[Pre-Match Thread] Newcastle United vs. Aston Villa

Newcastle United vs. Aston Villa

Competition: Premier League – Round 23

Date: Sun 25 Jan 2026

Kickoff: 14:00

Venue: St. James' Park

Referee: Jarred Gillett

Aston Villa Statistics (all competitions)

Form: WDWLW

Goals per match: 1.5

Average Possession: 54.3%

Goals conceded per match: 1.1

Pass Accuracy: 85.8%

Shots per game: 12.1

Tackles per game: 14.9

Clean Sheets: 10

Newcastle United Statistics (all competitions)

Form: WWLDW

Goals per match: 1.7

Average Possession: 53.4%

Pass Accuracy: 83.9%

Shots per game: 13.3

Tackles per game: 13.5

Clean Sheets: 12

Aston Villa Team News

• Unai Emery ruled John McGinn out of Aston Villa’s Premier League trip to Newcastle United this Sunday, though revealed Leon Bailey would be available for his side.

• Ross Barkley has returned to individual training and is close to joining back in with the group.

• Villa will be without Boubacar Kamara for the rest of the season after he underwent surgery on his injured left knee.

Newcastle United Team News

• Eddie Howe has confirmed Bruno Guimaraes could still feature against Aston Villa at weekend after coming off with an injury against PSV in midweek.

• The Magpies boss was also coy on the availability of Dan Burn, but did reveal that the defender was back in training with the first team squad.

Match Facts

• Aston Villa have taken four points from their last two Premier League games against Newcastle (W1 D1), more than they had in their previous six (3 – W1 D0 L5).

• Newcastle are unbeaten in their last 17 home league games against Aston Villa (W11 D6), winning the last four by an aggregate score of 13-1.

• Only Arsenal (21) have won more away Premier League points this season than Aston Villa (18), despite the Villans having a minus goal difference on the road (15 scored, 16 conceded). Their 1.64 points per game on the road in 2025-26 is their best in any campaign since 2009-10 (1.68).

• Newcastle United are unbeaten in their last eight home Premier League matches (W6 D2) and have started 2026 with consecutive victories at St James’ Park, beating Crystal Palace and Leeds. The last time the Magpies won their first three home Premier League games in a year was in 2012, the third game of which was against Villa.

• In his final two Premier League games before Christmas, Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers scored a brace in both games against West Ham and Man Utd. Since Christmas, however, he’s had the most shots without scoring of any player (15).

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