In a weekend match in week 31, on Saturday Apr 15th, Aston Villa will host Newcastle United in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 6th placed Aston Villa is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Nottingham Forest. Bertrand Traoré scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 48th minute, then Ollie Watkins added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Nottingham Forest was frustrated by Aston Villa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aston Villa ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Aston Villa should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 3rd placed Newcastle United is fresh off their 2-1 win against Brentford. Ivan Toney struck first for Brentford in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot, but David Raya got the equalizer for Newcastle United on an own goal in the 54th minute from the penalty spot Finally they completed the comback victory in the 61st minute on a goal by Alexander Isak to cap off a wild match. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Newcastle United should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in St. James’ Park, Newcastle United won by a score of 4 to 0 in front of just over zero thousand jubilant fans. Callum Wilson scored the first goal for Newcastle United in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick, then Callum Wilson added another in the 56th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Aston Villa couldn’t manage to score, and Newcastle United took the shutout win.
Alexander Isak has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored five goals for Newcastle United. Aston Villa is fortunate enough to have Ollie Watkins in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Unai Emery Etxegoien’s Aston Villa squad will be without John McGinn, Philippe Coutinho, Leander Dendoncker and Jed Steer, while Miguel Almirón and Emil Krafth are unavailable to play for Eddie Howe’s team.