Forum Comp Day 5, FRIDAY. Newcastle v Aston Villa @ 8pm

Tikay10 · March 2021

Back to Premier League action today.

Newcastle are ominously close to the bottom three, whilst Villa sit 9th but with games in hand on everyone above them. Worth noting though that Jack Grealish will not be on parade, he's on the injured list.

Newcastle v Aston Villa @ 8pm

Tikay10 · March 2021

The league table after Thursday's match;

@robalanxxx £4.75
@68Trebor £4.15
@hugomuck £4.15
@MISTY4ME £4.15
@mkgunner £4.10
@thefall £3.60
@7Wizard £3.50
@poppy765 £3.45
@dragon1964 £3.25
@stokefc £2.80
@Telmison74 £2.80
@wynne1938 £2.45
@glencoelad £1.90
@zadoc £1.85
@JACKDAW £1.00
@EdNo £1.00
@coo1-um £0.50
@Shrimpy28 £0.40
@onejohnb £0.10
@rabdeniro -£0.05
@2Geronimo -£0.10
@daveydavey -£0.55
@safc71 -£1.05
@Glenelg -£1.60
@lufc333 -£2.10
@johnjoe81 -£2.45
@MattBates -£2.45
@mumsie -£2.45
@KOBAYASHI -£2.50
@SidV79 -£2.50
@Vaigret -£2.50
@MAXALLY -£3.00
@tomgoodun -£3.00
@Boxster -£3.35
@freeatlast -£3.35
@OSCAR66 -£3.35
@SMARTGOAT -£3.35
@Tikay10 -£3.65
@Red_King -£4.00
@tmc460 -£4.00
@Essexphil -£5.40
@LmfaoAllin -£5.40
@mondo1985 -£5.40
@tai-gar -£5.40
@bbMike -£5.60
@ikelly -£5.60
@pomfrittes -£5.60
@edrich -£5.95
@eon1961 -£5.95
@goldnballz -£5.95
@gpc70 -£5.95
@1981MATT -£6.05
@Brrrrrrr -£8.00
@buzka -£8.00
@camilog -£8.00
@DoyleBrun -£8.00
@engy -£8.00
@Enut -£8.00
@GGGGCCCC -£8.00
@lfccarl -£8.00
@millwise11 -£8.00
@PKRPar -£8.00
@pompeynic -£8.00
@Snuffer -£8.00
@thedazzman -£8.00
@TheEdge949 -£8.00
@waller02 -£8.00

Tikay10 · March 2021

Newcastle v Aston Villa @ 8pm

1 - 2 - X

Newcastle @ 29/10

Draw @ 12/5

Aston Villa @ 19/20

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TOTAL GOALS

No Goals @ 17/2

Exactly 1 Goal @ 10/3

Exactly 2 Goals @ 5/2

Exactly 3 Goals @ 3/1

Exactly 4 Goals @ 11/2

Exactly 5 Goals @ 11/1

6+ Goals @ 16/1

Tikay10 · March 2021

Opta stats

Newcastle are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League home games against Aston Villa (W6 D5) since a 0-3 loss in April 2005 that saw the Magpies have three players sent off.

Aston Villa are looking to complete their first league double over Newcastle since the 2004-05 campaign.

This is Newcastle's 14th Premier League game to be played on a Friday (W4 D2 L7), but only the second at St James' Park, following a 6-2 victory against Everton in March 2002.

Aston Villa have lost four of their last five Premier League games played on Friday (W1), including both such fixtures this season (0-3 vs Leeds, 1-2 vs Man Utd).

Newcastle have kept just one clean sheet at home in the Premier League this season, fewer than any other side. Indeed, the Magpies have kept just one clean sheet in their last 17 league games at St James' Park, with that coming against Liverpool in December.

Only Manchester City have kept more Premier League clean sheets than Aston Villa this season (14). Eight of those shutouts for the Villans have been away from home, more than any other side.

In their first 13 Premier League games this season, Aston Villa netted 27 goals (2.1 per game), scoring at least three goals in six of those games. In their last 13 in the competition, the Villans have netted just 11 times (0.8 per game) and never more than twice in a match.

In all competitions, Newcastle manager Steve Bruce has lost six of his last 11 matches against sides he's formerly managed (W4 D1), as many as he had in his previous 39 such games. He's never beaten Aston Villa since leaving the club in 2018 (D1 L3).

Ollie Watkins and Bertrand Traoré scored for Aston Villa in their 2-0 win against Newcastle in the reverse fixture. The last Aston Villa players to score home and away against the Magpies in the same season were Gareth Barry and Juan Pablo Ángel in 2004-05.

Since returning to the Premier League last season, Aston Villa have won just 17% of their league games when Jack Grealish has been absent (1/6), compared to 35% when he plays (20/58). The Villans average just 0.7 goals-per-game without him (1.3 with) and 10.5 shots-per-game when he doesn't play (13 with).