Villa win 19% Avg odds 5.17

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle L D W D D

Aston Villa L L W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 3-0 Newcastle, 15 Apr 23 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-3 Newcastle, 30 Jan 24 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.