Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2021
Result
Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United: match report
Aston Villa beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 January 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.
O. Watkins opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from O. Watkins (13') and Bertrand Traoré (42'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 26 points from 16 and Newcastle United 15th on 19 points from 18. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 55 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 45.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Targett of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Ezri Konsa (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 6 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 13'Goal · O. Watkins
- 26'Yellow card · F. Schär
- 42'Goal · Bertrand Traoré
- 54'Yellow card · Andy Carroll
- 57'Yellow card · Jamaal Lascelles
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Ciaran Clark
- Danny Ings
- Wesley Moraes
- Kortney Hause
- Ludwig Augustinsson
- Federico Fernández
- Paul Dummett
- Philippe Coutinho
- Boubacar Kamara
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz, Marvelous Nakamba, Bertrand Traoré, Ross Barkley, Jack Grealish, Ollie Watkins
Newcastle United line-up (5-3-2)
Karl Darlow, Javier Manquillo, Isaac Hayden, Jamaal Lascelles, Fabian Schär, Jamal Lewis, Jonjo Shelvey, Jeff Hendrick, Miguel Almirón, Andy Carroll, Callum Wilson