About Match
In the standings it is Newcastle United 6th on 5 points, Aston Villa 18th on 1 — separated by 4. Scoring rates set the scale: Newcastle United 2 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Aston Villa 0 and 1.67, with the league averaging 1.42. Three points here take Newcastle United to 8 and up to 3rd, assuming other results stand.
Newcastle United carry a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Aston Villa's winless run stands at 6. The five-game form split reads 9/15 points for Newcastle United against 1/15 for Aston Villa.
38 meetings are on record — 16 won by Newcastle United, 8 by Aston Villa, 14 drawn, at 2.32 goals per meeting.
St. James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne stages the fixture, a ground that holds 52,409.




