Analysis of Aston Villa vs Newcastle performance
In the most recent round in the Premier League, Aston Villa was held to a goalless draw by the team in the bottom group of the rankings, Everton, witnessing coach Unai Emery’s first 0-0 draw after 97 matches in the foggy country. . After that match, Aston Villa continued to have another deadlocked match when they drew with Chelsea also with a score of 0-0 in the fourth round of the FA Cup in midweek.
Although the results are not really good, in general Aston Villa is still showing that it is not a name that is easily bullied, receiving only 2 defeats in the last 20 matches in all competitions. At home at Villa Park, coach Emery and his team had an even more impressive performance with 18/20 wins in nearly a year. This will certainly not be a simple challenge for Newcastle.
That’s because Aston Villa has an unbeaten record in the last 6 home matches against Newcastle, and has even won the last 4 matches without conceding a goal. With a record of winning 16/17 recent matches in the Premier League since the 2-4 loss to Arsenal last February, Aston Villa is very confident towards victory to consolidate 4th place in the rankings.
Confidence in Aston Villa is also reinforced by the poor performance of Newcastle, the team has lost 4 consecutive matches in the Premier League, conceding at least 3 goals in each of the last 3 matches. – at the same time dropped to 10th place on the rankings. Although there was a slight improvement in confidence after Fulham’s 2-0 victory at home in midweek in the fourth round of the FA Cup, that was probably not enough to help the Magpies get a point to leave Villa Park.
Latest Aston Villa vs Newcastle force information
Host Aston Villa is without Jhon Duran, Emi Buendia, Pau Torres, Jacob Ramsey and Tyrone Mings due to injury. Bertrand Traore is absent due to participation in CAN 2023. Meanwhile, Newcastle is still absent Callum Wilson, Joelinton, Sandro Tonali, Nick Pope, Elliot Anderson, Joe Willock and Matt Targett for different reasons. Miguel Almiron and Kieran Trippier are open to playing.
Expected lineup Aston Villa vs Newcastle
Aston Villa (4-4-2): Martinez; Konsa, Carlos, Lenglet, Moreno; Bailey, Luiz, Kamara, McGinn; Diaby, Watkins
Newcastle (4-3-3): Dubravka; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Miley; Murphy, Isak, Gordon