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Aston Villa vs Newcastle: Preview, predictions and lineups

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An in-form Newcastle United are looking a sixth successive Premier League win after they go to Aston Villa on Saturday night.

Buoyed by their Carabao Cup last success over Liverpool which dropped at an finish a 70-year await a significant home trophy final month, Newcastle have climbed as much as third within the Premier League desk and look set to return to the Champions League subsequent season.

Their latest success has arrived within the absence of Eddie Howe on the sidelines, with assistant Jason Tindall stepping as much as play an much more outstanding function within the dugout. The Magpies have run riot of their two most up-to-date victories, with a 4-1 conquer Manchester United adopted up by a 5-0 beatdown of Crystal Palace in midweek.

Villa have been in similary good home type, with 4 wins on the bounce seeing them open up a six-point hole between themselves in seventh and Bournemouth in eighth. The Villans are presently in a Convention League place, however they’re only a level off Manchester Metropolis within the last Champions League spot.

Their European marketing campaign was dropped at an exciting conclusion on Tuesday evening, as they roared again from 2-0 down towards Paris Saint-Germain to win 3-2 on the evening, however Unai Emery’s aspect had been crushed 5-4 on combination.

Right here is 90min’s information to an thrilling Premier League conflict.

Aston Villa vs Newcastle head-to-head document (final 5 video games)

Present type (all competitions)

Aston Villa

Newcastle

Aston Villa 3-2 PSG – 15/04/25

Newcastle 5-0 Crystal Palace – 16/04/25

Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa – 12/04/25

Newcastle 4-1 Man Utd – 13/04/25

PSG 3-1 Aston Villa – 09/04/25

Leicester 0-3 Newcastle – 07/04/25

Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest – 05/04/25

Newcastle 2-1 Brentford – 02/04/25

Brighton 0-3 Aston Villa – 02/04/25

Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle – 16/03/25

Nation

TV channel/stay stream

United Kingdom

Sky Go UK, NOW, SKY GO Additional, Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Extremely HD

United States

fuboTV, Peacock, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, UNIVERSO, NBC, Telemundo, SiriusXM FC

Canada

fuboTV Canada

Ollie Watkins

Ollie Watkins ought to return to Villa’s beginning XI this weekend / Warren Little/GettyImages

The Villans have been near injury-free in 2025, and Emery now has a full complement of gamers out there.

Leon Bailey was again within the matchday squad on Tuesday evening, however the Jamaican winger did not play an element. He might earn minutes at Villa Park this weekend, however Villa presently boast an array of attacking choices which have seemingly usurped him within the pecking order.

There are certain to be a number of modifications from the emotional midweek duel, with Ollie Watkins, Marco Asensio, and Ian Maatsen among the many gamers who might make Saturday’s XI. Marcus Rashford was most popular to Watkins up prime on Tuesday.

Aston Villa predicted lineup vs Newcastle (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Money, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen; Kamara, Tielemans, Onana; Asensio, Watkins, Rogers.

Jason Tindall

Jason Tindall has stepped up in Eddie Howe’s absence / James Gill – Danehouse/GettyImages

Tindall continued to patrol the Newcastle dugout Howe’s absence on Wednesday, with the Magpies boss recovering from a bout of pneumonia. It stays to be seen whether or not he’ll make the journey to the West Midlands this weekend.

The guests haven’t any contemporary harm considerations from their midweek rout of Crystal Palace. Newcastle are nonetheless with out Lewis Corridor, Jamaal Lascelles, and Sven Botman attributable to harm.

Tindall/Howe will not wish to rotate an excessive amount of, however Anthony Gordon might discover himself again within the aspect as Harvey Barnes’ minutes are managed between now and the top of the season.

Newcastle predicted lineup vs Aston Villa (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Gordon.

Have the Villa Park trustworthy bought something left after Tuesday evening’s draining event? Emery’s Villans had been very good within the second-half towards PSG and, ultimately, had been unfortunate to not take their quarter-final tie to extra-time.

There’s certain to be an emotional dip on the weekend, however Villa’s Champions League exit has positioned higher onus on the remainder of the Premier League season. They’re in with a shot of claiming a top-five end and can profit from having a totally match squad.

Nonetheless, Villa are going through a rampant Newcastle staff which can be steamrolling in the direction of a third-place end. The Magpies have been good as of late, and this has the makings of a superb sport. Count on the spoils to be shared between two in-form outfits.

Prediction: Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle

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