Aston Villa vs Newcastle United Premier League Match Preview
Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last six Premier League matches against Newcastle United (W2 D4) since losing 1-0 back in February 2015. Villa haven’t gone seven without defeat in the top-flight against Newcastle since winning seven in a row between 1955 and 1958.
Newcastle haven’t scored a single goal in any of their last four Premier League visits to Aston Villa (D2 L2). Their run of minutes without a top-flight goal at Villa Park stands at 377, since a Yoan Gouffran goal in a 2-1 win in September 2013.
Aston Villa won their final home game of the 2020-21 season – they last won consecutive home league games in January, with the second victory in that run coming against Newcastle.
Newcastle United won their first away league match of last season, winning 2-0 at West Ham. The Magpies last won their first away league game in consecutive seasons in 1994-95 against Leicester City and 1995-96 against Bolton Wanderers.
Aston Villa have scored exactly twice in each of their last four Premier League games, netting with both of their shots on target in their opening day defeat at Watford. The Villans last scored more than once in five consecutive top-flight games in January 2008.
Newcastle ended last season with consecutive away Premier League wins, beating Leicester City and Fulham. They haven’t won three in a row on the road in the top-flight since December 2001, beating Ipswich Town, Arsenal and Leeds United under Sir Bobby Robson.
Newcastle have won just two of their last 18 Premier League games in August (D6 L10), beating West Ham at home in 2017 and Tottenham away in 2019.
Callum Wilson has scored three goals in his last two Premier League games for Newcastle, including opening the scoring in their 4-2 defeat to West Ham on MD1. However, Wilson hasn’t faced an opponent more times without scoring in the Premier League than Aston Villa (5 games).
Danny Ings scored on his Aston Villa debut against Watford, though the Villans lost the game 3-2. Since the start of 2019-20, Ings has ended on the losing in 10 different Premier League games in which he’s found the net, more than any other player.
Newcastle’s Joe Willock scored in each of his last seven Premier League appearances at the end of 2020-21. He could become just the fourth different player to score in eight consecutive Premier League games, after Ruud van Nistelrooy (twice), Jamie Vardy (twice) and Daniel Sturridge.
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