Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2012

Result

Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa: match report

Newcastle United drew with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ciaran Clark opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Hatem Ben Arfa (59'). Aston Villa scored through Ciaran Clark (22').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 3 points from 2 and Aston Villa 20th on 0 points from 2. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 41.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Ciaran ClarkAston Villa · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Karim El AhmadiAston Villa
  • 59'Goal · Hatem Ben ArfaNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Jonás GutiérrezNewcastle United
  • 90'Yellow card · Eric LichajAston Villa
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Brad GuzanAston Villa
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Brett HolmanAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 2, Aston Villa 4.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)

Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Vurnon Anita, Jonás Gutiérrez, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria, Hatem Ben Arfa

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Brad Guzan, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Eric Lichaj, Matthew Lowton, Stephen Ireland, Karim El Ahmadi, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Darren Bent, Brett Holman