Newcastle United 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2007

Result

Newcastle United 3-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2007, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Newcastle United 3-1 Aston Villa: match report

Newcastle United won against Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 31 January 2007. It was 2-1 at half-time.

James Milner opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from James Milner (5'), Kieron Dyer (7') and A. Sibierski (90'). Aston Villa scored through A. Young (25').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 30 points from 24 and Aston Villa 14th on 29 points from 24. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Aston Villa 11th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 5 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-W-D-L-L and Aston Villa's W-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · James MilnerNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 7'Goal · Kieron DyerNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 25'Goal · A. YoungAston Villa · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Paul HuntingtonNewcastle United
  • 90'Yellow card · Stiliyan PetrovAston Villa
  • 90'Goal · A. SibierskiNewcastle United · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 2, draws 5, Aston Villa 3.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up

Damien Duff, Steve Harper, Stephen Carr, Titus Bramble, Steven Taylor, Paul Huntington, Kieron Dyer, James Milner, Obafemi Martins, Scott Parker, Nicky Butt

Aston Villa line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Wilfred Bouma, Ashley Young, Phil Bardsley, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Stiliyan Petrov, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg, Gary Cahill